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April 17, 2020
Academy embraces distance learning Hilary Dorsey For The Gazette
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hen Gov. Kate Brown extended Oregon’s physical closures for the K-12 and post-secondary education systems through the end of the current school year, she directed them to use distance learning – which the Cannon Beach Academy implemented April 1. Academy director Amy Fredrickson said that when the academy received word of schools closing before spring break, the faculty and staff began working on the implementation plan, including the technology available for students. “We did a survey, a needs assessment, trying to determine who needed a device and who needed access to the internet,” said Fredrickson. “Thankfully, our local internet provider was going to offer free access to families who had students in school. That’s
one of the reasons we were able to roll that out.” Fredrickson said the students spend their first four hours of the school day in video face-to-face sessions with their teachers. The classes include math, social studies, reading, and language arts. “The kids have their own schedules depending on what groups they are in, but the kids are engaging face to face with the teachers every day,” Fredrickson said. As for classes that aren’t video user-friendly, such as physical education, Fredrickson said they have given the students access to online topics like yoga, as well as suggesting a variety of activities the students can do in their yards or in their neighborhoods, all the while keeping up with social distancing. The school is encouraging students to participate in after-lunch activities with their families. And the students are keeping a log of their activities
for 30 minutes a day. “We’ve been given guidance by the Department of Education that we’re not to be grading students right now because it is challenging to do that, so we’re asking families to turn in their assignments electronically …,” Fredrickson said. She said some of the families are putting Google Classroom on their phones to use for uploading, as well as taking screenshots of assignments. Others are uploading from a computer, or emailing the photo to the teacher. Too, the students can drop off assignments at the school or the staff will pick them up. “Our main goal is to try to keep the students engaged and keep them learning at the pace they were when they left,” said Fredrickson, “but recognizing that online learning might not be the most accessible platform for every student and every family.” The type of curriculum
Cannon Beach Academy. Courtesy photo the schools offers is Direct Instruction with McGraw-Hill in collaboration with the National Institute for Direct Instruction. “It doesn’t work so much to have that type of [supplemental learning with packets], so that’s why we really wanted
to focus on having that faceto-face contact …,” Fredrickson said. “Being able to say hello to kids, check in with them and see how they’re doing, check in with their families and see how they’re doing, because a lot of kids’ families are right
Arch Cape woman to celebrate 100th on Mother’s Day Hilary Dorsey
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ongtime resident Marney Beemer will celebrate her 100th birthday, sheltered at home, on Mother’s Day, May 10. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, her birthday party in Arch Cape has been canceled – although cards are appreciated. Marney Scott Beemer was born in Seattle on Mother’s Day, May 10, 1920. When Beemer was 3 years old, her family moved to Longview, Washington. Parents Scotty and Ella made frequent trips with Beemer to Arch Cape to visit friends Elsie and Marie English at the Singing Sands Hotel. “She has memories of driving around Hug Point to get to Arch Cape,” said Beemer’s daughter, Lynne Halterlein. “Marney’s job was to walk around Hug to be sure the road was clear.” Scotty and Ella had rented at Arch Cape since the late 1940s. In 1951, they built their oceanfront home at the end of Maxwell Lane. It has been a family home now for more than 70 years. “Over the years, Marney has been a quilter, potter, 4-H leader, seamstress, chef, gardener, horseback rider,
P.E.O. sister, leader in politics, wife of an active large-animal veterinarian, and mother to five children (four girls and one boy) who are all college graduates,” Halterlein said. Beemer’s children live in Australia, Germany, Maui, Denver and Santa Barbara. She graduated from Long High School in Longview in 1938 and Iowa State University, her father’s alma mater, in 1942. Beemer met Melvin at Iowa State University and they married in Omaha in 1942. Melvin had his large-animal vet practice in Corning, Iowa, where he and Beemer settled to work and raise their family. For six weeks every other summer, she and the kids visited Scotty and Ella at Arch Cape. Starting in 1982, Melvin and Beemer spent their winters there. Summers were spent in their Iowa home. Beemer moved to the Arch Cape full-time in 2011. “She was a stay-at-home mom who kept very busy with five children and was actively involved in the community,” Halterlein said. One of Beemer’s favorite memories is of a two-week horseback trip from Portland to Camp Meriwether on the Oregon coast. The Girl Reserves from the Portland YMCA and the Boy Scouts were in charge
next to them when they are working.” The Cannon Beach Academy is a tuition-free public charter school serving grades K-5. The school utilizes Direct Instruction, a research-supported teaching practice.
Real estate market adjusts Kathleen Stinson For The Gazette
(Top) Marney Beemer will celebrate her 100th birthday on Mother’s Day. (Inset) Marney as a baby. Courtesy photos of getting the horses to the coast for the summer camp season. Beemer and her group were on the trail for four summers. Halterlein, is arranging a drive down Main Street on May 9, where people can wave, hold up signs, and stop by with
their car windows down for a song or two. She is hoping to do the drive at 1 p.m. Cards can be sent to Marney Beemer at 31874 Maxwell Lane, Arch Cape, OR 97102.
COVID-19 has had some effect on the real estate market in Cannon Beach, although the business of selling properties continues, say local experts. Maryann Sinkler, a realtor with Realty ONE Group Prestige in Cannon Beach, said the market has slowed. “(But) there are still ways to show a property and do it safely.” Sinkler said she “does some walk-throughs on her iPhone. This weekend, we did a Facebook Live open house. We created an event on Facebook and invited all of our contacts on Facebook.” The event lasted 15 minutes and was interactive, she said. Sinkler said she took questions from the participants and later posted it to her Facebook page, which has been looked at 200 times. She said the realtors in her office are working from home. If she shows a house, she arrives early and disinfects the surfaces, wearing gloves, and when the customer arrives, waits outside while they look at the house with gloves on. Then, they visit outside using social-distancing protocol. These are primarily vacant second homes. “It’s a good time to buy, interest rates are low,” said Sinkler. Since fewer buyers are looking, there is less competition for a property. At the same time, she said, “The price of homes is not plummeting by any means.” She is “seeing home closings every day.” “I (recently) listed a home in Seaside and it was pending in five days,” she said, with just four calls and two showings. Sinkler said this is a “great time for investors.” Some may be looking for a house owned by some-
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Cannon Beach adopts animal waste, dune management plans Kathleen Stinson
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he Cannon Beach City Council has added a chapter on animal waste to its municipal code. With input from local residents and the equestrian community, ordinance 20-09
states that anyone in possession or control of an animal within the corporate limits of the city, and not on the owner’s property, must remove excrement immediately or face a fine up to $500. The ordinance, which was signed April 6, goes into effect in 30 days, as stated in
the ordinance. The Gazette has covered this issue in a previous story: https://www. cannonbeachgazette.com/ news_paid/cannon-beachsends-back-ordinance-thatwould-require-horses-towear-manure-catching-bags/ article_92966a2e-0674-11ea-b4e1-771c-
dd1e70a3.html. At the same meeting, the council voted to approve a long-debated foredune management plan, according to City Development Director Jeff Adams. “The City Council approved the Foredune Management Plan updates, including
the comprehensive plan and zoning ordinance amendments, along with the updated Foredune Management Plan and Allan Report, as appendices to the Comp Plan,” Adams said in an email. “The Council voted four in favor, with the Mayor as the only nay.”
The Gazette has written previously about the ocean views and dunes maintenance issues several times. For example, see: https://www.cannonbeachgazette.com/news/ cannon-beach-council-mullsgrading-for-view-ordinance/ article_5577d57e-ec3e-11e99b20-37f28ed12604.html.
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