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VOL. 46, ISSUE 10
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May 13, 2022
Child’s Play hosts Second Annual CREATE Art Show Chelsea Yarnell Guest Contributor
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hen Erica Guenther and Jenn Whyman opened Child’s Play in July 2020, they couldn’t imagine that it would be so much more than a business. “Our heart was to provide a safe and welcoming space for local and visiting families to come together to craft,” Guenther said. “Throughout this journey we’ve found how encouraging it is for families to come in with their kids and engage in the creativeness that comes with making art.” Child’s Play is a studio and retail space that offers classes, take-home craft kits, and art supplies. “We started this all during COVID because kids were so hungry for affirmation,” Guenther said. “It’s also become a ministry of outreach for us.” For the second year in a row, Child’s Play will host their annual CREATE Art Show May 13-15. All the pieces in the show are created by artists ages 3-18. “Last year we had 54 kids and it looks like we’ll have about the same this year,” Guenther said. The event is free to attend at the Cannon Beach Chamber Hall (Friday 4-6 p.m., Saturday & Sunday 10 a.m.-2 p.m.) “We wanted it to be free because our heart is to serve the community with this event and be inspired by art and the kids’ talents,” said Guenther. “It’s so cute because a four year-old will make a painting and it’s titled with their age and name.” For the second year in a row, Child’s Play will host their annual CREATE Art Show. The event will also feature Photo courtesy of Child’s Play a raffle, face painting, and an eight-foot canvas that visiting piper Square (just a few blocks from Beach. The Cannon Beach Chamber “Our local kids have worked really children can paint their handHall is located at 207 N Spruce St., the Cannon Beach Chamber Hall) hard and we’re honoring them. You prints on. Each participating artist can’t have a bad day when you see a and will be open all weekend during Cannon Beach. in the show will also receive a gift 7 year-old’s painting of the rock; it’s the CREATE Art Show. certificate to Child’s Play. Child’s Play is located at 172 just charming.” Visit Child’s Play online at “We totally encourage people to N Hemlock St. Suite #6, Cannon Child’s Play is located in Sandachildsplay.com. drop by and enjoy,” Guenther said.
NW Women’s Surf Camps provides unique surfing lessons, bodyboarding clinics, Surf Camps and more in Seaside and Oswald West State Park. Students will experience the beauty and fun of riding waves in the pristine Pacific Northwest waves. Photo provided by Northwest Women’s Surf Camps
Facilitators of fun and empowerment Chelsea Yarnell
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ack in the 80s, very few women were surfing the Oregon Coast. “Back then there were only four of us constantly going out in the ocean,” Lexie Hallahan said. “Once in a while you might see a woman from California come by, but mostly it was just us four chicks. At the time, three of us were body boarding and one was surfing. I wanted women
to get involved because they don’t know what they’re missing out on.” First, Hallahan pitched the idea of a women’s wetsuit to Hotline and they picked it up. “Wetsuits didn’t fit women really well,” Hallahan said. “You were constantly wearing gear that was too big, and getting cold and that was a deterrent [to the sport].” The second hurdle was boards. “The boards were also not scaled down to fit a womens’
dimensions,” Hallahan said. But soon, local board makers were crafting smaller surf boards. The last step was instruction. “Woman were looking for some guidance and instruction,” Hallahan said. “We put together a two day surfing weekend, it was almost all women, girls, and moms. We put on this really wonderful, women, empowering surfing weekend.” That was 18 summers ago and Northwest Women’s Surf Camps was born.
Northwest Women’s Surf Camps provides unique surfing lessons, bodyboarding clinics, Surf Camps and more in Seaside and Oswald West State Park. Students experience the beauty and fun of riding waves in the pristine Pacific Northwest waves. “We’re growing it in the way people have grown; it changes each summer,” Hallahan said. “We’re facilitators of fun and empowerment, there’s no better
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Cannon Beach Transportation System Plan is moving towards adoption
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fter months of outreach, research and reporting, the Cannon Beach Transportation System Plan is moving towards the Adoption. If you haven’t been involved in the planning process and would like to catch up, please visit the website and have a look at all the innovative and exciting transportation and parking solutions offered in the Draft TSP. The Cannon Beach TSP Adoption Process began with a Joint Work Session before the Cannon Beach City Council and Planning Commission, on May 10, in the Council Chambers. The first Public Hearing is scheduled for Thursday May 26, before the Planning Commission, at 6 p,m,, in the Council Chambers. All meetings will be held in person, at the Cannon Beach City Hall, 163 E. Gower, and via Zoom, at the city’s website, www.ci.cannon -beach.or.us. The City of Cannon Beach Transportation System Plan (TSP) is a long-range plan that will guide investments for the next 20 years. The TSP will include a prioritized list of needed transportation projects, programs, and policy updates for the city to begin implementing after the plan is adopted. About The City of Cannon Beach Transportation System Plan (TSP) is a long-term plan for managing, preserving, and improving the transportation system to serve the needs of the Cannon Beach community. This chapter introduces the TSP and provides an overview of the purpose, planning process, and current policies affecting the development of the TSP. It summarizes the transportation needs of the City based on existing and future conditions and takes into consideration demographics and key community destinations. It provides an overview of community involvement strategies employed to encourage participation from all stakeholders and populations represented in the City of Cannon Beach. Purpose The TSP serves as a blueprint and vision for transportation system development in Cannon Beach for the next 20 years. The 2022 Transportation System Plan is Cannon Beach’s first TSP. This plan: • Assesses the existing and future conditions of Cannon Beach’s transportation system and determines transportation needs for all modes of travel, including driving, walking, biking, using transit, and using a mobility device. • Discusses the freight, rail, marine, and aviation needs of the system. • Assesses emergency response facilities, including tsunami evacuation routes, assembly areas, and wayfinding and signage, and provides recommendations for improving the emergency response and evacuation system. • Includes both near and long-term projects that directly address transportation issues in the City of Cannon Beach and provides an evaluation system for prioritizing these projects.
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