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The Stormy Weather Arts Festival: The Love of Art and Imagination By DEB ATIYEH
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he 36th Annual Stormy Weather Arts Festival lived up to it’s expectation of stormy weather, art, music and inspiration.
The first night of the Arts Festival included many events at multiple venues throughout town. An event at the Cannon Beach Community Church included pianist David Robinson playing
music while his son, nature cinematographer Thomas Robinson, showed his “Journey into Nature”, in an amazing journey of natural beauty and serenely beautiful piano music.
The rest of the weekend showcased local galleries in a mesmerizing, contemplative, colorful reflection of nature that inspires the art, wonder and beauty of Cannon Beach. People strolled throughout
town with family and friends while experiencing amazing art and creativity everywhere they wandered. Thank you to the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce for hosting such a wonderful event!
PHOTOS BY DEB ATIYEH
Clatsop-Nehalem Tribe to Share History of Homeland By DAVID STOWE
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ative American History Month is a good time to reflect and acknowledge the Clatsop-Nehalem Tribal people who lived here on the North Coast of Oregon since time immemorial, and continue to live in the region to this day. It is a good time to learn more of their history, accomplishments, and relationships with the natural environment, as well as to recognize the organizations, groups and individuals who share many of the same traditional native values. To understand what Cannon Beach means as a homeland, you must imagine the Clatsop Nehalem people living here in longhouses made of cedar planks deep
in the protective forest, along riversides, and fronting ocean beaches. Our ancestors dwelled here in the winter months, having winter ceremonies and preparing supplies and clothing for the warmer months. In the spring and summer, our ancestors harvested and preserved foods for the dark and rainy winter months. They traveled mainly by canoes that were carved from solid cedar logs, and hosted other tribes paddling similar canoes along the coastline. The Clatsop-Nehalem people also made long ocean voyages, sometimes as far south as San Francisco Bay, sometimes to the Seattle area and beyond in the north. The canoe culture continues to this day. Over the last 15 years, the tribe’s canoe family
Jolene Erickson, Chairwoman Joe & Macel Scovell (Jolene’s Mom & Dad) Joe was the most recent Hereditary Chief of the Clatsop-Nehalem people
has taken their canoe, “Dragonfly” to many far-off places to celebrate the canoe culture, and keep their relationships with other coastal tribes alive. The Tribe’s Dragonfly is the first traditional canoe to be carved on the Oregon coast in well over a century. Lewis and Clark reported Clatsop-Nehalem people’s numbers in the hundreds in the early 1800’s, but that was after several generations of European contact, with Spanish explorers and Russian fur traders bringing us the gifts of smallpox, influenza, and other diseases that had decimated our population prior to Lewis and Clark’s “voyage of discovery,” which allowed them to discover that were here already. Americans came later, bearing the gift of a treaty that took away most of our homeland and “gave” us tiny reservations on our own land; the treaty was never ratified by Congress and we were left to fend for ourselves. In spite of insurmountable odds our people, our culture, our values have survived. Many of our people had to leave this land, moving to distant cities and towns to survive, and many others stayed. Our Hereditary Chief, Joe Scovell, worked tirelessly to make sure our people survived as a tribe. Joe’s great-grandmother was born in a village in Cannon Beach, where the pristine water of Ecola Creek ran from the mountains and ancient forests to the sea. Later a school was
built atop the remains of this special place. Joe grew up speaking Nehalem-Tillamook as his first language and was instrumental in having us incorporated as a Tribe to give us legal status. Joe was determined to not have us go “poof” and disappear. Joe’s daughter, Jolene Erickson is the current Chairwoman of the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes, is leading the hard yet rewarding work to continue the relationship to the lands, and to pass down our memories, culture, and values to the next generation. For years, the City of Cannon Beach, the Cannon Beach History Center, the Ecola Creek Awareness Project, the North Coast Land Conservancy, and other people and institutions in the town have been welcome partners in helping make this possible. The communities and museums of Clatsop and Tillamook counties, and even the State and National Parks, have been friends in this journey, and our effort to preserve our culture and the lands and waters that have sustained us from the beginning of time. Curiously, the Native American “Gathering” planned for Cannon Beach on November 10-13 has been organized with little involvement or input from the Native peoples from this place, instead inviting others to provide entertainment and share their cultures who are from distant parts of North America. We may all learn
from this event, but observers will learn little about the people of Cannon Beach and their traditional homelands, or any other nearby tribe. Though Clatsop Nehalem is not participating in the larger Gathering, we take this opportunity to share out story at the Cannon Beach History Center during the same weekend. We, the members of the Clatsop Nehalem Confederated Tribes are always eager to share a small piece of our history as a time of remembrance of the struggles we have had, but also to again honor our relationship with the beautiful North Coast of Oregon. We give thanks to all those who contribute to our common love for the lands, and the work to keep the richness of the homeland of the
Clatsop Nehalem Confederated Tribes alive and vibrant, from the mountains to the ocean. Next November, we will be working with ECAP (Ecola Creek Awareness Project) and other local organizations to co-sponsor the return of the First Salmon Celebration. And we also wish to show our respect, and sense of common purpose, with all neighbors who also share the deep love for the animals, the deer, elk, birds, to the smallest blade of grass. We are all one. To learn more, we invite you to come visit the Cannon Beach History Center on Saturday November 11, 2023, from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. We are eager to share our story with you.
Nancy Gervais: great-great aunt of David Stowe
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he Cannon Beach planning commission held the first public hearing on an update to the city’s wetland overlay regulations at their meeting on October 26. The wetland overlay updates come as part of a code audit taking place in the city
the new ordinance would maximize environmental protection of the wetlands while maintaining the possibility for development. The largest proposed change is an increase in the wetland development buffer from five feet to 50 feet. The update would also clarify the ordinance’s definitions and other regulations.
and would expand protections for the city’s wetlands. The process began with a citizen committee proposing updates before Urbsworks, an outside consulting firm, reviewed those proposed changes. Marcy McInelly, Ursbworks’s President, appeared at the meeting and told the planning commission that
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ear Editor, In response to “The Roosevelt Elk of the Pacific Northwest” by Bob Atiyeh, October 27, 2023, I would like to thank Mr. Atiyeh for writing the in-depth articles on the elk situation in the area, particularly in Cannon Beach. The history and extent of detail the article states are informative. Additionally, the Q/A section with the Dept. of Fish and Wildlife (DFW) very much speaks to concern of the overall issue of elk in our community. Over the past months, if not years, I have expressed my concerns about the increase in elk population to the Cannon Beach Office of City Manager (manager) and to the Cannon Beach City Council (council) to ask for action to address what I perceive now to be a “public safety” concern that comes with the increased elk population in Cannon Beach. I have previously read through the Clatsop Plains Elk Collaborative (collaborative), that Mr. Atiyeh mentions in
Atiyeh’s articles is that we have a problem in our community with the elk that is now, or soon will be, a public safety issue. It is not a matter of “if” but “when” the reality will occur; considerable damage, bodily injury/death, or all the above will occur and the city and council will be dealing with the very expensive ramifications of such outcome(s). I highly recommend that registered voters in the Cannon Beach community, and non-voters, as well, reach out to the manager and council to request that the city of Cannon Beach join the collaborative and for the manager and council to step-up their action to make our community safe from the elk situation. The current and future state of elk population and the unwillingness of the manager and council to act will continue to be a public safety concern. Matthew Curtin Chicago, IL. and Cannon Beach, OR.
his article, which clearly is a comprehensive approach to addressing all the issues that come with the increased elk population. I have asked the manager and the council to “do something” about the elk situation and to address the issue from a public safety matter of concern. My requests for action, when responded to, show little interest in doing so, and one such response from a council member was suggesting that the city take “advice” from a local garden club. I continue to strongly recommend to the manager and council to joinin/join-up with the collaborative as a member to engage, and yes, learn from the experts and their peers from the policies and suggestions that are clearly stated in the collaborative. Unfortunately, no such action has occurred which to me is telling. A city and council that is unwilling to join the collaborative with other local areas and agencies needs to reassess their priorities. A take-away from Mr.
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McInelly said that the update would include an allowance for any new building to have a footprint of 1,000 square feet, regardless its wetland encumbrances. This inclusion drew skepticism from several members of the public who commented at the meeting and said they would prefer to see certain properties not
developed. City staff and planning commission members clarified that disallowing development would potentially violate state land use laws and the ordinance had been designed to avoid that. Even so, city staff has begun notifying property owners in the wetland zones of the potential impacts
the changes might have to property value, although they are unable to offer any details with the update in progress. The proposed ordinance update will have a second wo public hearing at the com- on mission’s next meeting, firs before commissioners vote Ho on whether to recommend its Co and adoption to city council.
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he Cannon Beach City Council unanimously voted to move the new police station and city hall projects into the design and development phase at a special meeting on November 6. The meeting followed several over the past month at which the council made design decisions that were presented as part of the final schematic design, along with an updated project budget. Leslie Jones, an associate architect at CIDA, the architecture firm designing the project, gave a presentation on the projects’ budgets. The most recent budget update still calls for the same
total budget of $25 million to complete both projects, although the level of certainty in that number has increased as the project advances. Jones said that the overall budget for the new city hall, which will be located on Gower Street in downtown Cannon Beach, had seen a small reduction, specifically in its soft costs. The police station, which will be located at the south end of town on Highway 101, has seen its budget rise, but only slightly and the increase was offset by the decrease at city hall. The police station project now has a projected budget of $9.7 million, while the city hall is projected to cost $15.3 million. City Manage Bruce St.
Denis said that with the approval, the project team will begin making more detailed plans for the buildings, which will begin to involve the project’s construction manager and general contractor. The most recent budget still includes several contingencies, including for inflation, potential soil issues and overruns in the design or construction phase. Jones said that as the project’s timeline advances the inflation contingency would continue to fall and that with geotechnical reports complete, the team did not expect to use the soil mitigation contingency but were including it in case of unforeseen issues.
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Happy Howlidays Dog Portraits
Happy Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Contest By DEB ATIYEH
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he Disaster Animal Response Team (DART) would like to thank everyone who participated in the first Cannon Beach DART Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Contest - contestants, judges, and sponsors. There were 29 dogs (belonging to 20 people) who competed. The costumes, on both the pets and their people, were great - creative and entertaining. Everyone had fun, and the Cannon Beach
Disaster Animal Response Team raised over $300 to continue their acquisition of pet care and shelter supplies that will be stored in their cache site and will be used to help care for our four-legged family members in the event of any major disaster that impacts our community. Thank you to The Driftwood Restaurant and Lounge for providing the venue, as well as one of the prizes, and thank you to the other sponsors for generously donating assorted gift baskets that
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Disaster Animal Response Team were also given as prizes. The other sponsors were Bruce’s Candy Kitchen, Salty Raven, Four Paws On The Beach, and Fetch. Thank you to Escape Lodging for designing the fliers and award certificates. DART plans to do this
again next year and hopes everyone will participate and encourage friends and neighbors to join the fun. They plan to make it more streamlined and efficient, and hope to have a pet parade with all the pets included. The Cannon Beach Disas-
ter Animal Response Team (CBDART) is a volunteer organization committed to assisting community and pet owners alike with emergency preparedness and caching of supplies for domestic animals. Our organization coordinates and collaborates on training necessary to ensure effective emergency response, veterinary first aid and companion-to-family reunification. Our volunteers mobilize to bring structure, skill, comfort and compassion to both prevent and
mitigate the consequences of disaster.
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Celebrating Dogs & their Humans in Photographic Family Portraits that make you Smile!
Happy Howlidays Mini Mini Photo Session
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ould you like to support your favorite local Museum and have fun at the same time? Then bring your dog and yourself to the HAPPY HOWLIDAY Mini Mini Photo Session with professional Dog Portrait photographer, Cynthia Wolf at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum on either
November 17th, or November 18th between the hours of 11am – 4pm. There are only 10 sessions available for each day and signing up is required. The Holiday Minis are a yearly indoor photo session favorite of Cynthia’s because of all the smiles it brings to people and their dogs! The
rest of the year you’ll find her outdoors, capturing the unique personalities of the pups in the beautiful Cannon Beach landscapes while raising money for the local rescues. The session fee is $99, and we’re hoping to raise $1,000 that weekend as $50 from each session is donated to the
Cannon Beach History Center & Museum! Woof! Woof! Cynthia has a cool holiday backdrop and many holiday props like antlers, Santa hats, red scarves for the Pups and a few for their humans! Or you can bring your own! This is not a drop-in event, so you will need to sign up. You can pick your date and
time and purchase your ticket online. To purchase a session, you can go to www.cynthiadanielwolf.com/ howlidaysevents.html.Card and print options available with a portion of the proceeds donated to the Museum. This fundraising event will be held at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum
PHOTO BY CYNTHIA WOLF PHOTOGRAPHY
on Friday, November 17th and Saturday, November 18th between the hours of 11am – 4pm. The Museum is located at 1387 South Spruce Street in Cannon Beach, Oregon. For more information about this event, visit www. cbhistory.org or www.cynthiadanielwolf.com/howlidaysevent.html
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Deep in the Heart of Cannon Beach
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eep in the heart of Cannon Beach there was a cowboy who roamed the streets, trails and beaches on his horses, and his spirit and his horses uplifted those
he encountered. It was rumored that he was a relative of John Wayne, and his sense of humor led many of us to believe that he was. He dressed the part and became the “Cannon Beach Cowboy”.
Bob grew up loving all of the western TV shows and movies with the cowboy hats, holsters, bold belt buckles, cowboy shirts and vests, and fun cowboy boots. His horses were dressed up in saddles, fancy bridles and
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horse blankets in red, white and blue, like the feeling of the good old USA and apple pie. He was especially influenced by Roy Rogers and his horse Trigger, the King of the Cowboys; with the cowboy spirit always within him. In his teenage years, Bob often drove to the countryside with his kid sister, Cynthia, to ride horses that belonged to his uncle’s business partner. There was also a riding stable in a park near his home in New York that he frequented. It was that sense of freedom and the spirit of the horses so wild and free that influenced his soul. The love of horses followed him. Shortly after moving to Cannon Beach 50 years ago, he and his wife Jean purchased a home on Ecola Park Road, and he began acquiring his own horses. His horses remained with him at his home in Cannon Beach until the end. He built a beautiful barn for them and each had their own stalls. He would feed them many delights like bread, pastries, potato chips, ice cream and many things perhaps they should not have been eating. They were like his babies that he nurtured through the years. He would invite friends to ride with him on many adventures over the years, and he formed some very close friendships. His funny sense of humor and playful spirit made us all laugh. He was always curious to learn and would show up at all the fun events. Bob’s career and passion was working on the Oregon coast as a general surgeon at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Astoria and Providence Hospital in Seaside. Every life he saved brought him joy because of his desire to help and heal. Bob was a medical student, and his wife Jean a nursing student, when they met at St. Joseph Hospital in Omaha in 1968. They married in 1971. Bob was proud
of Jean’s quilting hobby, and he sent many photos of her artistic quilting work to his friends. No matter where he was, being home for dinner with Jean was always a top priority for Bob. Bob was an active member of the community in Cannon Beach. He helped start the Cannon Beach Medical Reserve Corp (MRC) with his dear friend Lila Wickham, RN. He was a member of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and the Disaster Animal Response Team (DART) and was actively involved in emergency communications along the north Oregon coast as a ham radio operator and member of Clatsop County Auxiliary Communications. Bob Kroll (DART) and Lila Wickham (MRC) were very helpful to Bob in his final days, which Bob Wayne and his family truly appreciated. Bob was an animal lover. He had a loving cat named Irving and three wonderful horses named The Senator, Sensational, and Cricket, whom he all loved deeply. He was passionate about sharing his love of riding and encouraged everyone he met to join him on a ride. He loved riding his horses in the Cannon Beach 4th of July parade and other events in full cowboy regalia; attentive to every detail that he and the horses were wearing. His best friend Dale often rode with him, and they could be seen having lunch downtown with the horses tied to a nearby post for visitors to pet and love. Cannon Beach was graced with their presence and the delight it brought to so many. Children were drawn to Bob because he was also a child at heart. He loved to show children how to feed the horses, how to brush them, and how to ride; putting them in the saddle for a magical experience. He would bring them joy in the thrill of being on a real live horse and seeing a real live cowboy, and their joy brought joy to Bob. In 2021, some new neighbors moved into the neighborhood; Mickey and Chet Moritz and their three amazing children, Galen, Bryce and Serena. They all became extremely close and their friendship blossomed into something wonderful and fulfilling. Bob adopted them as his “virtual grandchildren” and they were constantly seen on riding adventures
with Bob all over Cannon Beach. He would bring the boys along on events such as monitoring for fireworks over the 4th of July weekend, and he trained them to use the radios. He was a mentor and friend to them, and in that short time the relationships deepened and became some of the happiest years in Bob’s life. He loved the children and they loved him. As Bob grew weaker from his illness, Galen, Bryce, Mickey, and close friends Dale and Jill cared for the horses. The horses have moved to a stable in Warrenton owned by a good friend, where Galen and Bryce will be able to continue to ride and care for the horses. Bob had arranged all of this ahead of time, because it was important to him that his horses would be cared for properly. Those years of fun riding adventures will be etched in their memories forever. Bob is survived by his loving wife Jean, his only sibling Cynthia AnderfuhrenWayne, his brother-in-law Hans, nephew Alexander Anderfuhren, and niece Bai Zhu Schmillen. He is also survived by all of his close friends who were like family in Cannon Beach and who loved him dearly. It is truly amazing how many lives Bob touched because he was such a vibrant, playful spirit who loved people. To his friends he would say goodbye and “I love you” right out loud and he truly meant it. Losing Bob Wayne is a huge loss for Cannon Beach, because there will never be another Bob Wayne who loved all of us and Cannon Beach the way he did. Seeing his horses and being able to pet them will be another loss for all of us. We may never see another horse and cowboy on the streets of Cannon Beach. The spirit of the horses and cowboy Bob Wayne will always remain in our hearts and he will be missed so much. Bob loved to have his cowboy music playing as he rode through town. He was his own parade. So here is a song for you Bob, sung by one of your favorites; Roy Rogers and Dale Evans: “Happy Trails to you Bob, until we meet again. Keep smiling until then. So Happy Trails to you, until we meet again”. As you ride off into the sunset, please know we will always remember you deep in the heart of Cannon Beach.
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The Geology of the North Oregon Coast
Sedimentary rock of the Astoria Formation at Silver Point PHOTO BY BOB KROLL
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ob nyone spending time ch among the offshore o rocks, sea stacks and rugged s peaks of the north Oregon “I coast might have wondered d how old they are and how they formed. The answer is more complex and interesth, ing than they might imagine. During an interview with Dr. Scott Burns, Portland State University Geology ng Professor Emeritus, Burns discussed the famous landmarks on the north Oregon coast, while offering some d valuable insights into the inevitable Cascadia Subduction f Zone earthquake and tsunami b lurking in our future. Burns explained that the iconic coastal features such as Tillamook Head, Haystack Rock, Neakahnie Mountain, e Onion Peak, and Cape Lookout were all formed from the a same lava, called Columbia River Basalt (CRB), that flowed from volcanic vents in northeastern Oregon between 15 and 16 million years ago, which is 8-10 milpy lion years before the earliest t human ancestors diverged from ancient apes in Africa. These multiple flows of basalt are some of the largest n terrestrial lava flows on the planet. The huge volume of
lava that flowed out of these fissures completely buried the landscape, up to two miles thick in some places, as the lava flowed hundreds of miles towards the ocean. When these massive “flood basalts” were flowing like gigantic molten rivers millions of years ago, northern Oregon’s coastline was located along what is now the western edge of the Willamette Valley; in the vicinity of present-day Forest Grove. As the lava poured into the ancient ocean, the heavy flows sank into the lighter mud and silt at the bottom of the ocean, while filling undersea canyons with lava thousands of feet thick. Over millions of years, Western Oregon was slowly uplifted by tectonic forces, forming the Coast Range while lifting these ancient oceanic lava flows above the sea. As the softer surrounding material eroded away, the tougher and more resistant basalt formed now-familiar landmarks such as Tillamook Head, Neakahnie Mountain, Onion Peak and Cape Lookout. At the end of the Pleistocene (Ice Age) about 10,000 -12,000 years ago, sea level was about 300 feet lower than it is today, with the ice age coastline 5-6 miles
west of the current coastline. About 5,000 years ago, global sea level stabilized at its current level, with the relentless and eternal pounding of the surf eroding the ancient lava flows. Haystack Rock, Tillamook Rock, Sea Lion Arch Rock, Bird Rocks, Chapman Point and Ecola Point are all the erosionresistant remnants of these ancient basalt lava flows. Burns explained that present day Cannon Beach sits on a coastal terrace, known as the “Whiskey Run Terrace”, resulting from a major uplift about 60,000 years ago. The sedimentary deposits of Silver Point and the beautiful sandstone formations at Hug Point are comprised of the ancient silts, sands and clays of the “Astoria Formation”; a much older formation which lies underneath the younger basalt lava flows. Switching to the Cascadia Subduction Zone; hanging over our collective heads like the “Sword of Damocles” in the minds of many coastal residents, Burns had some encouraging news mixed in with some sobering facts. Describing a large Cascadia earthquake, Burns described how the land along the coast will sink an average of 6 feet, depending on local geology,
as the coastline itself moves 20-30 feet westward. The violent ground motion will last for at least 4-5 minutes, with the resulting tsunami crashing ashore 20-30 minutes later and reaching at least 40 feet above sea level. Subduction zones, where one crustal plate slides beneath another, locking together for centuries while building up enormous stress, generate the largest earthquakes on the planet. The two largest earthquakes ever recorded were the magnitude 9.5 Chilean Valdivia earthquake in May 1960, and the magnitude 9.2 Alaskan Good Friday earthquake in March 1964; which generated a tsunami that damaged coastal communities and killed over a dozen people in the Pacific Northwest. The string of Cascade volcanoes are stark evidence of the subduction zone sitting silently off our coastline. As the subducting Explorer, Juan de Fuca and Gorda plates sink beneath the North American plate, portions of these rocky plates begin to melt and rise toward the surface as magma, forming volcanoes capable of violent eruptions. Oregon State University paleoseismologist Chris Goldfinger has spent
years drilling into turbidites (undersea landslides) off the Pacific Northwest coast to piece together a record of past Cascadia events. Over the past 10,000 years, the intervals between Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquakes have been as short as 110 years or as long as 1,050 years. A “full rupture” of the entire Cascadia Subduction Zone, stretching from Vancouver Island to northern California, is capable of producing a magnitude 9.0+ earthquake, with an average interval of 400-500 years between quakes. The most recent one occurred on a winter night in late January 1700; almost 324 years ago. A “partial rupture” of just the southern section of the subduction zone is almost twice as likely as a “full rupture”, with the southern section (Coos Bay southward) rupturing an average of every 250 years. A “partial rupture” is still capable of producing an 8.0 magnitude earthquake, with a smaller tsunami being generated that would have less impact on the north Oregon coast. “ShakeAlert” and “MyShake”, apps that can be installed on smartphones, would give north coast residents about a 4-minute warning of a rupture of
the southern section of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, giving them valuable time to evacuate a building. Burns said that even though the outer margin of the Cascadia Subduction Zone sits 30-40 miles off the north Oregon coast, he warned that the “locked zone” between the two plates is 50 miles wide, so a portion of the locked plates sits directly beneath Cannon Beach and other coastal communities. “Ghost forests”, in the form of decomposing stumps, can be found in inlets, bays and a few beaches along coastal areas of the Pacific Northwest; stark evidence of the sudden subsidence of large areas of coastline during the last Cascadia event. The rugged, spectacular, serene natural beauty of our coastline stands in stark contrast to the violent geological events that created it, reminding residents and visitors that Mother Nature is in charge, and that our seemingly timeless, eternal and unchanging coastline is still very much under construction; as ocean waves relentlessly batter ancient lava flows and periodic monster earthquakes and tsunamis suddenly rearrange our landscape.
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Laurelwood Farm AT THE LIBRARY John Jacob Astor & New Titles By PHYLLIS BERNT Library Board President
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couple of quick reminders about events at the library this month. Former-dory fisherman Terry Evers will give a talk
as part of the NW Author Speakers Series at 2 p.m., Saturday, November 11. This will be a hybrid event; participants can attend the talk in-person at the library (131 N. Hemlock in downtown Cannon Beach) or watch the event online through the library website (cannonbeachlibrary.org). Evers will discuss the book “Fifteen Seasons,” his memoir of the fifteen summers he and his father fished for salmon out of Yaquina Bay. Evers both memorializes the unique dory-fishing culture that once was prevalent in the Newport area, and honors his father for the adventures they shared on their 22-foot commercial dory. The Cannon Beach Reads book club will step back in time when they meet at 7 p.m., Wednesday, November 15, to discuss “The Bridge of the Gods: A Romance of Indian Oregon,” by Frederic Homer Balch. This will be a hybrid meeting with participants able to join the discussion in person at the library or virtually through Zoom. In “The Bridge of the Gods,” Balch recounts missionaries’ attempts to convert Native Americans along the Columbia River, and efforts by warring tribes to form alliances in order to drive out white settlers. He also retells Native American creation myths. In the process, Balch describes the food, dress, canoes, homes, sports and religion of Northwest Native tribes. Despite the shortness of his writing career, Balch is considered an influential author because he was the first Northwest writer to cast Native Americans as major characters in his writings. He also featured the beauty of the Pacific Northwest landscape, hoping to popularize Oregon as Sir Walter Scott had done for Scotland. Lorraine Hopper will lead the discussion, which will begin at 7 p.m., on Wednesday, November 15, at the library. The Zoom link for those wishing to participate from
home is available by emailing Joe Bernt at berntj@ohio. edu. Coffee and cookies will be provided at the library. New members, whether in person or online, are always welcome. Library patrons who check out “Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune” by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe may be surprised to learn that John Jacob Astor envisioned creating a country, starting west of the Mississippi and spreading to the Pacific Ocean, which he would modestly name “Astoria.” Astor never created that country but he did, as Cooper and Howe show, build an enormous financial empire, often through unsavory and ruthless methods. John Jacob Astor was born the son of a butcher in Waldorf, Germany. After four years selling flutes and pianos in London for his uncle’s company, Astor sailed to America, flutes in hand. But Astor quickly realized that the real money to be made was in the fur trade, soon building an extensive network of trading posts. Astor proved a ruthless businessman, selling alcohol at grossly inflated prices to addicted Native Americans and offering over-priced goods in his growing monopoly of trading posts. Astor showed the same ruthlessness when he exited the fur trade and began investing in real estate in today’s New York City. After paying rock-bottom prices for seemingly worthless land, he rented out the land under long-term leases. Renters were free to improve or build on the land, but, when the lease ended, all improvements or buildings belonged to Astor. Since most of the buildings were tenements, Astor became the secondlargest slumlord in New York City. Cooper and Howe provide detailed portraits of the generations of heirs who inherited and managed Astor’s vast fortune, only to fritter it away over the years. Astor’s
male descendants tended to be unhappy, isolated men, prone to paranoia, self-aggrandizement and dislike of their Astor relatives. Astor’s heirs were also unapologetic about their conspicuous consumption, treating themselves to ever-bigger yachts and building themselves ever-more sumptuous residences. William Waldorf Astor, son of John Jacob Astor III, even entertained himself by buying an English castle, surrounding it with a moat, restoring the battlements, erecting a drawbridge and building a fairy-tale, thatched-roof Tudor village as his version of Medieval English life. Despite their wealth, Astor and his descendants exhibited a distinct lack of interest in charitable activities. Except for William Waldorf Astor, who showered money on British universities, hospitals and politicians in hopes of gaining a peerage, the Astors, according to Cooper and Howe, didn’t think they owed the public “one goddamned thing.” This ungenerous attitude was perhaps best exemplified by Caroline Astor, wife of one of John Jacob’s grandsons, and the undisputed queen of Gilded Age New York society. Caroline, who regarded herself as the arbiter of American taste, felt that her contribution to her fellow Americans was to hold elegant dinners and balls which would inspire the masses to “more cultivated heights.” Astor never lent his name to a country, but his name has been applied to cities, streets and neighborhoods. The Astor name has been decoupled from the family itself, and has come to represent style, luxury, glamor or elegance.
Indeed, as the authors point out, when an aspiring young actress named Lucile Langhanke looked for a classy stage name, she chose “Mary Astor.” In addition to “Astor,” the library added five more nonfiction titles: “The Final Witness: A Kennedy Secret Service Agent Breaks His Silence after Sixty Years” by Paul Landis, “Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism” by Rachel Maddow, “Palestine: A Four Thousand Year History” by Nur Masalha, “The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA” by Liza Mundy and “What the Bears Know: How I Found Truth and Magic in America’s Most Misunderstood Creatures” by Steve Searles & Chris Erskine. Ten fiction titles were recently added to the collection, including: “Tom Clancy Weapons Grade: A Jack Ryan Jr. Novel” by Don Bentley, “Blood Lines” by Alex Demille & Nelson Demille, “The Vaster Wilds” by Lauren Groff, “Shark Heart” by Emily Habeck, “The Burnout” by Sophie Kinsella, “The Leftover Woman” by Jean Kwok, “Moscow X” by David McCloskey, “Night Watch” by Jayne Anne Phillips, “The Wishing Game” by Meg Shaffer and “Let Us Descend” by Jesmyn Ward. The eight mysteries added were “Dirty Thirty” by Janet Evanovich, “The Running Grave: A Cormoran Strike Novel” by Robert Galbraith, ma “The River We Remember” of by William Kent Krueger, “Murder by Degrees” by Ritu wa Mukerji, “Payback in Death” by J.D. Robb, “Judgment wa Prey” by John Sandford, “A tur Chateau Under Siege” by res Martin Walker and “Obsession” by Stuart Woods. on tifu ins
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ctober 27 marked the 165th birthday of one of my favorite Americans – our 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt. I became a fan in my second year at the University of Virginia, thanks to an inspiring course on the Progressive Era taught by Professor William Henry Harbaugh, author of perhaps the best one-volume Roosevelt biography. Harbaugh’s biography was assigned
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reading for that course, and I’ve re-read it often since. A Roosevelt biography is the best antidote for the hopelessness I sometimes feel when viewing the state of politics and government in modern America. But it can be more than that. A serious look into the Progressive Era – and particularly, into the career of Teddy Roosevelt – can serve equally well as a call to action for those not entirely in despair over the current state of our Republic. After all, Teddy Roosevelt rose to power in times not so different from our own. In 1901, when an assassin’s bullet made him President at the age of 42, American politics were thoroughly dominated by big banks, massive corporations, and super-wealthy
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businessmen. The interests of the middle class, the working class, and the poor were largely ignored. On the world stage, great powers were building vast navies and arsenals of land weapons at an alarming rate. In this country, waves of immigration challenged our internal unity. And, as has always been true in American history, our vast natural resources were being extracted – mined, pumped, felled, slaughtered, and otherwise ravished from the land – without thought for the future. In seven and a half years, Teddy Roosevelt – a son of aristocratic privilege, who remade himself as a man of the people – did more than any president in our history to curb the excesses of wealth and power, protect our natural resources, and assert a positive role for government as an advocate for, and defender of, the rights and interests of ordinary citizens. He did this by drawing on his phenomenal intellect; seem-
ingly limitless personal energy; shrewd political skills; dauntless courage; ability to attract the service of talented Americans from many backgrounds; and knack for public relations. Though the odds were stacked against him, TR made democratic politics work. He was, in my mind, the ideal type of a political leader in a democratic republic. He was also, in his philosophy of government, what British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli called himself – a “progressive conservative”. Today, many will say that “progressive conservative” is a contradiction in terms. In fact, it is essentially what all the greatest American leaders have been – all the way back to the Founders. As we approach the 2024 election, Americans will search in vain for a political figure remotely like TR – but the things he accomplished can justly give us hope. Roosevelt was, without question, a great man – but his
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achievements were not those of a single leader. TR arose at a time when the Progressive movement had already gained momentum in many localities and a number of key states. He benefitted from the work of brilliant investigative journalists – the “muckrakers” of such publications as McClure’s magazine. Most important, he made himself the leader of millions of Americans – mostly middle-class – who saw the power of government slipping away from the citizens and becoming the sole province of the plutocracy. Americans determined to take back the power of government looked to Teddy Roosevelt – not as a savior, but as their great captain. The Progressive movement belonged to millions, not just one great man. There is, today, a marked tendency for Americans to sit as spectators to a national politics which has gotten out of our hands. Most states, and most congressional districts, are deemed automatically red or blue. The vast power of partisan media – and of advertising purchased by billionaires, mega-corporations, and SuperPACs – seems too great
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oin the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum on Tuesday, November 14th at 4pm for a special meeting of the Museum’s membership as they do a brief overview of the past year. They will also be welcoming back Doug Kenck-Crispin from Kick Ass Oregon History as he gives an engaging presentation on Lewis & Clark on the Oregon Coast. Originally from Spokane, Doug Kenck-Crispin came with his family in 1982 and settled in North Portland. He graduated from Lincoln High School. After walking the Earth like Caine for a decade and a half, he earned his BA (cum laude) in History from Portland State University
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with a minor in Judaic Studies. Doug then completed his MA in History at PSU (Public History & History of Pacific NW). His thesis is titled “Charles A. Moose: Race, Community Policing, and Portland’s First African American Police Chief.” He is the recipient of the 20092010 Sara Glasgow Cogan Scholarship. Doug is the Resident Historian for the podcast Kick Ass Oregon History. He has been featured in Imbibe and Portland Monthly magazines, OPB’s “Oregon Experience,” “Think Out Loud,” “Weekend Edition,” and the season premiere of Esquire TV’s “Best Bars in America.” Oh – and the PSU Vanguard, too! He has
written for Portland Monthly, Street Roots newspaper and the Willamette Week. In addition, he hosts various historical speaking series, field trips and historical tours – across the state – that connect people with Oregon. Doug’s talk will focus on Lewis & Clark’s time on the Oregon Coast. The north Oregon Coast was the ultimate destination for the Expedition where they spent the winter of 1805 in an area known as Fort Clatsop. While there, they faced a harsh winter and lack of food, but they ultimately were successful in establishing an American presence. If you’ve ever been to the Museum during one of Doug’s engaging presenta-
tions, you know this is one you won’t want to miss! This event will be held at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum on Tuesday, November 14, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. This event is free and open to the public. Seating for this event is limited to 50 people. Parking is limited and it is encouraged to arrive early to find a parking space. This event has been brought to you by Seabreeze Court. The museum is a private non-profit located at the corner of Sunset and Spruce Street in Cannon Beach, Oregon. For more information, call us at 503-436-9301 or visit www.cbhistory.org.
In Memory of the Seventy-Seven Elk Killed in Surf Pines By DEB ATIYEH
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eople who come to the Oregon coast stop to h, marvel when they see a herd ” of elk roaming free Time stands still as they itu watch with a sense of awe h” The locals also pause to watch these majestic creaA tures wandering the streets or resting in the beach grass Elk are one of the wonders on the coast that create beautiful art, photography, and the inspiration of poetry Nature and wildlife are part of what makes the coastal areas so special So what has gone wrong when someone decides to take seventy-seven of these magnificent creatures of nature from us What could be in one’s soul to have a desire to kill anything so beautiful that has for so long wandered this earth Grazing in a field, a herd, a family, all gunned down in their natural beauty
How many did not die y immediately and suffered. How many tried to run. How many called out to each other – as they fell Some of them pregnant, e yes seventy-seven were e killed, along with the dozens of unborn calves alive inside als the pregnant cows, so many were massacred They were hunted while no one was watching, all in secrecy, all with a plan to s kill, with no regard to how n others feel he The large herd is gone, and now only a few remain, – according to those who – watch them daily and love ull their existence They inflicted a harm on e n their own neighbors who loved the elk Not realizing the sensitivity of others or having empathy for the grief that would follow
Those who shot the elk, be who were standing and laying in the field, had no regard as for the immensity of what they were doing It was so inhumane to kill r Ifso many er The owners of the property who allowed and watched seemed to be heartless at the taking of so many lives, each a soul
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years, and their souls will remain The elk had become an inconvenience for these people, so let’s just kill them What is the legacy for the people who did this. It is a question of morality What about the people who cared and loved them, who they were stolen from The elk belong to the people of Oregon and it should not be up to just a few to decide to kill so many Did they take it upon themselves to be the god of their existence, deciding which of our precious wildlife lives or dies What form of humanity would aspire to such action. An action that has the stench of evil One without compassion and empathy for the earth, the wildlife and the people who have reverence for what is sacred In this life journey, respecting the earth, people and wildlife is what matters. Causing such harm is an insult physically, mentally and spiritually, and leaves a mark on the soul
Now we are left grieving for the loss of something so beautiful It was a betrayal of trust and it has blackened the reputation of ODFW We are left trying to make sense of it all Those elk are gone, killed, slaughtered, massacred, executed, dismembered Many are feeling deeply disturbed by this horrific act of violence toward the local wildlife We are left wondering why, and saddened by the actions of those so lacking in sensitivity for others and for wildlife It is cruelty from the soul, and people are left to wonder “who would do this”? We will hear the elk roaming in the silence and see them in those left behind Sniffing the ocean air, grazing in our fields, roaming in the beach grass Walking in the wind of our souls Elk were the symbol of Gearhart, now destroyed by their own neighbors and the division between them To choose to destroy what
The ODFW biologist who gave them permission to do it, again playing god with our precious wildlife, without asking the community or the Elk Collaborative formed for the purpose of finding solutions How much damage justified the lives of so many. The voice of the community did not matter The blood of those elk runs deep on that property, now staining the ground The elk and their offspring have wandered that land for
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others love is a crime against the human spirit that gives life, love and humble reverence for the sacredness of our existence. We want to believe that people are better than this, that they care. We hang on to hope for the people who do care Did those property owners care about their neighbors and all of the elk that were killed, does ODFW care about all of the public
outpouring, or will they just make excuses, defending their actions while betraying the trust of the people of Oregon Did anyone think it would make so many others feel sad, angry, outraged about this loss? Do they even care? It has penetrated our souls with sadness... Will anything change because of this or will the killing fields continue with their rifles, bow and arrows
As so many said, “this was not the sport of hunting, it was a slaughter” Who will be accountable to the people of Oregon for taking a piece of something we value on the Oregon coast Will there be no consequences for something that is never forgotten; a memory that stains and settles into the soul of a community... In memory of the elk who died, who had no voice in their existence...
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