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November 13, 2020

Voters hit the polls in record numbers O

n Tuesday, Nov. 3, Clatsop County voters hit the polls to decide federal, state and local elections, as well as vote on ballot measures. Voter turnout for Clatsop County was 79.24 percent.

Unofficial results show Reita Fackerell won Gearhart City Councilor Position 2, with 690 votes, compared to challenger Bob Shortman, with 439 votes.

For Gearhart City Councilor Position 4, Dan Jesse won with 708 votes, compared to Jack Zimmerman,

with 376 votes.

Incumbent Cannon Beach City Councilors Nancy McCarthy and Brandon Ogilvie ran unopposed and will retain their positions on the council.

McCarthy received 669 votes and Ogilvie received 696.

David Posalski won Seaside City Councilor Position, Ward 4, with 307 votes, against challengers Kathy Kleczek and Adam Wood.

For Warrenton Commissioner, Position 1, Gerald Poe won with 1,530 votes, against Brandon Williams and Allen Berry.

3,878 votes for Local yes and 3,603 measures votes for no.

Clatsop The county County voters clerk’s office voted no on has 20 days prohibiting to certify the enforcement of results. certain firearm regulations by State results Clatsop County Suzanne Weber In the race employees, for president, with 13,212 Joseph R. Biden, (D), won the votes.

Voters said yes for renewal Oregon vote with 1,240,377 votes, compared to President of a five-year local option Donald J. Trump (R) with tax for general operations, 863,640 votes. Biden won the although it was a close race general election and will be in the unofficial results, with

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inaugurated as the 46th president on Jan. 20, 2021.

For US Senator, incumbent Jeff Markley (D) won the Oregon vote with 1,255,604 votes.

For US Representative, 1st District, Suzanne Bonamici (D) won the Oregon vote with 268,256 votes, compared to challenger Christopher C. Christensen, with 144,171 votes.

In the 2nd District race, Cliff Bentz (R) won the Oregon vote with 269,310 votes, compared to Alex Spenser (D), with 165,148 votes.

Earl Blumenanuer (D) won the Oregon vote for US Representative, 3rd District with 329,161 votes, compared to challenger Joanna Harbour (R), with 93,040 votes.

In the US Representative, 4th District, Peter Defazio (D) won the Oregon vote with 236,073, compared to Alek Skarlatos (R), with 211,607 votes.

Incumbent Kurt Schrader (D) won the Oregon vote for US Representative, 5th

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City Council selects budget committee member Hilary Dorsey

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Owen Swedenborg lights the traditional lamp during the Cannon Beach Lamp Lighting Ceremony last year with help from his father, Greg. Photo by Joe Warren.

Haystack Holidays will go on in Cannon Beach with changes Hilary Dorsey

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he Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce discussed during a Chamber Virtual Breakfast Meeting Tuesday, Nov. 10, Haystack Holidays’ health and safety conscious festivities this year in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce Executive Assistant Buddie Anderson said Haystack Holidays would be held this year with some changes.

Mimosa Madness is typically held as an alternative to Black Friday. It will not be held due to the serving of beverages and crowding.

“This year, Plaid Friday and Small Business Saturday are going to be combined together so we can shop small, shop local and shop safe this year,” Anderson said. “That is going to be Nov. 27 and Nov. 28.”

Wreath making will also take place Saturday, Nov. 28. The chamber is thinking of having groups of no more than six come in during specific time slots.

“We’re going to have a couple more hands on deck to help us out with the process of switching people every two hours,” Anderson said.

Trisha Murphy, development specialist for Providence Seaside Hospital Foundation, and organizing the Festival of Trees this year, was a guest speaker at

the meeting. Murphy said the Festival of Trees would be a virtual livestream event held at 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5.

“We aren’t doing our traditional Candy Cane Lane this year because we can’t pack that many people into the convention center or have them go through as safely as we would like,” Murphy said. “In lieu of that, we are going to be setting up our decorated Christmas trees in the convention center along the river walk so people can safely view the trees from outside the convention center.”

Murphy said there will also be a take and bake meal option for the Festival of

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City allotted funds for intersection improvement Kathleen Stinson

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he city of Cannon Beach has been awarded $100,000 from the Small Cities Allotments program. The funds will be used to improve the Warren Way and Hemlock intersection.

“More than $5.2 million for this award cycle will fund 54 projects in this Keep Oregon Moving program, part of the historic HB 2017 funding package,” the Oregon Department of Transportation announced Friday in a news release.

“A proposed design has been developed along with the successful award of the $100K SCA grant that would

help with the estimated $140K construction cost to implement the proposed 4-way stop design and the required ADA sidewalks and curbs for pedestrian traffic,” La Bonte stated in a news release Monday.

“This SCA of $100K is to modify temporary measures put in place at the time the Fresh Foods Market was built on the south-east corner of this intersection,” she stated.

“The addition of the new market increased the foot traffic at this intersection as well as the vehicle traffic.”

The plan is based on a 20year traffic projections study

by Lancaster Engineering conducted in 2016, she stated.

The study included a variety of recommendations on how

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The intersection of Warren Way and Hemlock. Photo courtesy of the City of Cannon Beach. to manage the traffic.

“The candlestick configuration currently in place

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For The Gazette

annon Beach City Council elected Paul Vindigni to the Budget Committee and renewed the appointment of Stacy Benefield for a second term to the Parks and Community Services Committee during a meeting Tuesday, Nov. 3.

The two applicants for the Budget Committee, Vindigni and Timothy Ramey, expressed during the meeting why they applied for the committee.

“I’ve been CFO for a number of companies in my career,” Vindigni said. “I thought it would fit perfectly for my skill set to be involved with the Budget Committee and be able to serve the community.”

Vindigni stated in his application that he has been a community member since May of 2019 and has been looking at ways to get more involved. He has held C-suite positions at significant companies in various industries over the past 23 years, including CFO/COO of a tech start-up in the Bay area, CFO of a music publishing company in Los Angeles, CEO-CFO of an entertainment business in the Bay area, and CEO of a software company in Beaverton.

Ramey stated in his application that he has been a resident of Cannon Beach since May of 2018. He and his wife bought their first property in Cannon Beach about 30 years ago. He is a chartered financial analysis, a small business owner and worked on Wall Street and corporate American for 33 years.

“We’re thrilled to be residents of Cannon Beach,” Ramey said.

Each city councilor filled out a ballot and Vindigni won the seat by a vote of 4-1 and all voters voted for Benefield. The council appointed Vindigni to the Budget Committee and Benefield to the Parks and Community Services Committee. Vindigni will serve a three-year term and Benefield will serve a four-year term.

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he crowd of visitors that come to Cannon Beach in the summer may be reason enough for the city to consider finding a way to pay for the additional costs incurred for the services like in Tillamook County.

In October, the Tillamook County Commissioners voted to increase the fees for day use access passes and annual day use access passes in county park areas starting in 2021, according to a release from the Tillamook County Commissioners.

The purpose of the increase is to pay for the cost of the services visitors use and the county incurs for bathrooms, parking and garbage collection, the release states.

Should the city of Cannon Beach start charging for parking in the downtown area?

The city of Cannon Beach is hoping to start a study next month that may answer this question, said Jeff Adams, city community development director.

The study will be the city’s first transportation plan

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Arts Festival gives glimpse of normalcy in year of pandemic Joe Warren

jwarren@countrymedia.net This year’s Stormy Weather Arts Festival, according to organizers, was well attended and those who ventured out were delighted by the diverse art displays, music and live artist demonstrations.

Nine galleries in all participated in the annual event, that took over town Friday Nov. 6 through Sunday Nov. 8.

With Coronavirus restrictions limiting events, the festival took on a different look from previous years featuring more intimate, limited-attendance gallery events assuring safety for artists, gallery staff and attendees.

Carol Hull, who along with her husband Jeff own Jeff Hull Gallery in town, and have been a participating gallery in the festival for long time, said the flow over the three days was good and people were glad the event went on.

“It was a good weekend, not like past Stormy Weather weekends,” she said of the event. “It was a great first step into dipping our toes into the water.”

Carol also said it was great

to see old friends, and familiar faces, as people came and went over the three days.

“Jeff and I were both on hand all weekend,” she added.

“Everyone was very good, people were genuinely onboard with all the restrictions, I look forward to the next Stormy Weather Arts Festival, we may be back to more normal by then.”

Jeffrey Hull Gallery showcases Jeffrey’s newest watercolor and oil paintings and limited-edition prints.

Hull began painting over 40-years ago, he’s one of the artists who was part of the early years when Cannon Beach was developing into the thriving art community it is today.

Tay Scribner, a sales associate with DragonFire Gallery said the festival was busier on Saturday and Sunday.

“We had Anton Pavlenko, Theresa Andreas-O’Leary and Bev Jozwiak as our featured artists,” she said. “They conducted painting demonstration in the gallery, tucked into their own little spaces for distincing on Saturday and on Sunday they painted for the North Coast Land Conservancy who is in the process of acquiring a Rainforest

Reserve above Cannon Beach and Arch Cape.”

Scribner says all funds raised from the three pieces entitled ‘For the Love of Trees’ will go toward that cause.

“It seemed like town was very busy over the festival weekend,” Scribner said. “It was not as intense energy as a normal festival, but there was a lot of energy for the art, it was a good boost for the town and was nice to have a small dose of normalcy.”

She says that Andreas-O’Leary’s piece was sold on Sunday but Pavlenko’s and Joswiak’s paintings are still for sale. “All proceeds will go to support of the land conservancy,” she said. You can inquire about any of the gallery’s art be calling 503436-1533.

Jim Paino Executive Director of the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce, the organization who cosponsored the event for the past 33 years with the Cannon Beach Gallery Group said all events went well.

“We managed the music and the Paint and Sip at the Chamber Hall,” Paino said.

“All the events went well everyone seemed to enjoy the music, everyone seemed to be social distancing, it rained, but that’s why we call it Stormy Weather Arts Festival.”

Piano said it would have been very difficult to manage

Icefire Glassworks participated in the festival this year.

Courtesy photo contact-tracing during the event, so that was left up to the individual galleries. “We let them do their thing,and they all did a great job this year.” he added.

After the holidays, Paino said in early spring, the committee will start planning next year’s event.

“We will have a better idea then what that will look like in terms of a pandemic,” he said. “Hopefully we will be able to plan on a more normal event, but if not we have been through one like this year and know more what to expect,

2020 posters and 2019 sweatshirts are still available at the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce.

and that it can be done.”

2020 Stormy Weather Arts Festival participating galleries Cannon Beach Gallery: The non-profit Cannon Beach Gallery operated by the Cannon Beach Arts Association hosted its 34th Annual Miniature Show featuring small works of art 6x6” or smaller by community artists. The gallery hosted a virtual reception and tour of the gallery during the Stormy Weather Arts Festival weekend. What to know: The exhibition will be in place from November 4 to December 31.

Northwest By Northwest Gallery: The gallery featured work by painter Hazel Schlesinger; renowned photographer Christopher Burkett; kiln formed glass and paintings by Angelita Surmon; bronze sculpture

by George Gerber; paintings and bronze sculpture by Don Stastny; and sculpture by Ivan McLean. What to know: Schlesinger created the art for the Stormy Weather Arts Festival Poster, titled “November Skies over Haystack Rock.” Gerber is known for her public bronze installations

including Rachel the Pig, the life size piggy bank at the entrance to Seattle’s Pike Place Market.

Randall Hodges Images of the West: Photographer Randall Hodges was on site showing his latest images, sharing his adventures and personalizing copies of his book, “Images of the West.”

What to know: Hodges has been photographing landscapes of the Western United States and Canada as a fulltime professional photographer for over 20 years. His work has been published over 4,500 times worldwide in books, magazines, calendars, greeting cards, post cards and newspapers.

Icefire Glassworks: The working glassblowing studio in Cannon Beach’s midtown district featured new pieces by Mark Gordon and Michelle Kaptur, as well as new work by resident artists Jim Kingwell and Suzanne Kindland. What to know: Gordon showed his battuto blown glass vessels, a technique of grinding the glass to create texture and reveal inner layers of color. Battuto is an Italian word that translates to

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Library website describes safe events, programs and services Joseph Bernt Library Volunteer

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embers of Cannon Beach Reads will meet via Zoom to discuss “My Antonia,” Willa Cather’s novel of pioneer life set in Nebraska prior to World War I. Phyllis Bernt, who grew up in Nebraska after World War II, will lead the reading group’s discussion of this classic novel on Wednesday, November 18, at 7 p.m.

Information about joining this Zoom discussion will be sent to members of Cannon Beach Reads. Anyone else interested in joining this discussion of “My Antonia” and not a regular member of CB Reads should contact Joseph Bernt via email at berntl@ ohio.edu. He will send the Zoom access information.

After discussing “My Antonia,” members of CB Reads also will suggest books to include on next year’s reading list.

A month later, on December 16, at 7 p.m., Cannon Beach Reads, again via Zoom, will discuss “The Library Book” by Susan Orleans, formerly a Portland writer and reporter.

The library’s Northwest Author Speakers Series will host Washington author Karl Marlantes—a graduate of Seaside High School and Yale University—for a Facebook Live discussion of “Deep River,” his recent novel about Finnish immigrants and labor organizing in Pacific Northwest logging communities, Saturday, November 28, at 2 p.m.

Marlantes has published

two other bestsellers, “Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War” and “What It Is Like to Go to War,” both of which reflect his experience in Vietnam as a First Lieutenant and Marine Corps Platoon Leader.

After finishing his work at Yale, Marlantes attended University College, Oxford, as a Rhodes Scholar. He left Oxford early, however, for active duty in Vietnam.

He received the Navy Cross for action in Vietnam while leading a platoon assault on a hilltop bunker complex. Marlantes also received a Bronze Star, two Navy Commendation Medals for valor, two Purple Hearts and ten Air Medals before returning to Oxford University to finish his master’s degree.

Marlantes also has received recognition for his literary output. For “Matterhorn,” the Center for Fiction awarded him the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize in 2010.

In 2011, “Matterhorn” received the American Bookseller’s Association Indies Choice Award for Adult Debut, the William E. Colby Award from the Pritzker Military Library and the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation’s James Webb Award for Distinguished Fiction.

For “Deep River,” Marlantes won the Washington State Book Award for Fiction in 2020.

The Northwest Author Speakers Series committee has just announced its call for submissions to the third annual Writers Read Celebration. Authors are encouraged to submit as many as three writing entries. Each entry

(essay, fiction, New myspoem, etc.) teries include: is limited to “Snow” by no more than John Banville, 600 words.

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“A DesperInclude a ate Place” by cover letter with Joseph Bernt Jennifer Greer, writer’s name, “A Time for email address and telephone Mercy” by John Grisham, number; but do not include “The Thursday Murder Club” name or contact information

by Richard Osman, “A Song on any entries. A panel of for the Dark Times” by Ian judges will anonymously Rankin and “Winter Counts” select 10-to-12 writings to be

by David Weiden. read by the authors. Deadline New nonfiction includes: for submissions is January 11, “American Crisis: Leadership 2021. Writers will be conLessons from the Corona-19 tacted the following week.

Pandemic” by Andrew On Saturday, February Cuomo, “The Deficit Myth: 20, at 7 p.m., writers and Modern Monetary Theory audience can celebrate local and the Birth of the People’s writing as authors read seEconomy” by Stephanie lected works live via Zoom.

Kelton, “Eleanor” by David Writers selected to read will Michaelis, “Rough House: need access to Zoom for this A Memoir” by Tina Onvirtual celebration. tiveros and “Ten Lessons for This October, the Cannon a Post-Pandemic World” by Beach library added seven Fareed Zakaria. works of fiction, nine mysterSince new green-dot ies and five nonfictional titles books have made it to the to its “green-dot” collection. column this week and since New fiction includes: “The I just finished reading “The Wife Who Knew Too Much” Year 1000: When Explorers

by Michele Campbell, “The Connected the World—and Wonder Boy of Whistle Globalization Began,” a Stop” by Fannie Flagg, “Dear green-dot title that Valerie Child” by Romy Hausmann, Hansen published earlier this “Invisible Girl” by Lisa year, it seems appropriate to Jewell, “Leave the World give this Yale University hisBehind” by Alam Rumaan, torian’s latest dive into early “The Return” by Nicholas world exploration and trade Sparks and “Confessions on routes a plug. the 7:45” by Lisa Unger.

What Hansen claims to

have noticed while working with international scholars concentrating on world development around the year 1000 is that several empires expanded through exploration, trade patterns, religious alliances and conquest at about the same time, fully 500 years before Columbus sailed the ocean blue to “discover” new lands already populated.

What Hansen found and describes in “The Year 1000” is a world history turned upside down from what most of us didn’t hear or minimally heard about in social studies and history classes in grade school or even world history courses in high school and Western Civilization courses in college.

Most of us have heard stories, whispers, suggestions about Viking visits to Nova Scotia, Eastern Canada, perhaps even their inland raids, but mostly we have accepted Columbus Day skits from elementary school as valid history. Perhaps Columbus didn’t “discover” Caribbean America first, but he showed up in the vicinity in 1492 and thereafter. Close enough? Not really.

“The Year 1000” describes integrated global trading spheres dominated by sophisticated civilizations.

The trading and colonization system dominated by Vikings from Northern Europe extended from Scandinavia to Greenland, Northwest Canada and Eastern Europe. These explorers and raiders bumped up against similar trading systems in Mesoamerica, Central Asia and Africa and the Middle East.

The Mesoamerican block extended from Northern South America, through Central America and to most of what became Mexico and the United States.

Africa and the Middle East united trade, especially in gold, spices, aromatic wood and slaves in the Mediterranean, the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey, Iraq and Persia before bumping against Mongols in Central Asia, and traders from China, Japan, India, Madagascar, Southeast Asia and islands in the Indian and Pacific oceans.

In the year 1000, an amulet, gold bracelet or steel sword could circumnavigate the planet passed from one trading empire to the next as efficiently as Ferdinand Magellan could 522 years later.

Much as is in the 21stcentury, China was the 800pound gorilla of global trade. in the year 1000. Just prior to 1300, Marco Polo visited Mongol-controlled China and wrote of Quanzhou, a major port city.: “The total amount of traffic in gems and other merchandise entering and leaving this port is a marvel to behold. I assure you that for one spice ship that goes to Alexandria or elsewhere to pick up pepper for export to Christendom, Zaiton is visited by a thousand. For you must know that it is one of the two ports in the world with the biggest flow of merchandise.”

The former Song capital of Hangtzhou.is the other port to which Marco Polo refers.

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ODFW needs to develop policy to enhance migratory habitat for big game Jim Akenson Senior Conservation Director Oregon Hunters Association Lori McKinnon President Coastal Farm & Ranch

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regon Hunters Association (OHA), a group of conservationminded sportsmen, urges Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) to develop and implement a policy to enhance and conserve migratory habitat for big game, and all wildlife that make seasonal movements. Habitat connectivity,

the degree to which separate habitat patches are connected, is a crucial factor for conservation of wildlife. Increases in urban and energy development has resulted in extensive habitat loss and fragmentation for many species in Oregon. Fortunately, advances in wildlife tracking technology have allowed wildlife managers to more accurately identify where animals move on the landscape, as well as impediments to wildlife space use. For ungulate species (e.g., deer, elk, pronghorn, bighorn sheep), migration

corridors are fundamental to their life history, but until recently, these corridors were thought of as conduit between seasonal ranges rather than essential habitat.

Many big game migration corridors are currently obstructed by transportation infrastructure and energy development sites. Therefore, state agencies must consider the full extent of migratory habitat to better manage ungulate populations.

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This action will bolster current conservation projects where many groups (including OHA) are working to conserve and enhance migratory habitat. For example, OHA has pledged over $114,000 and many volunteer hours to the Gilchrist Wildlife Underpass Project aimed at reducing ungulate mortality and vehicle collisions on U.S. Highway 97. Additionally, a migration policy will frame new partnerships between private landowners, non-government organizations, and government agencies, which will result in additional conservation projects and funding sources. Recently, Coastal Farm & Ranch, after obtaining the low bid to provide fencing material, generously supported the Gilchrist Wildlife Underpass

Project by providing fencing materials at a discount below their initial low bid.

OHA’s Bend Chapter has invested hundreds of volunteer hours maintaining the fence that funnels wildlife to the Lava Butte wildlife underpass on U.S. Highway 97, approximately 50 miles north of the new Gilchrist underpass. The Lava Butte wildlife underpass has reduced vehicle-wildlife collisions by 86%. Individuals can support and help fund habitat connectivity and migration corridor projects by purchasing a specialized watch for wildlife license plate voucher at www. myowf.org/watchforwildlife.

Global Positioning System (GPS) wildlife tracking collars have become commonplace in wildlife management today, and this shift to more efficient and accurate technology will allow for more precise management into the future.

GPS collars collect an immense amount of animal location data on fixed time schedules, and these data are ideal for describing ungulate resource selection and

utilization and migratory habitat. A migration policy will assist ODFW and their partners in obtaining additional grant funding to provide wildlife professionals with additional GPS collars, which will in-turn, further our knowledge of migration corridors, resource selection, and population dynamics.

How can Oregonian’s assist with protecting wildlife and their habitats? By working with their local wildlife biologist, watershed managers, ODFW commissioners and legislators to promote continued research and policy development. In addition, the public can support protection of wildlife, their habitats, and mitigation from land management, urban, and energy development and transportation infrastructure projects through County, State and Federal public comment processes.

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Public meetings slated for North Coast Rocky Habitat Coalition North Coast Rocky Habitat Coalition will be holding two public meetings to discuss the proposals for rocky habitat designations.

All community members and stakeholders are invited to attend to learn about and provide input on proposals for rocky habitat protections at Ecola Point and Chapman

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Archimedes Gallery: The downtown gallery curates a nice collection of contemporary artists and featured new artwork by illustrators Nicole Gustafsson and Marika Paz; and painter Josh Keyes.

What to know: Keyes’ photo realistic paintings often make

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The meetings will be held on November 18 and December 3 at 6 p.m.-8 p.m. via Zoom. Please see the connection information below.

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political statements about the collision of the natural world and urban decay.

Bronze Coast Gallery: Artists in attendance were David Crawford, Dan Chen and Carol Gold. The gallery also featured new work by Linda Wilder and Robert Rogers.

What to know: DragonFire Gallery: The gallery featured painters Anton Pavlenko, Theresa Andreas-O’Leary and Bev Jozwiak. The featured artists

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Continued from Page 1 and will be paid for by a grant from the Oregon Department of Transportation, Adams said. Although the study is comprehensive, it will include an analysis of the city’s parking issues.

He said a few years ago, the city did a parking study but the recommendation to limit the parking time downtown “got some push back.”

Jim Paino, the chamber of commerce director, said the city considered “going to limited (time) parking downtown,” but it was not well received by the businesses.

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For Secretary of State, Shemia Fagan (D) won the Oregon vote with 1,068,809

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Debbie Nelson, owner of Basketcase-Your Cannon Beach Florist, said the idea of charging for parking downtown makes no sense. If a shopper parks downtown, shops and then stops for lunch, and then if they have to move their car before they are done with their shopping and lunch, they will not get another space. They would basically have to leave town.

Nelson said the real issue is the day trippers who park downtown and then go to the beach, taking the spaces away from the shoppers. The downtown spaces are really for the shoppers.

She suggests the city look into the idea of opening parking for day trippers on the east side of Hwy. 101, then shuttling people to the beach.

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session. Council asked staff to bring back a proposed design and the associated costs to implement a 4-way stop at the intersection as proposed by the Lancaster Traffic Study.”

Erik Ostrander, co-manager of the Sea Breeze Court, said in his personal opinion, “the day trippers need to be paying something.”

They use the bathrooms, which the city has to maintain and the parking spaces have to be striped, for example.

During busy days, the city police have to monitor the area. This all costs the city something. Property owners contribute through their property tax and the transient lodging tax paid by overnight visitors contributes to the cost of these services. The day trippers do not pay anything.

Ostrander said he thinks it is “a little unfair” that the day trippers do not contribute.

votes.

For State Senator, 5th District, Dick Anderson (R) won the Oregon vote with 37,182 votes, compared to Melissa T Cribbins (D), with 35,125 votes.

For State Representative, 10th District, David Gomberg (D) won the Oregon vote with 20,041 votes, compared to Max Sherman (R) with 18,080 votes.

For State Representative, 32nd District, Suzanne Weber (R) won the Oregon vote with 20,788 votes, compared to Debbie Boothe-Schmidt (D) with 17,701 votes.

Measure 107 passed the Oregon vote with 1,560,133 votes. Measure 107 allows laws limiting political campaign contributions and expenditures, requiring disclosure of political campaign contributions and expenditures, and requiring political campaign advertisements to identify who paid for them.

Measure 108 passed the Oregon vote with 1,379,372 votes. Measure 108 increases cigarette and cigar taxes, establishes tax on e-cigarettes and nicotine vaping devices and funds health programs.

Measure 109 passed the Oregon vote with 1,166,988 votes. Measure 109 allows manufacture, delivery, and administration of psilocybin at supervised, licensed facilities, and imposed a two-year development period.

Measure 110 passed the Oregon vote with 1,215,697 votes. Measure 110 provides statewide addiction/recovery services, marijuana taxes partially finance, and reclassifies possession/penalties for specified drugs.

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paintings; and limited-edition prints. What to know: Hull began his painting career over 40 years ago, one of the artists who was part of the early years when Cannon Beach was developing into the thriving art community it is today. He is known for his mastery of watercolor seascapes and landscapes that reflect his deep love of the Oregon Coast.

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votes, compared to Kim Thatcher (R), with 889,025 votes.

For State Treasurer, Tobias Read (D) won the Oregon vote with 1,088,127 votes, compared to Jeff Gudman (R), with 845,805 votes.

For Attorney General, Ellen Rosenblum won the Oregon vote with 1,176,780 votes, compared to Michael Cross (R), with 844,551

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and encaustic bird paintings

by Janel Pahl, a new artist to White Bird. What to know: Savarie uses vintage books as the centerpiece of her creations, reinventing them into unique pieces through cutting, carving, stitching and character illustrations. She will demonstrate her techniques in the gallery Saturday.

Jeffrey Hull Gallery: Jeffrey Hull was b in the gallery all weekend and showcased his newest watercolor and oil

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sale of the finished paintings will be donated to the North Coast Land Conservancy who is in the process of acquiring a 3500-acre Rainforest Reserve above Cannon Beach and Arch Cape, connecting Oswald West State Park and the Falcon Cove Marine Reserve.

White Bird Gallery: The gallery with feature mixed media figurative paintings by Robert Schlegel, altered book sculpture by Valerie Savarie

have a hard time guessing what your song is.”

Four holiday songs are chosen already so businesses should pick their song soon.

The chamber has reimagined a virtual lamp lighting experience on Saturday, Dec 5. It will be a live event but may have some things filmed ahead of time. The Cannon Beach Academy is working on having their students filmed singing ahead of the event.

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conductd painting demonstrations in the gallery from 11am-3pm on Saturday.

Other features include a special showing and sale of 5 X 7-inch artist proofs from Tad Hetu’s limited edition photographs printed on metal.

What to know: On Sunday, the gallery presented “For the Love of Tree,” where painters Pavlenko, Andreas-O’Leary and Michael Orwick will each complete a painting from 11am to 3pm. Proceeds from

The meals will be available for purchase up until Dec. 3.

The chamber’s biggest push this year is to do Cannon Beach in Lights and ‘Name That Tune’ window display contests like every year, Anderson said. Those will begin Nov. 30 and run through Dec. 20.

“The ‘Name That Tune’ aspect of it is where you pick a holiday song and you match your window to that song but not too much so that it’s easy,” Anderson said. “We like to make it a little difficult so people

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Gov. Kate Brown announced Friday, Oct. 23, that Multnomah County has been added to the County Watch List. This addition comes after Multnomah County was removed from the Watch List on Aug. 28.

The county remains in Phase 1 of reopening, and it remains grouped with Clackamas and Washington Counties for future reopening decisions. Of these three counties, only Multnomah is on the Watch List at this time. In addition, the governor announced that two counties—Ben-

ton and Clatsop—have succeeded in reducing the spread of COVID-19 sufficiently enough to be removed from the County Watch List.

“Today marks the second time a county has been added back to the Watch List, as well as our state’s highest reported case count since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Brown. “This is a sobering reminder that we cannot let down our guard. We must continue to be vigilant in protecting ourselves, our families and our neighbors from the spread of this disease.

“With cold and flu season upon us—as well as the holidays—I am urging all Oregonians to continue following the advice and guidance of our medical experts. This means continually practicing physical distancing, wearing face coverings, washing your hands often, and staying home when sick. Unfortunately, this also means limiting travel and family and social get-togethers.”

Counties are placed on the Watch List when COVID-19 is spreading quickly and public health officials cannot trace that spread to specific

sources—creating a potentially dangerous dynamic. Specific markers of this rapid community spread include when there is a sporadic case rate of 50 or more per 100,000 people in the last two weeks and the county has had more than five sporadic cases in the last two weeks (sporadic cases are those that cannot be traced to a source; they indicate community spread). Counties remain on the Watch List for a minimum of three weeks and until their sporadic case rates drop below these thresholds.

The County Watch List allows

the state to prioritize resources and assistance to counties that are seeing the broadest spread of COVID-19.

When a county is placed on the Watch List, the Oregon Health Authority increases monitoring and communication, and deploys additional technical assistance and resources, such as epidemiological support, case investigation and contact tracing help.

The complete County Watch List now includes the following four counties: Lane, Malheur, Multnomah, and Umatilla.

Increased vehicle dumping in Clatsop State Forest causes rising cost, safety concerns Abandoned cars, boats and recreational vehicles in the Clatsop State Forest are an increasingly common nuisance, often posing public health risks and costing thousands of dollars each to remove.

Over the past three years,

the Oregon Department of Forestry’s Astoria District has spent more than $42,000 removing, disposing and cleaning up after discovering and removing these vehicles left to the elements.

A sampling of some of these cases include:

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• A 36-foot motorhome with several hundred syringes and a sawed-off shotgun found inside, costing $8,575 in labor and fees.

• An area with a motorhome, two 5th wheels and a sedan, which cost $12,046 to remove.

• A burned-out motorhome that cost $3,084 to remove.

• Another motorhome with several thousand syringes found on site, requiring a biohazard company to clean the site, costing $5,780.

Other vehicles – boats, cars, and travel trailers, often with plenty of trash inside – are still awaiting pickup, representing thousands of dollars more in cleanup costs.

“Unfortunately, when these vehicles broke down or their useful lifespans ended, their owners pushed the hassle and cost of disposing of the vehicle onto the public,” ODF Astoria District Forester Dan Goody said, adding that the number of abandoned vehicles had steadily increased for the past five years. ODF has not typically budgeted West of Hemlock for this high volume of Michele Johnson 503-440-0921 cleanup. Like other state Forest Lawn Lot, Cannon Beach forest management costs, $325,000 abandoned vehicle cleanup costs are derived from the roughly one-third share of net revenue ODF receives from timber harvests on Board of Forestry lands.

This reduces the resources available for other public priorities such as recreational offerings.

Nice Level Wooded Lot Not only are abandoned Michele Johnson 503-440-0921 vehicles unsightly and Oceanview Lane, Arch Cape $89,000 expensive to clean up, they also pose environmental hazards and public health risks. Oil, battery acid, and other vehicle fluids can leach into the soil and eventually reach groundwater and bodies of water.

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former City of Garibaldi employee expressed concerns about city management during the Jan. 21 meeting of the Garibaldi City Council.

Martin McCormick worked for the city for more than 32 years before resigning and is certified for water and wastewater treatment. He read a prepared statement to the council that outlined an alleged hostile work environment in the public works department, one that resulted in losing a valuable staff member when it is already shorthanded, he said.

“The City reviewed the Public Works Department working environment and found that no hostile work environment existed,” said Garibaldi City Manager Geoff Wullschlager in response to the allegations.

Wullschlager said a hostile work environment exists when illegal employment discrimination (which is discrimination based on race, religion, national origin, sex and other protected classes) is so severe and pervasive that a reasonable person would consider the workplace intimidating, hostile or abusive.

According to McCormick’s statement, he and another employee, Cory Perkins, were the only ones at public works for years. A third employee was added this past July that McCormick said did not want to be a team player, which led to the allegations of a hostile work environment. He said after a month a half, he and Perkins were separated from working with the new employee.

Wullschlager declined to comment on the specifics, citing personnel privacy.

“As a manager, if I observe employees having a difficult time working

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A panel of judges will anonymously select 10-12 works. Include a cover letter with writer’s name, email, and phone number; do not put name or contact information on entry.

Deadline for submissions is Jan. 11, 2021.

Writers will be contacted the following week.

Then, join the library at 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 20, for a virtual celebration via Zoom.

Selected writers will read their works live.

(Selected writers will need access to Zoom.)

Citizen North Coast

This special feature will publish in the Nov. 19 North Coast Citizen Nov 25 Headlight Herald • Nov 27 Cannon Beach Gazette.

We are offering special ad prices for this cooperative page. They will be themed, colorful and attractive, promoting shopping locally as our readers prepare to make gift purchases for the holidays and attend COVID-19 safe events this year.

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regon Health Authority (OHA) confirmed seven new presumptive cases of novel coronavirus, COVID-19, on Sunday, March 8. OHA announces actions it is taking to slow the spread of the virus and protect Oregonians, in response to Gov. Kate Brown’s emergency declaration.

“We are prepared to activate an unprecedented state and private effort to contain the spread of COVID-19 in Oregon by focusing specifi-

It’s time for the Cannon Beach Library’s annual Writers Read Celebration Call for Submissions. Anyone can participate. The theme this year is “Pandemic.”

All written formats will be considered (essay, story, poetry, etc.) Limit three entries per author, 600-word maximum (per entry). Submissions will be accepted by email (info@ cannonbeachlibrary.org) or by mail (P.O. Box 486 Cannon Beach, OR 97110).

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Even if ownership can be determined, contact information on file can be outdated and makes the owner difficult to locate and possibly cite, Copp added.

Those looking to dispose of vehicles have several convenient options: Astoria Auto Wrecking and Recycling 34522 Hwy 101 Business Astoria, OR 97103 Recology 1790 Williamsport Rd Astoria, OR 97103 Long Beach Recycling Center and Transfer Station 4404 67th Pl Long Beach, WA 98631

Tillamook and Clatsop Counties

Volume 25, No. 6

Seeking solutions for Tillamook County’s housing crisis

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Deputy Shawn Copp of the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Office said violators can be charged with offensive littering, which carries up to $1,250 in fines – but that determining a vehicle’s true owner can be tricky by the time it is found abandoned.

“Just because a named person is registered as the owner doesn’t necessarily mean they are the person who actually abandoned the vehicle,” Copp said. “More often than not, the registered owner on file with Oregon DMV is two, three, or even four owners’ ago, especially with the old vehicles who have been scrapped and left

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