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Plenty of Halloween fun slated in Cannon Beach Pumpkin carving, trick-or-treating, and more

Chelsea Yarnell

For The Gazette

This year, the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce has created a chance for kiddos to wear their costume more than once.

The first ever Cannon Beach Treat Trail will create a downtown trick-or-treat opportunity for the children in the community. The event will take place on Sunday, Oct. 30 from 1-4 p.m.

“We have over 20 stops on the Treat Trail already,” Chamber of Commerce Office Manager Laura Kaim said.

Stop by the Chamber of Com merce Information Center (207 N Spruce St) for a photo opportunity,

list of participating loca tions, and pick up a free reusable bag to collect treats in.

For a complete list of stops and to “play along” on the Treat Trail, download the Experience Cannon Beach App.

“There’s still time to be an added location on the Treat Trail, just let us know,” Kaim said.

To be a stop, contact the Chamber by Friday, Oct. 13. By calling 503436-2623 or emailing chamber@cannonbeach. org.

Dessert with the District

The Cannon Beach Treat Trail will take place on Sunday, Oct. 30 with various downtown businesses participating as stops for trickor-treating.

Join the Cannon Beach Fire District on Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. for an evening of Halloween safety information. Wear your costume and stop by the firehouse (188 Sunset Blvd) to ask the Chief questions, pick up glow sticks and candy, decorate cupcakes, and enter a coloring contest. All ages

well come. Contact 503-436-2949 for more information.

Driftwood Restaurant’s pumpkin carving contest

Sharpen your knives and cre ative skills; it’s time to show off your skills of pumpkin carving.

At the Driftwood Restaurant &

Lounge, those who are 21 years or older can use the supplied pump kins and basic carving materials on the deck at the restaurant to create their Halloween master piece.

The contest begins Oct. 21 and runs through Oct. 30 Judging will be done on Oct. 31 and winners will be announced on Facebook.

City council deals with short agenda

Approves extra paid days off for employees over holidays

Will Chappell Staff Writer

The Cannon Beach City Council addressed a short agenda last Tuesday night at City Hall.

With Mayor Council President Mike Benefield attending the meet ing via Zoom due to a Coronavirus infection, Councilman Brandon Ogilve chaired the meeting. Mayor Sam Steidel was also absent attend ing an out of town conference.

Ogilve decided that due to the Council’s diminished attendance, public comment on the transpor tation system plan should be left open until the November meeting, with Council discussion and voting postponed until that meeting as well.

Several members of the public

made short com ments on the plan, but all said they would reserve their full com ments for the next meeting.

After that, the Council addressed an ordinance to regulate psilocy bin activity in the town. With the decision not to put a measure on the November ballot on whether to permit psilocybin business activity in the town, the drug will become legal on January 1, for therapeutic use.

The proposed ordinance will limit psilocybin production activity to the area around the RV park,

while distribu tion will be lim ited to commer cial districts. The ordinance passed the Council by a vote of 3-1, with Councilwoman Robin Risley voting nay.

The council then unani mously voted to approve a Heri tage Tree program, to help the city preserve important local trees.

Council members proceeded to unanimously recognize October as “Domestic Violence Awareness Month” in Cannon Beach.

There were several committee appointments, which the Council

then considered. They quickly approved Dorian Farrow to the Budget Committee and Jay Orloff to the Design Review Board.

Orloff, a local architect, had also applied for a vacancy on the planning commission. However, concerns over potential conflicts of interest led the Council to delay voting to allow other applicants time to come forward.

Finally, the Council unani mously voted an extra day of vacation for city employees around the holidays, giving them four-day weekends for the final two week ends of the year.

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Cannnon Beach Academy provides unique, local choice

The Cannon Beach Academy has had a strong start to the school year.

The kindergarten through 5th grade public, charter school is now in its sixth year of offering a free educational alterna tive for families in and around Cannon Beach.

“This is a choice; it is not something you have to pay for,” said the Academy’s Director, Ryan Hull. He said that when many in the com munity hear the words “charter school” they assume it is private but he emphasized, “our fami lies do not pay one penny, we are a free school.”

The Cannon Beach Academy offers a direct instruction curriculum to its 44 students, meaning that they focus on skills development for individ ual students, rather than teaching to a set lesson plan.

This approach leads to enthusiasm in the class room, according to Board Secretary, Alec Holser.

“When you walk into the classroom you see the level of engagement the teachers have,” Holser said. “Just the amount of activity and commitment,

even when the stu dents aren’t there, it’s incredible.”

The school was started in 2017 to offer seaside families a local alternative for ele mentary education after the old school was consolidated into Pacific Ridge Elementary in Seaside.

The school has three classrooms for its small student body, with kindergarten has its own, while the first and second grades, and third, fourth and fifth grades are in combined classrooms.

Hull said that the small class sizes allowed teachers to successfully im plement the direct instruction style and help tailor ed ucation to students’ needs.

The academy offers weekly Spanish language instruction from a teacher on staff, as well as free breakfast and lunch for all students. It is open to any student who wishes to attend, but families are responsible for transportation to and

Restaurant owners talk food tax after three months of collections

Deb Atiyeh For the Gazette

The Cannon Beach Gazette sat down with seven Cannon Beach restaurant owners and the City Manager and asked about the effect of the new Prepared Food Tax: (some comments have been edited for clarity and brevity)

Sea Level Bakery Jason and Liz Menke, Owners

While we are supportive of our local fire department, police depart ment, and city government, we have faced many struggles with Cannon Beach’s newly implemented pre pared food tax. I can assure you that we did our best to raise our concerns publicly to our city government. We support responsible government.

We’ve run into many awkward situations. Very few people are expecting to pay a tax on their items in a state that is famous for having no sales tax. Many times, people hand us the exact change for an item that is taxed. What do we do now as they’re walking out the door while we’re trying to finish their transaction? Nor is it uncommon for us to serve a customer at the window whilst ringing another at the register. They may hand us $3 for a cookie per the pre-tax days and walk away without knowing there’s an additional $0.15 due for the tax! How uncomfort able to put our hardworking staff through that awkward conversation, or worse yet chase them down the sidewalk! What happens when they don’t have enough change to cover the unexpected tax? What happens when they’re mad about the tax? All of these are real situations we’ve encountered in the last 3 month since the launch of the food tax.

This is all coming at a time of unprecedented inflation. The timing couldn’t be worse. People are watch ing their spending more than we’ve ever seen before. Inevitably, the question comes up, “Where does the money go?” I wish we had a good answer for that. We were never given nor presented a budget from any of the agencies that are set to receive a lot of money on a tax that, to the best of our knowledge, is never set to sunset. As far as we understand, the tax revenue raised can be used for working capital! In our experience, any bank would laugh us out of the building with such a vague budget and plan if we asked to borrow money from them.

Roughly 20% of our sales are in cash. We’ve always kept our prices on the quarters in order to easily ac commodate quick cash transactions and cut down on the amount of time we need to spend counting money at open and close. The food tax has put a serious burden on our cash han dling. Not only do we have to spend time explaining the tax to customers, we also have roughly 15 minutes more time per day spent handling cash. We are a “mom and pop” shop operating with far too few staff. This means we’re either requiring our limited staff to spend over an hour per week counting change or we’re doing it ourselves. That’s an hour less family time and that’s a tough pill to swallow. We don’t have a way to measure the lost revenue from not being able to process as many trans action per day due to cash handling slowing our line, but we believe it’s real. And the real stinger is that not a dime goes toward workforce housing or worker benefits.

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year, the academy has welcomed a new kin dergarten teacher, Amy Rider, and a new lunch person and recess atten dant, Valeena Campos.

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Additionally, this burden of cash handling was an issue that myself and others brought up to our city council before they took up this tax. This was a known issue they decided to let us bear. Not accepting cash is out of the question for us as it is an equity issue.

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State Police wildlife officer answers questions surrounding Eli the Elk’s death

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After Eli the Elk’s demise, Deb Atiyeh with the Gazette sat down with Joe Warwick of the Fish and Wildlife Division of the Oregon State Police in Warrenton. Following is our Questions and Answers regard ing the wounded bull elk in Cannon Beach. Answers have been lightly edited for clarity.

(Sergeant Warwick can be reached at: joseph.warwick@ osp.oregon.gov or 971-6734005)

Gazette: What was the cause of this elk’s injury before you had to put him down?

Warwick: The elk was shot with an arrow; we are able to tell by the shape of the entry wound.

Gazette: Some thought it could have been caused by a fight with another elk?

Warwick: While that does happen relatively regularly, in this case we are confident from the evidence that this was an arrow wound.

Gazette: Why was the deci sion made to put him down?

Warwick: The elk was put down because his wounds would have proven fatal if given enough time. We humanely dispatch animals when we determine through our training and experience that their injuries are beyond the point where they can recover on their own.

Gazette: How did you put him down?

Warwick: The elk was dispatched with a firearm.

Gazette: Was a necropsy done on this elk?

Warwick: A necropsy was not done.

Gazette: Was the meat donated to the Oregon Food Bank?

Warwick: Unfortunately, the meat was not able to be donated. We, as Fish and Wildlife Troopers, are trained in meat inspection to give us the skills to determine whether or not meat is fit for human consumption. The elk was taken to our shop, and upon dressing, found to show signs of systemic infection. We were unable to deem the meat fit for human consumption.

Gazette: What happened to

the head and antlers?

Warwick: The antlers were removed and will be turned over to ODFW (Oregon De partment of Fish and Wildlife) as with all of the antlers we come across through poached animals, road-struck animals, and sick animals.

Gazette: How old was he?

Warwick: While there is variation in antler size by age, the elk was likely in the area of four years old.

Gazette: You found him on Seascape; with his herd or alone?

Warwick: Yes, he was on Seascape. The elk was not with a herd.

Gazette: What are the boundaries of elk hunting in the Cannon Beach area?

Warwick: Hunting is not allowed in city limits. Public property outside of city limits is legal for hunting, as well as any private property outside city limits where the landowner allows it.

Gazette: Are there any indi cations that this elk was killed in the City limits?

Warwick: The area directly east of the Cannon Beach city

limits is open to hunting, and the elk herd routinely moves between those woods and the city. We have no evidence to indicate the elk was originally shot in city limits. The woods east of Cannon Beach are very popular for elk hunting and there is quite a lot of hunting pressure in that area.

Gazette: Whoever shot him, did they come forward and report that he was only injured and not killed?

Warwick: This was not reported by anyone.

Gazette: Do you know who shot him?

Warwick: No.

Gazette: How many elk are killed illegally (poached)?

Warwick: While poaching is an issue on a broader scale, elk being poached in and around Cannon Beach is quite rare. This elk was most likely not poached, but was a “wounding loss” from a licensed hunter.

Gazette: Anything to say to animal lovers who are not hunters?

Warwick: Hunting is a pop ular activity in Oregon that is heavily regulated by the state.

Cannon Beach elk and their significance in Native American culture

Many Native American tribes of North Amer ica hold the elk in high esteem, and consider him a relative; a relative who brings strength, endur ance, and patience. Tribal nations value the elk and place it as a teacher in many stories passed down through their oral tradi tions. Elk are believed to be the protector of the good people, as elk symbolize divine protec tion from evil. The elk is

an animal with dignity which always follows the right path and helps people with good hearts. Lakota Sioux believe elk are life-giving spirits, full of masculine power and energy. An elk tooth is given to young Lakota males, in order to provide them with long life, strength, and great sexual potency. Native American tribes had hundreds of names for elk, such as the Lakota Sioux “He haka”, or the Shawnee “Wapiti”, which some

European settlers adopted. White settlers called it “America’s Red Deer” after its smaller European cousin, as well as “Cerf de Canada” (Canada stag) “Round-Horned Stag” and “Stag of the America’s”.

Of the four surviving sub-species of elk in North America, our local Roosevelt Elk are the larg est. Bull (male) Roosevelt Elk are five to six feet in height at their shoulders, and can weigh 1,000 pounds. The antlers of a bull elk can span 5 feet or more.

Elk are herd animals, with the cows (females) spending most of their year living in a matriarchal society, led by a

dominant cow. During the fall rut (mating season), bulls make a variety of vocalizations to attract females. Using their antlers, bull elk often fight other bulls to establish dominance.

Elk possess incredible stamina and embody the very idea of endurance, perseverance and adap tion.

They are capable of adapting to the extreme climate conditions of the areas where they live. Elk can survive days without shelter, food, or water.

They are breathtaking in their majesty, and they are king of the forest. Stay alert as you drive along Highway 101 or into Ecola State Park; these majestic animals could be

bedded down in a herd or could be bounding across the road in front of you.

It is no wonder that the community of Cannon Beach and all who come here love the elk. The elk have taught us to respect nature, animals, and all wildlife. Elk are our “sacred cows” and are certainly one of our most treasured local animals. Our wish is to protect the dignity of these elk, and we ask that others honor that, as we consider them an important part of our community.

A tribute to Eli the Elk

It was a Sunday morning when we found you…

Silently standing in the woods where you had always roamed…

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But this time you stood in pain not wanting to move…

An arrow had penetrated your being…

The air bubbles erupting from your pierced lung…

The blood trickling down your side from the wound…

Somehow you knew that this was the end…

And you faced it with the same dignity in which you lived…

You seemed weakened by the pain…

You leaned on the tree hoping it would give you strength…

Your strength had turned to a sweet humbleness as you accepted your fate…

You were letting go with the painful presence of your injury…

Perhaps the trust of being around humans had returned with the hope that we could help you…

Your deep brown eyes filled with longing and we were helpless to approach…

This time someone had be trayed that trust as you stood vulnerable…

They shot you with an arrow and you vanished into the woods…

All that we could say as we watched you suffer was we were so sorry!

How could one not have seen your majestic being…

But instead they shot you and left you injured and suffering…

Somewhere that person lives knowing what they have done…

And we are left struggling to make sense of it all…

What drives a person to kill a magnificent spirit…

Eli the Elk in Cannon Beach after he had been shot by a bow hunter.

Deb Atiyeh

Gazette

Saying Goodbye to Eli, the Mighty Bull Elk of Cannon Beach. A Memorial …

Eli roaming the neighborhoods in Cannon Beach. Photo by the Nancy Jack Teagle.

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Phyllis Bernt Library Board President

It isn’t even November, and the library already has much to be thankful for.

Because of the hard work of countless volunteers and the generosity of local merchants and hotel owners, the library’s Fall Festival was a big suc cess.

Fall Festival Committee members Rance Babb, Wanda Meyer Price, Roger Neuge bauer and Linda Sugano lined up donated hotel stays, asked local merchants to donate gift certificates and organized the many details of the event.

Twenty-four talented vol unteers donated craft items, jewelry and artwork. The library’s Pricing Committee facilitated the sale of cook books, how-to books and hol iday titles. Dedicated volun teers set up displays, worked as cashiers and baggers and cleaned up at the end of the day. The library is grateful to all these volunteers for their time and talents.

The library is also grateful to the Hallmark Resort & Spa, Land’s End at Cannon Beach, the Ocean Lodge, the Stepha nie Inn, the Tolovana Inn, and 65 restaurants, coffee shops, art galleries, grocery stores, clothing stores, yoga studios

and other businesses for their generous support.

There is good reason to be thankful for dedicated volunteers and generous local businesses because they make it possible to provide entertaining and thought-pro voking books, like a recently acquired biography of an American satirist who, in his own wacky way, explained how Americans celebrate being thankful.

The satirist was Art Buchwald and the biography is “Funny Business: The Legendary Life and Political Satire of Art Buchwald” by Michael Hill.

While Buchwald was in Paris as a columnist for the Herald Tribune, he wrote one of his most popular columns: a tongue-in-cheek attempt to explain the origins of Thanks giving Day to a French audi ence, complete with fractured French translations.

He explained that the “Pelegríns” (French for “cloaks”) landed in Plym outh (now a famous “voiture Americaine,” or American car). He told the unrequited love story of Miles Standish, whom he called Kilometrus Deboutish, which roughly translates as Kilometers Uprightish.

In the middle of the skewed historical facts and

We need checks and balances

I want to thank retiring Mayor, Sam Steidel, for his calm and steady leadership. His years of service on the Design Review Committee and Planning Commission and as Mayor, and those of Mike Benefield as City Councilor, have been an inspiration to us all.

Our form of Council/ City Manager municipal government can be a mixed blessing. On the one hand, it allows the community to employ the services of administrative profession als where elected office is

a volunteer function. On the other hand, it separates authority from day-today administration of the community. The difficulty is exacerbated when the City Manager reports to a gov erning council. There is no single individual in whom the “buck stops.”

The determination of City Manager, Bruce St. Denis, to redirect storm water from the wetland at Forest Lawn Road and Hemlock Road is a case in point.

Mr. St. Denis has indicated that he is entitled to approve the project as a ministerial function without notice to or oversight by the community.

Phyllis Bernt

fractured French, Buchwald also injected sly references to the slaughter of Native Americans in the 1600’s and American laws limiting immigration in the twentieth century.

This mixture of gentle hu mor with pointed comments was Buchwald’s approach to political satire. While he delighted in making people laugh, he was first and fore most a satirist, a job which he described as having to wake people up so they will wake themselves.

Buchwald took pride in not being “preachy.” Instead of preaching about the use of literacy tests in the South, Buchwald wrote a column about the experience of a fictional African American scholar who translated three Chinese stories and deci phered hieroglyphics from

Art Buchwald and

the Rosetta Stone but was not allowed to register to vote because he made an error reading one of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Meanwhile, Buch wald pointed out, a white applicant was praised when he spelled cat K-A-T.

Buchwald’s approach to satire worked. In the 1960s and 1970s, Buchwald’s column was syndicated in 550 newspapers in 100 countries. He had his own radio show and a weekly spot on “60 Minutes.” He was a soughtafter lecturer and speaker who hobnobbed with politicians, movie stars, musicians and famous authors.

It was an unlikely life for a high school dropout whose childhood was spent in foster homes, and who, at the age of 17, used forged papers to join the Marines during WWII. After his military service, he used the GI Bill to study at USC and then, in 1948, in Paris, where he lied his way into a job with the Herald Tribune.

After 14 years in Paris, Buchwald moved to Wash ington D.C., where he wrote for the Washington Post until his death in 2006. Though Buchwald satirized presi dents, congressmen, senators, lobbyists, bureaucrats and anyone else needing to be sat irized, he was a much-loved

Letters to the Editor

It was Ronald Reagan who coined the phrase “trust but verify.” As we enter the next election, it is important vote for candidates who will act as a check on city ad ministrators. It is the duty of our elected officials to peak behind the curtain, so to speak, to ensure that actions by city administrators are in the community interest. And it is the right of our citizens to raise their voices without fear of recrimination when actions of city administra tors fail that test.

Mike Bates Cannon Beach

Talent and common sense

It’s always exciting to discover talented people who contribute skills, wisdom, and commitment to our commu nities. We’re fortunate that Melissa Busch is one of those talents and that she is running for the Oregon Senate.

As a home health nurse in our north coast communities, Melissa hears first-hand from Oregonians about the chal lenges and successes of their lives. She understands the rural way of life. She supports small businesses and strong families as the foundation of rural life. Melissa’s positive attitude and common sense will make her an effective representative in the legisla ture.

She will work with other legislators to develop practi cal and affordable solutions to make our economy and our lives better. She’ll work to support our children and their schools, expanded broadband infrastructure, affordable housing, resilient communities preparing for future needs, and of course, accessible quality health care for everyone.

You might get to meet Melissa because she’s going door-to-door to hear your concerns. If you don’t get to talk with her, please check out her website, www.melissa fororegon.com.

I’m volunteering and vot ing for Melissa Busch for the Oregon Senate and hope you will, too.

Laurie Caplan Astoria

figure in Washington, with admirers on both sides of the aisle, from Ted Kennedy to Barry Goldwater.

Buchwald was beloved because his humor, as Dave Barry noted in his eulogy, was “funny without being mean-spirited, without being vicious, without being hate ful.”

In writing “Funny Busi ness,” Michael Hill explains that he was not trying to write a definitive biography of Art Buchwald. Instead, he hoped to create “poignant scenes, vignettes, and comic capers, all designed to capture the life and times of one of Ameri ca’s greatest humorists” by weaving together Buchwald’s correspondence, articles, speeches and selections from his columns.

Hill is an independent re searcher who has worked with the likes of Ken Burns, David McCullough, Jon Meacham and Michael Beschloss. He puts his research experiences and skills to work in this book to create a sometimes-funny, often-bittersweet picture of a gentle, fun-loving, smart, funny, decent man writing during a simpler time. In the current scorched-earth political climate, it’s hard not to feel a bit nostalgic for Buchwald’s kinder life and times.

titles

During September the library added the following seven fiction books: “Shrines of Gaiety” by Kate Atkinson, “The Winners” by Fredrik Backman, “Less is Lost” by Andrew Sean Greer, “Fairy Tale” by Stephen King, “The Secret Life of Sunflowers” by Marta Molnar, “The Marriage Portrait” by Maggie O’Farrell and “Lucy by the Sea” by Elizabeth Strout.

Seven mystery titles added were “Treasure State” by C.J. Box, “The Rising Tide” by Ann Cleeves, “The Bullet that Missed” by Richard Osman, “Killers of a Certain Age” by Deanna Raybourn, “Murder on the Vine” by Camilla Trinchieri, “Spells for For getting” by Adrienne Young and “Marple: Twelve New Mysteries 2022.

Six nonfiction books added were “American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy” by David Corn, “The Storm is Here: An American Crucible” by Luke Mogelson, “Fen, Bog and Swamp” by Annie Proulx, “Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships” by Nina Totenberg, “Northern Paiutes of the Malheur” by David H. Wilson and “Solito” by Javier Zamora.

I support Erik Ostrander for Mayor

I would like to recommend Erik Ostrander for Mayor of Cannon Beach this November.

I have known Erik and his wife Hannah for many years.

I have watched how they work and manage Sea Breeze Court. I saw how hard they worked on their remodel of their home in Cannon Beach.

Erik works hard, and he is thoughtful and considerate of others. He volunteers for the Cannon Beach

Fire Department as a Fire fighters and EMT, Vice Presi dent of the Chamber and helps where he can through

out the town. Erik cares about Cannon Beach, the locals, as well as the visitors in this beautiful town.

I grew up in Cannon Beach and have come and gone throughout the years. Watch ing the town grow and change. I feel Erik is a great choice for Mayor, his work ethic and management skills are needed for solving problems and to help Cannon Beach be the place we all love . Erik is one of the nic est people I know. I highly recommend Erik Ostrander for Mayor.

Jo Ann Bennett Keys Hometown Cannon Beach Eugene, Oregon

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herds that you left behind…

Walking in the depth of our quiet forests, we will hear you in the solitude…

Roaming in the beach grass, sniffing the ocean air…

That will never die...

You have filled our soul and there you will remain...

FALL

What could be in their soul to want to kill anything so fully alive…

This elk had a herd, a family; many people watched him in awe…

He had existed in Cannon Beach for a long time…

The person who shot Eli took something from us that can never be returned…

A quiet greatness that wan dered our streets is gone…

Never to return...

It has left us empty, won dering why…

We will always wonder why?

Eli, your death was so unnecessary and unfair to all of us who live in Cannon Beach…

Your presence was stolen from us…

Eli, you will be missed, but we will always know your spirit of dignity in all the places that you roamed...

We will always remember you and see you in the other

Walking wild and free by the ocean guarding your herd…

Eli you were a magnificent creature of nature...

(written by Deb Atiyeh for Eli)

Eli the Elk at dusk on the beach. Photo provided.

I’m voting for Barb Knop for Mayor

Barb Knop is the best choice for Cannon Beach’s next Mayor. Barb Knop is quiet and thoughtful: a much -needed combination while we as a community wrestle with myriad questions and concerns. I serve on the Planning Commission with Barb; she always knows the issues, listens carefully to all sides, and only takes a position after careful consideration. She would bring intelligence, organiza tion, and experience to the Mayoral position.

Barb’s background has uniquely prepared her to be an excellent leader. She is a retired – and much loved – local middle school teacher, who is still involved in Seaside Scholarships. In addition to the Planning Commission, she has served on the Parks and Commu nity Services Committee and other city committees, making her extremely knowledgeable about how the City operates. Barb was a founder and is a Board member of the Cannon Beach Academy. She is also on the Board of the Cannon Beach Food Pantry.

Quite simply, Barb is more involved in the community than anyone else I have met.

On a personal level, I find Barb really enjoyable to talk to and laugh with. Her kind ness and sense of humor are warming. Importantly, Barb’s calm demeanor is an incredible boon when emo tions run high in a meeting! Barb’s main motivation to run for Mayor is to bridge

divides and bring our com munity back together. This is the person who we need to lead Cannon Beach over the next several years.

Please join me in voting Barb Knop for Mayor.

Anna Moritz Cannon Beach

Gary Hayes for Cannon Beach City Council

I am writing as a strong supporter of Gary Hayes for Cannon Beach City Council. Gary has a long and suc cessful history of creative problem solving, acting as a consensus builder, bringing all sides to the table to find workable solutions to dif ficult problems. Gary has a long history of environmen tal stewardship; he was a founding member of Friends of Haystack Rock and volunteers for the Wildlife Center of the North Coast, to name just a few. Gary has extensive experience rolling up his sleeves, bringing ev eryone to the table, allowing all voices to be heard and working on collaborative solutions that are practical and make a real difference.

We all know we struggle with parking issues and overcrowding and we all worry about the longterm livability of our fragile wetlands, trees and public spaces. Gary is the one candidate in this race who I truly believe has the skill and demeanor to lead com munity engagement efforts to practical solutions where everyone wins. He brings

knowledge and experience, but also he is kind, fair, respectful and humble in his approach to working with people with a variety of points of view.

Cannon Beach needs leadership and someone who can help build consensus to ensure the continued livability of our wonderful town. Gary Hayes is exactly what Cannon Beach needs now.

I have utmost confidence in his abilities, and I am proud to support him. I hope you will join me in making this excellent choice.

Austin Raglione Cannon Beach

My vote is with Lisa Kerr for city council

We have a significant vote coming up for Cannon Beach this November and I ask you to consider Lisa Kerr for Cannon Beach City Council.

Lisa is a dedicated mem ber of our community and has served on several city commissions and boards. I’ve seen her hard work first hand. She is dedicated to making our unique and wonderful city an even better place to live.

As a mother and a loving grandmother, she under stands that we need to create an environment where working families with chil dren can afford to live here. She envisions a day when there are enough families with children that we can again have a school here in town.

She’s a consensus builder and not a divider. She’ll search for common ground that assures local residents and our many visitors can coexist.

Lastly our city sits in a spectacular coastal environ ment, Lisa is dedicated to protecting all of it. She lives by the pledge…“leave it better than we found it”

I ask you to join me and vote for Lisa Kerr on No vember 8th.

Robert Wayne M.D. Cannon Beach

I’m supporting Knop, Kerr and Pearce-Mushen

We have an important

Mayoral and City Council election coming up. There have been good articles in the local papers about the candidates. They have clearly shown which of the City Council and Mayoral candidates have experience serving on the city com missions and committees. I believe that a candidate can not be an effective council man without that valuable experience. Barb Knop (for Mayor) and Lisa Kerr, Jenee Pearce-Mushen and Robin Risley for at-large positions are the only choices with that valuable experience. These candidates have the background to deal with the complicated issues that Cannon Beach faces.

Virginia Wright

Betsy Johnson is the way to fix our state

It seems the one thing we agree on here in Oregon is that our government needs fixing. Let’s stop fooling around with donkeys and elephants and get someone human. Our fixing is near the middle of the road, not fighting in the weeds. Betsy is the way.

Diane Jette Seaside

Traffic stop leads to DUII and drug arrest

On October 6, at about 2:42 P.M., an Oregon State Trooper assigned to the As toria Area Command stopped a black van for several traffic violations on US Highway 30 westbound near milepost 89.

During the traffic stop, the Trooper noted the driver displayed several signs of impairment and was subse quently arrested for DUII. The involved vehicle was searched, and the following items were seized:

• 89.4 grams of Cocaine

• 507.1 grams of pills

containing Fentanyl

• 108.3 grams of Heroin

• 60.5 grams of Psilocybin

• 9mm pistol

• $1,314.12 in US Cur rency

• Digital scale, drug paraphernalia, and drug packaging

The driver, who was identified as Jamie Redman Brown (47) from Hammond, Oregon, was lodged in the Clatsop County Jail on the following charges:

• Driving Under the In fluence of Intoxicants-Con trolled Substances

• Reckless Driving

• Unlawful Possession of Fentanyl- Substantial Quan tity (5 grams or more)

• Unlawful Possession of Heroin- Substantial Quantity (5 grams or more)

• Unlawful Possession of Cocaine- Substantial Quan tity (5 grams or more)

• Unlawful Possession of a Firearm by a Felon

OSP Troopers were assisted during the investiga tion by Detectives from the OSP-Criminal Investigations Division-Drug Enforcement Section (Domestic Highway

Enforcement Initiative).

The Oregon State Po lice-Domestic Highway En forcement Initiative is sup ported by the Oregon-Idaho High-Intensity Drug Traf ficking Area (HIDTA).

The Oregon-Idaho HIDTA program is an Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) sponsored counterdrug grant program that coordinates with and provides funding resources to multi-agency drug en forcement initiatives, includ ing the OSP-DHE Initiative.

Tailgate for the Arts at Cannon Beach Gallery

Tailgate for the Arts during Stormy Weather Arts Fes tival Weekend! Saturday, November 5 from 11:00AM6:30PM join us at the gallery for a silent auction, raffle, mini games, and more! The silent auction will take place all day November 5th and end the following day by No vember 6th by 1:30PM. The silent auction will consist of artwork donated by local art ists and a selected pieces from CBAA’s private collection.

Purchase raffle tickets or try your luck at some mini games, such as pin the squirrel on Bob Ross and Art Trivia, to be entered for a chance to win unique, one –of – a kind prizes.

This event coincides with our annual Miniature Exhibi tion which features work by local and regional artists 6x6” or smaller. The Miniature show reception will take place during Tailgate for the Arts on Saturday, November 5th from 4:30 to 6:30PM. This exhibition will be on view from November 2 – Decem ber 31, 2022.

The Cannon Beach Gallery is a 501(3)(c) nonprofit orga nization, this event is a CBAA Board sponsored fundraiser, the proceeds will go towards arts education, events, and exhibitions.

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Pet parenting style influences dog behavior, OSU finds

SEAN NEALON Guest Article

Dogs with owners who have high expectations and are highly responsive to their dog’s behav ior and needs are more social, more secure when away from their owners and more persistent problem solvers, an Oregon State University study found.

“We found that pet parenting style does predict patterns of dog behavior and cognition,” said Monique Udell, an associate professor at Oregon State and an expert on dog behavior. “This an important finding because it sug gests that dog owners who take the time to understand and meet their dog’s needs are more likely to end up with secure, resilient dogs.”

The behavior and cognition of dogs have drawn increasing scientific interest during the past several decades, with a lot of research focused on how dog be havior is influenced by the home environment and prior experi ences of the dog.

Now researchers are begin ning to study the bond owners have with their dogs and how this influences dog behavior. Many pet care companies have picked up on this bond and are now marketing their products to “pet parents” instead of pet owners.

In many ways, research on human-dog relationships parallels human psychology research, said Lauren Brubaker, a co-author of the paper who earned her doc torate in 2019 while working in Udell’s lab.

Parenting behavior is con

sidered an important factor in a child’s development and has been found to influence many things, including mental health, intel lectual success, social cognition, attachment and job performance, said Brubaker, who now works as a behavioral scientist.

The researchers’ study, recently published in the journal Animal Cognition, is one of the first to look at how the quality of a human-dog relationship may influence a dog’s performance on behavioral and cognitive tests.

For the study, Udell and Brubaker recruited 48 dog owners and gave them a pet parenting style survey. Using the survey data, dog owners were divided into three categories, which are similar to those used in human parenting research: authoritative (high expectations, high respon siveness), authoritarian (high expectations, low responsiveness) and permissive (low expectations, low responsiveness.)

The dogs were then brought to Udell’s Human-Animal Interac tion Lab, where they participated in three behavioral tests.

The first test evaluated the dogs’ attachment to their owner. First, the owner and the dog were situated in the same room, with the owner interacting with the dog when it came close. Then the owner left the room and finally returned, reuniting with the dog.

The second tested sociability by having the owner and an unfa miliar person in the room with the dog and studying the interactions.

The third test involved the dog attempting to get a treat from a puzzle with different levels of

help from the owner.

The researchers’ findings included:

• Dogs with authoritative owners were the most likely to have secure attachment styles, were highly responsive to social cues, showed a proximity-seeking preference towards their owner compared to an unfamiliar person and were more independently per sistent in the puzzle task. Finally, only dogs in this group success fully solved the puzzle task.

• Dogs with authoritarian owners were more likely to be insecurely attached to their primary caretaker when compared to dogs in the authoritative group. These dogs also spent more time seeking the proximity of their owner compared to the unfamiliar person in the sociability test.

•Dogs with permissive owners followed the social cues of the unfamiliar person but not their owner. The dogs spent compara ble time in proximity with their owner regardless of whether their owner was attentive or not. These dogs were also less persistent at the solvable task in the humanneutral condition.

“This research shows that the pet dog-human caretaker bond may be functionally and emotion ally similar to the bond between a human parent and their child,” Brubaker said.

Sean Nealon is a news editor at Oregon State University’s Uni versity Relations and Marketing Department. He may be reached at sean.nealon@oregonstate.edu

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Paul Dueber on the Coaster Theatre at the community icon turns 50

Deb Atiyeh

From skating 90 mph around the oval in the ‘50’s, playing in a local band in the ‘60’s, to performing supporting and leading roles in the ‘80’s and on, I have had the pleasure of enjoying the building in its many uses over the years. No use can match the success and rev erence the Coaster Theatre enjoys. There are any num ber of influences that have

shaped our current “Cannon Beach” and I would suggest the Coaster Theatre ranks at the very top of that list.

Coaster Theatre tran scends the usual descriptive of a community theater by encompassing top flight theatrical and musical ventures and performers.

From professional theatrical touring groups to home town written, directed and acted talent. From Patrick Lamb, Curtis Salgado, Pink Martini, and the Trail Band to our

own homegrown Hootenan nies, Coaster has consistently filled the seats with dedi cated fans of the space and the varied genre.

It’s hard to envision a Cannon Beach without the presence of Coaster The atre. It has become one of the preeminent jewels on the north Oregon coast and the diversity of presentation mirror the warm enthusiasm of its patrons.

Cannon Beach to host festival celebrating women Nov. 11 To 13

In just over 30 days, Can non Beach will once again play host to women from all over the Pacific Northwest, Canada, and other destinations as they come together for the 13th Annual WOW! Week end and Blush Lux events taking place November 11 to 13, 2022.

WOW! Weekend — origi nally designed to be a “wom ens’ only weekend” — is a great opportunity for ladies to get away to Cannon Beach (home of the iconic Haystack Rock) on the stunning Oregon coast for a little “me time” including inspirational classes, shopping, fun, and relaxation.

Over the years the event has evolved as many women brought their partners and chil dren along to enjoy the local scenery. This year’s event will also include a component of activities for men and children including the opportunity for men to enjoy hot shaves and a whiskey tasting workshop as well as family activities at Child’s Play. The full agenda is HERE.

Another key component of WOW! Weekend is Blush Lux, which is a collaboration with The Union Knot of Can non Beach. This is essentially a VIP ticket for WOW! Week end, enabling participants to also enjoy a hair and makeup session followed by a photo shoot with a professional pho tographer in addition to a great swag bag of beauty products,

mini spa treatments and beauty classes, shopping opportuni ties at Cannon Beach’s many great boutiques and shops, and more.

WOW! Weekend tickets cost $55 while the Blush Lux VIP ticket is $185.

WOW! Weekend ticket prices include programming with a keynote speaker and other classes, an artisan marketplace, wine event, boxed lunch, and shopping discounts at select Cannon Beach stores. Those who buy a Blush Lux VIP ticket for the hair, makeup, and photography session enjoy all of the same activities as WOW! Weekend so there is no need to buy both tickets. Some food is included during the events as follows: appetizers on Friday and Saturday night kick-off party, wine for purchase both Fri day and Saturday, and boxed catered lunch on Saturday. Tickets do not include accom modations in Cannon Beach.

Three area hotels including the Ocean Lodge and the Inn at Cannon Beach as well as The Salt Line Hotel in Seaside are offering a 20% discount on accommodations for the week end. A variety of additional arts and crafts classes will also be offered a la carte for those who want to partake.

Proceeds from the general ticket sales will benefit the Cannon Beach Library in its effort to bring more remote access programming and

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“Do you understand where the money is going?” No. I understand the break down of %’s, but I have not been led to believe that there’s any real budget for where the money is actually going, where it can be spent, and for how long these agencies will need these extra funds. For example, I know the city wants to build a new city hall. It’s my understanding

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they want to use some of the tax revenue for this purpose. It’s also my understanding that they don’t know how much a new city hall will cost. Once again, before asking for money or a loan, you have to know how much you need. And once a new city hall is built and paid for, will the city no longer need the food tax revenue?

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If so, will the food tax % be reduced? If not, why not?

ideas to raise revenue for extra services and to future-proof their operations. They were also looking for a way to place the burden of their increased revenue needs on visitors since the vast majority of their calls come from tourists. Unfor tunately, CB locals are also bearing the burden along with visitors.

and they park for free in our very limited parking spaces. This option would have given our community more time to recover from the Covid crisis and inflation. In addition, it would have given the fire department, police department, and city time to clearly plan, budget, and communicate their increased needs.

education to those who are not able to physically visit the library. The event has been managed for the past two years by Brigitte Wahlbeck, the owner of the Cannon Beach Salon and the Union Knot as a way to help the Cannon Beach business community increase tourism during the slower off season.

Full details on pricing and activities are featured on the websites here: WOW! Week end and Blush Lux.

ABOUT WOW! WEEKEND AND BLUSH LUX

Now in its 13th year, WOW! Weekend began as a women’s only weekend to get away and have fun on the stunning Oregon coast. Hap pening every November just a few weeks before Thanks giving, WOW! Weekend is an opportunity for women to come to Cannon Beach to not only enjoy the incredible scenery and fresh sea air, but to have fun, enjoy speakers and presentations, go shop ping, take classes, and just have fun. There is also a VIP ticket component to WOW! Weekend called Blush Lux, which is an opportunity for women to enjoy some glam time and shopping bonuses. Blush Lux for 2022 benefit the Cannon Beach Library.

For additional information, visit https://www.cannon beachwow.com or https:// www.blushlux.com.

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When the food tax was first brought to my attention by the CB Fire Chief, it was my understanding the food tax was one option amongst other

Paid parking was an idea being brought up that was shut down by city officials based on it not providing enough revenue. Why didn’t we start here? 100% of the RV’s park ing in our town are visitors,

Now I hear that city lead ership is suddenly interested in paid parking (after previ ously saying it wouldn’t raise enough money) as a way to actively discourage visitors from coming to CB. Wow! I’m all for responsible tourism, but actively discouraging folks from visiting might send the wrong message. I wonder if we just might be losing the soul of our very special village.

MacGregor’sChip MacGregor, Owner MacGregor is opposed to the food tax and feels it was unfair. He felt the City slipped it through because it was easy to attach to the Fire District. It presented a hardship for him and he did not feel the sales tax on food was the best choice. He wondered if there wasn’t a better way to raise the needed revenue. He suggested implementing a parking fee because he feels it should be the day visitors that pay. He feels it has impacted tips and is unfair to the locals to have to pay more when they go out to the restaurants. MacGregor also complained about having to use coins again. He feels that all busi nesses should have shared in this, not just the restaurants.

Seasons CafeDoug Brown, Owner

Brown reported that at first he did not support the food tax, but now says it has not affected him as he thought it would. He does not like to pass the increased cost on to his customers. Many of his customers are from out of state so they are used to a sales tax. He did not require the city’s help as his system was adjusted to collecting the tax.

He would have liked help with better hardware and software to implement it, but the city did not approve that for a grant. He said restau rants have tight margins and feels the city is out of touch with their concerns. When asked about possible solutions to raise needed revenue, he suggested paid parking, a resort tax, or increasing the hotel tax as they have better margins than the restaurants. He said he would like to see the city deal with the parking problem, affordable housing for workers, and more rest rooms for visitors.

Manguia said that the pre pared food tax is not affecting sales or tips. Some customers ask about the food tax as Ore gon does not have a sales tax, but when they explain the CB food tax and what it is used for, customers accept it. He reports that the City did offer them help, but they did not need it as their system already was capable of adding the tax.

Wayfarer RestaurantHudson, Manager Hudson reported that the food tax is not affecting sales or tips. When customers ask about the tax, once they explain what it is being used for, the customers are OK with it. They were unaware of any help offered by the City, but their system was easily able to add the food tax without any problems. The new tax was a learning curve at first, but they have adjusted. They had no other complaints about the food tax.

Mo’s Seafood and Chowder - Kimberly Bolin, Manager

Bolin said that the food tax has not affected sales or tips. Some customers notice it when paying their bills, as Oregon does not have a sales tax, but once they explain to the customer what it is used for and they are informed, the cus tomers accept it and are fine.

Pelican Brewing Company - Carly Dye, Director of Brewpub Operations

Dye said that implementing the food tax wasn’t difficult, as their current software system was able to adjust for the tax. She added that there has been light push-back from guests, “but we never hear all the complaints”. She is not able to verify if the new tax has or has not affected sales volume or server’s tips, but said that “the summer season is always very busy and Cannon Beach is a popular place to visit”. She believes there could have been better communication from the city about the tax to employees and visitors. She added that “our goal is always to see the city and businesses thriving and doing the best we can to help that”.

Driftwood Restaurant and Lounge

The Driftwood did not re spond to multiple requests for comments on the food tax.

The Gazette also asked City Manager Bruce St. Denis how the City helped the restaurants implement the prepared food tax.

St. Denis’ response

Early this year we reached

out to every business in Cannon Beach that would be subject to the Prepared Food Tax (PFT). We offered them a consultant at no cost, who would evaluate their POS (point of sale) system to deter mine what it would take to get them in a position to collect the tax. We also promised a grant program to assist those that had to spend money to modify/replace their system to accommodate collections and reporting. We specifically said that we would not pay for replacement of systems that could already accommodate the tax. A month before the PFT went into place we again contacted all the businesses to remind them of the grant.

Almost all stated they had managed to get their exist ing system to work, or had purchased a new system for reasons beyond complying with the PFT.

We had surprisingly few grant applications, maybe 7 or 8. Several had or planned to have the work done by a tech consultant or an accountant.

We reimbursed them for 100% for the work. Others said they would do the work themselves but wanted to be reimbursed for their personal time. We paid them 100% of the esti mate for their time and hourly rate it would take them to make the changes. In each of these cases we took the word of the businesses regarding the cost and did not ask for receipts to justify paying the grant. We appreciated their efforts to comply.

Some grant applications were withdrawn or denied due to their particular circum stances. One said that they would not allow our consultant into their place of business and informed me that they did not want the city’s money. One said that they had to buy a new system for their multiple restaurants, but one of their managers later reported to us that he had successfully modified their existing system to collect and report the tax.

We had several ask for funding for new systems including printers and tablets, but they admitted that the new system was not required to collect the PFT, and they withdrew their request. I think we had two that never responded to multiple requests to set up an appointment to evaluate their existing systems, so we were not able to help them.

Gazette followup question:

Half of the revenue generated by the prepared food tax is going to our fire district, with the other half going to the city. Will all of that money go to wards paying for the new City Hall/Police Station, can any of it be used for infrastructure?

St. Dennis: It will pay the debt service on the City Hall/ Police Station project, and can also be used for infrastruc ture.