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Chamber of Commerce already busy planning events for 2022 Kathleen Stinson

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he new edition of the Cannon Beach Magazine is coming out in mid-February.

Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce Director James Paino said: “We’re excited about the magazine that is coming out.”

Paino said the magazine marketing committee made the decision not to publish the magazine last year and instead used the stock on hand from 2020 throughout the year.

“We didn’t want to ask (the businesses) for money for advertising in the magazine while they were struggling with the pandemic.”

The Chamber of Commerce runs five events: the The popular Fat Bike Sandcastle Contest, Fat Bike Festival and the Sandcastle Contest are a go Festival, Haystack Holidays, Stormy Weather Arts Festival, in 2022.

Cannon Beach Gazette file and North Coast Culinary Festival, he said. He has con- photos firmed all of these events will take place in 2022, except for the spring of 2023 due to the North Coast Culinary Festival, COVID, he said. It takes which is postponed until 2023. place indoors and people “We are looking forward to eat a meal together. holding the Sandcastle Contest on The Stormy Weather the beach on June 11 this year,” Arts Festival always he said. The last two years it was takes place the first weekvirtual due to COVID-19 gatherend in November. This ing restrictions. year it will take place NoThe Fat Tire Bike Festival will vember 4-6. It includes be held May 20-22 this year, he many gallery events and said. It is an outdoor event and live music around the permits people to social distance. town. The event will conLast year it was held on a smaller tinue to follow COVID scale to comply with the pandemic guidelines. guidelines. Fewer than 75 people Haystack Holidays attended. “I expect the event will was held last year despite COVID, be much bigger this year.” he said. The event takes place The North Coast Culinary from Thanksgiving through New Festival has been postponed until Year’s.

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e took a look back at our top 10 most read and shared stories of 2021 on the online version of the Cannon Beach Gazette.

Number One May 6, 2021

Federal changes increase emergency SNAP benefits for many households Most Oregonians who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will receive emergency allotments in May. The federal government has approved emergency allotments every month since March 2020, to give SNAP recipients additional support during the COVID-19 pandemic.

There are two important federal changes to the SNAP Emergency Allotments in May 2021. Households that are already receiving the maximum SNAP benefits for their household size will now receive an additional $95 in emergency allotments in May. This increase will impact approximately 284,000 households (67 percent of Oregon SNAP households) and will have an impact of $28 million in additional benefits for households in Oregon. Households who are eligible for $0 in regular SNAP benefits will not receive the May emergency allotments.

This change is because the federal government clarified households must receive regular SNAP to be eligible for emergency allotments. This change does not impact other SNAP benefits and services these households may receive, such as employment and training services. This change

will impact approximately 4,300 households. Those impacted by this change are encouraged to report any changes that may impact their regular SNAP amount, such as loss of income or increase in shelter expenses.

“We are grateful to have the opportunity to increase emergency benefits available to some SNAP households in Oregon,” said Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) Director Fariborz Pakseresht. “We also know that for those 4,300 households who will no longer receive the emergency allotments, that this change can be significant and difficult. We encourage them, and all Oregonians who are struggling to meet their basic needs to contact our partners at 211 and the Oregon Food Bank.”

Number Two Jan. 18, 2021

Stimulus payments: Don’t throw out earned income payment debit card The U.S. Treasury has begun issuing its second round of stimulus payments. People who do not receive a direct deposit by early January should look for either a check from IRS or Economic Impact Payment (EIP) debit card in the mail. People will not necessarily be paid the same way they received their first stimulus payment.

How to identify the card: The envelope will have a return address of Money Network Cardholder Services, PO Box 247022, Omaha, NE 68124. This is not a scam.

Most individuals will receive $600 and $1,200 for married cou-

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annon Beach City Council voted Tuesday to increase the city parking fines from $25 to $50.

Police Chief Jason Schermerhorn told The Gazette the fines had not changed since the 1990s.

“In recent years, tourists have said that the current fine of $25 is cheap for parking all day,” Schermerhorn said.

“Unfortunately, many people park in the downtown area to go to the beach with their families and it limits the ability for people to park downtown and shop or use the restaurants.”

The exception are violations of the “city’s parking regulations that are identical to a state statute,” which are “punishable by a fine not to exceed the penalty prescribed by the state statute,” as stated in the resolution on the city website.

Council defers vote on 2,000 square feet cap on new home construction Kathleen Stinson “The best part is the lamp lighting ceremony in Sandpiper Square,” he said. “It was great to see everybody there.”

Cannon Beach hosts other

events throughout the year, including Get Lit at the Beach April 8-10 and the Spring Unveiling Arts Festival, both planned to take place this year, he said.

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Council votes to double parking fines

Back in June, Cannon Beach was featured in Top Chef. ples filing a joint return and $600 for each qualifying child. New: Couples filing jointly with just one member of the couple with a work-eligible Social Security Number will now be eligible for payments for the taxpayers and their qualifying children.

People do not need to take any action right now to receive their stimulus payment. Eligible individuals who do not receive their payment or who did not receive their first stimulus payment can claim it (under the Recovery Rebate Credit) when they file their 2020 tax return this year. People who do not normally file tax returns should also file a 2020 tax return if they do not receive their stimulus payment.

Number Three Jan. 11, 2021 Additional food assistance benefits available

through January The Oregon Department of Human Services will continue to offer increased food benefits in January 2021, to help Oregonians struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This benefit increase applies to current Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients who are receiving less than the maximum allotment. Additionally, in response to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, there is also a temporary increase in SNAP benefits of approximately 15 percent for all recipients.

SNAP recipients do not have to take any action to receive additional benefits as they will be placed directly on their Oregon EBT cards. Households receiving SNAP benefits will see the additional supplement to their benefits

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fter Tuesday night’s public hearing, the Cannon Beach City Council adopted a proposed change to a zoning ordinance that prohibits the joining of adjacent lots to allow a larger square footage house to be constructed.

However, the council deferred a vote on the highly debated section and proposed change that would have set an absolute square footage cap of 2,000 square feet for a single-family home to a another meeting.

The ordinance does not apply to existing single-family homes in Cannon Beach.

Also the council changed one part of the ordinance before adoption to allow homes that are accidentally damaged and need to be rebuilt at the previously existing square footage.

The proposed square footage cap of 2,000 square feet discussed Tuesday night included attached garages, as stated in the city report. Under that language, homeowners would have been allowed to add a detached accessory structure such as a garage or guest house that would increase the total square footage to 2,600 square feet.

Timothy Ramey, resident and homeowner in Cannon Beach, sent a letter to the mayor and council on January 1 that explains his objection to the absolute square footage limit proposed by the city: “Kari (Ramey his wife) and I, as residents and voters in Cannon Beach, stand in opposition to ZO 21-08, as currently drafted. We believe this code revision is in pursuit of a reasonable goal, and has certain strengths, but goes too far in imposing arbitrary limits on Gross Floor Area where such limits would not relate to lot size.”

He spoke to The Gazette on Monday and said he understands the intent of keeping the “village feel” of Cannon Beach. He agrees with the Floor Area Ratio (FAR) table as it relates to the proposal, but disagrees with the section that sets an arbitrary square footage limit on the single-family homes.

He said a week ago Monday the council changed this square footage limit from 3,500 square feet to 2,000 square feet.

“I really think what the council is trying to prohibit is the building of massive homes on tiny lots,” he said. He agrees with the other part of the proposal set for public hearing, which prohibits people from buying adjacent lots in order to increase the square footage of the home

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Omicron surge puts efforts in overdrive for lawmakers Zoe Gottlieb Country Media

A press conference with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown carried with it a sense of urgency, as public health experts described the imminent threat of another COVID-19 surge following the arrival of the Omicron variant in Oregon.

Brown was joined by public health experts Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen, OHSU Health Chief Medical Officer Dr. Renee Edwards, State Epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidelinger, and OHSU Lead Data Scientist Peter Graven in discussing the latest COVID-19

projections and next steps for the state.

“While we are all still learning about this new variant, it is clear from the experiences of the United Kingdom and other countries that we have only weeks to prepare before Omicron hits our communities and health care systems in full force,” Brown said.

The data of concern comes from a December forecast published by Oregon Health and Sciences University (OHSU), which indicates immunity, whether natural or acquired through the vaccine, is less effective against Omicron than the Delta variant.

“Today’s forecast is a warning we can’t ignore,” Oregon Health Authority Director Patrick Allen said.

The Omicron variant was first detected in Africa in November and has since traveled to various U.S. states. As of Monday, Dec. 13, three cases of Omicron were identified in Oregon. Omicron appears to have a higher rate of transmission coupled with a decreased hospitalization rate, studies show.

In addressing the media, the governor shared what she believes to be the next logical course of action.

“Today I am calling on one

million Oregonians to step up and get their booster dose by the end of January,” she said.

“Boosters are our best protection against Omicron. The state will be taking important steps to make sure our most vulnerable Oregonians have access to booster shots and to make sure we are ready to support our hospital systems for another surge.”

“If you aren’t yet vaccinated, now is the time,” she said.

“This is a matter of life and death.”

Brown also emphasized the importance of Oregonians uniting to slow the spread of the virus.

“A big part of that plan will depend on each and every one of you,” she said.

The news appears to conflict with OHSU findings published a little over two weeks earlier, projecting that COVID-19 hospitalizations would fall below 200 around Feb. 1.

82% of Oregonians either have immunity to the COVID-19 virus, and 85% is the threshold where Delta is less likely to spread readily among the population, according to Graven.

At the December press conference, Graven had a different message to deliver.

“I’d hoped to be able to

share better news today, but today’s forecast is going to anticipate another surge of severe illness in Oregon,” Graven said.

“While the severity is less, it is not low enough to prevent us from seeing hospitalizations.”

A reporter asked Brown about how we might deal with a variant with risks that surpass both Delta and Omicron.

“All options are on the table,” she said.

Brown concluded her speech with a key message for her constituents.

“If you take one thing away from this press conference, let it be this: Get your booster shot,” she said.

Permanent mask proposal takes shape in legislature Zoe Gottlieb Country Media

Oregonians may soon face an indefinite indoor mask mandate.

As the expiration of the state’s temporary indoor mask rule draws near, a permanent replacement is under review by state health officials.

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) filed a proposed rulemaking notice Dec. 10 with the Oregon Secretary of State’s Office, requesting changes to the current rule which expires Feb. 8, 2022.

The proposed permanent rule, if effected, would replace the current 180-day temporary rule with one of “indefinite” duration.

“This is necessary to control COVID-19, reduce hospitalizations

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The FAR table in itself “does make sense,” he said. It is the 2,000-square-foot limit that does not.

Commenting the next morning after the meeting, Ramey said in an email: “The opponents of Gross Floor area Limits won a large and important victory last night, but we certainly won’t rest until this

and deaths, and provide general health protection to people in Oregon,” the proposed rule change states.

The rule generally applies to all businesses in Oregon. The OHA is also proposing a civil penalty of $500 per person per day for non-compliance with the rule.

In addition, the rule change would grant the Oregon State Public Health Director or the Oregon State Health Officer “the authority to rescind and reinstate all or parts of the rule,” according to the notice.

The rule can be repealed if “on the ground” conditions approve, which are currently not tied to any metrics, according to State Epidemiologist Dr. Dean Sidelinger.

Before the filing, an administrative rules advisory committee met Thurs-

odious topic is put to rest. The public spoke very clearly: Use the FAR ratio tables in section 2 and delete arbitrary gross square footage caps – which Mayor Steidel described as ‘the wrong tool for the job, like fixing a broken watch with a sledgehammer.”

Ramey said according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), the median home in this country is 2,337 square feet, not including the garage square footage. A twocar garage is typically about 500 square feet, so this pro-

day, Dec. 2 to review the need for the OHA’s proposed rule and receive the input of small businesses and organizations, the notice states.

The proposal comes shortly after the Omicron variant’s arrival to the United States on Dec. 1, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

Through Dec. 8, the OHA reported that 22 U.S. states had detected at least one COVID-19 case attributed to the Omicron variant. Among 43 cases with initial follow-up, one hospitalization and no deaths were reported.

As of Monday, Dec. 13, there were three confirmed cases of Omicron in Oregon.

At a virtual press conference held Friday, Dec. 17, Gov. Kate Brown reaffirmed the importance of respon-

posal would limit the “livable space” of the house to 1,500 square feet.

“They (the council) are trying to impose a home size that is ridiculously small for families, for work-at-home people (and) for the average person,” he said.

The city should instead, he said, devise a number “that makes sense or let the tables dictate (the square footage size), because it does compare size of house to lot.”

Historically, Cannon Beach was a community of second

homes, not large homes, he said. “I am in favor of prohibiting the joining of adjacent lots to increase (allowable) square footage of the house.”

He said his wife, Kari, thinks allowing the joining of adjacent lots to increase square footage “is not necessarily a bad thing.”

When they lived in Hinsdale, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago some years ago, allowing the joining of lots helped to prevent the building of massive houses on tiny lots. It allowed people to build bigger homes and “resulted very much in the renewal

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“As Omicron is spreading, more states are starting to follow Oregon’s lead in reinstating mask requirements,” she said. “Thank you to every Oregonian who continues to mask up.

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“Science shows that masks work,” OHA Lead Communications Officer Jonathan Modie told The Chronicle.

“They save lives. That’s why OHA issued the temporary rule requiring indoor mask use and why OHA plans to issue the permanent rule with this requirement.”

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and masking, including national data on the effectiveness of masks in preventing the transmission of the virus,” Modie said. “OHA continues to monitor scientific data with regard to masking and control of COVID-19.”

Data from the CDC shows a 1-2% reduction in COVID case growth and death rates associated with state-issued mask mandates in a study of 2,313 U.S. counties up to 81-100 days after implementation.

Oregon is one of eight states to retain a mask mandate nearly two years into the pandemic, according to the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).

Modie said the OHA’s approach is to continue to look at the impact of the virus on Oregonians and Oregon’s health care system.

of the town.”

But, he said he questioned whether that would be a good thing for Cannon Beach.

He said a homeowner who wants to add square footage to their existing home by constructing an additional room in the attic, for example, would be prohibited under this proposal, if the home exceeded the square footage limit.

According to voter data from the 2018 election, “76 percent of the people who voted in Cannon Beach were age 51 or older,” he said.

“As we (in Cannon Beach) get older—and we are baby boomers -- we are likely to want other people in the house to help take care of us. I don’t want to go to a (old-age) home.”

“This proposal does not take into consideration the needs of the residents 10 or 20 years from now,” he said.

He said he has talked to a number of people in Cannon Beach who agree with him and object to the square footage limit as it is currently proposed.

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anuary promises to be busy with events sponsored by the Cannon Beach Library so let’s start with announcements of several presentations both literary and informational.

Marc Ward, co-founder and director of Sea Turtles Forever, will present a World of Haystack Rock Library Lecture on “Microplastic Recovery on the North Oregon Coast” on Wednesday, January 12, at 7 p.m., via Facebook Live @Friends of Haystack.

On Saturday, January 15, at 2 p.m., the Northwest Authors Series at the Cannon Beach Library will host Oregon author Tina Ontiveros for a discussion of “Rough House,” her award-winning memoir of a peripatetic childhood living in poverty near logging camps throughout the Pacific Northwest.

With a Bachelor of Arts in literature from Marylhurst University and a Master of Fine Arts in nonfiction writing from Goddard College, Ontiveros now teaches at Columbia Gorge Community College in The Dalles.

Anyone interested in joining Ontiveros’s presentation may do so by clicking on Facebook posts at www. facebook.com/cannonbeachlibrary/.

Led by Bob Lundy, members of Cannon Beach Reads will discuss Physicist Richard P. Feynman’s “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character,” via Zoom, Wednesday, January 19, at 7 p.m.

Despite receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965, being a member of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and a foreign member of the Royal Society, this professor of theoretical physics--first at Cornell University and then at the California Institute of Technology—reveals his weakness for alternative world views.

Reading Feynman one encounters such observations and words to live by as: “I couldn’t claim that I was smarter than sixty-five other

guys–but the average of sixty-five other guys, certainly!”

Or: “Learn what the rest of the world is like. The variety is worthwhile.”

And: “Anything can happen, in spite of what you’re pretty sure should happen.”

Monday, January 24, is the deadline for writers to submit essays, poems, short stories and other writings on the theme of “Recovery?” to a panel of volunteer judges who will select writings for authors to read at the library’s Fourth Annual Writers Read Celebration, held via Zoom, Saturday, March 5, 2022.

Entries are limited to three works, each no longer than 600 words. Submissions, formatted in Word or PDF, should be sent to the library by email (cannonbeachlibrary.org) or U. S. Mail (P.O. Box 486, Cannon Beach, OR 97110). Entries should be accompanied by a separate cover letter that includes the author’s name, email and telephone number. Writers will remain anonymous during the judging process.

The library has added 20 new books, “green dots,” to the collection: Nine novels, four mysteries and seven nonfiction titles.

The nine novels include “The Personal Librarian” by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, “Never”

by Ken Follett, “Go Tell the Bees That I am Gone” by Diana Gabaldon, “The Judge’s List” by John Grisham, “The Sweetness of Water”

by Nathan Harris, “Love Songs of W. E. B. Du Bois”

by Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, “Mrs. Rochester’s Ghost” by Lindsay Marcott, “Wish You Were Here” by Jodi Picoult and “The Wish” by Nicholas Sparks.

The four mysteries added are “Jane Austen’s Lost Letters” by Jane K. Cleland, “Autopsy” by Patricia Cornwall, “Game On” by Janet Evanovich and “The Midnight Hour” by Elly Griffiths.

The seven nonfiction books include “The Shattering: America in the 1960s” by Kevin Boyle, “All About Me! My Remarkable Life in Show

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by Charles Finch, “Call Us What We Carry: Poems” by Amanda Gorman, “The Joseph Bernt 1619 Project: A New Origin Story” by Nicole HannahJones, “The Big Cheat: How Donald Trump Fleeced America and Enriched Himself and His Family” by David Cay Johnston and “Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future” by Elizabeth Kolbert.

Listing new “green dot” books added to the Cannon Beach Library reminds me that about a month ago I plugged “American Made: What Happens to People When Work Disappears” a green dot by Farah Stockman, an extremely careful, readable and persuasive journalist who won a Pulitzer Prize for her work at the Boston Globe.

She recently was hired by the New York Times, which allowed her time to finish “American Made” before her new job overwhelmed her.

When I gave “American Made” a strong plug, I promised to offer readers a more critical review when I had more column space and time to consider Stockman’s description of the impact of offshoring or outsourcing manufacturing, whether to China or, in the case of Rexnord ball-bearing production, from West Indianapolis to Monterrey, Mexico and McAllen, Texas.

Despite Donald Trump’s objections and threats, Rexnord shuttered its manufacturing of ball bearings in Indianapolis 10 months after the new president assumed the office that the chattering class mistakenly believed Hillary Clinton was a shoo-in to win.

Why she didn’t win has a lot to do with union workers such as the steelworkers at Rexnord’s grimy Indianapolis

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Anyone running for office or working on political campaigns would be well advised to read “American Made” and listen to the voices Stockman captures in prose. Stockman’s report on the Rexnord closure reads as if a novel of social reform told through the lives of three factory workers: Wally Hall, a religious black man, plans unsuccessfully to start Wally Gator’s Woodfire BBQ, dreaming of leaving his factory job behind. Instead, he dies of coronary disease.

Shannon Mulcahy, a middle-aging woman, controls the heat-treat section at the bearing factory and barely raises a multi-generational, dysfunctional family.

And John Feltner, a white activist for the United Steelworkers Local 1999, fails in his effort to resist company plans to move the factory to South Texas and Mexico.

Shannon and John both struggle for years to find new jobs paying less than they earned at Rexnord’s bearing factory.

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immediately signed NAFTA, despite having won all but one of the rustbelt states.

In 2008, Barack Obama won all the rustbelt states but Missouri. In 2016, Hillary Clinton identified half of Donald Trump’s supporters as a “basket of deplorables,” who are “racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamophobic” and “irredeemable, but thankfully, they are not America.”

Many of the factory workers in the rustbelt states may no longer align with Hillary Clinton’s America, but they do remember that she supported her husband’s signing of NAFTA. In 2016 Hillary Clinton lost seven of the nine rustbelt states, winning only Illinois and Minnesota.

In 2020, Joe Biden won five of the rustbelt states, returning Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania to the Democratic column.

Farah Stockman’s “American Made” does not concentrate on election results. The major focus of this portrait of declining manufacturing in Indianapolis and surrounding rural towns are the consequences to family and community life.

The division in the country, between the country’s regions, between those who shower before and those

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manufacturing plant. There, 300 workers were about to lose jobs paying wages approaching $30 an hour after training replacements in Monterrey to run machinery that made Rexnord’s ball bearings the obvious choice during the twentieth century.

What would become the rustbelt had provided the troops to elect Democrats regularly in Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ohio, Pennsylvania and even occasionally in Indiana.

In 1992 Ross Perot captured almost 20 percent of the presidential vote running against the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) that he characterized as that “giant sucking sound” of manufacturing jobs draining from the United States into Mexico.

Perot ran the most successful independent presidential campaign since that of Theodore Roosevelt in 1912. Still, Bill Clinton went on to win the three-way race in 1992 against Perot and incumbent President George Herbert Walker Bush and

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Senate district 16 PCPS nominate three women to finish Betsy Johnson’s term Monday night, Democratic Precinct Committee Persons from Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah, Tillamook, and Washington counties nominated Melissa Busch (Warren), Rachel Armitage (Warren), and Nadia Gardner (Arch Cape) to complete the remainder of Betsy Johnson’s term in Salem.

Columbia County resident Melissa Busch lives in Warren, Oregon with her partner and three children.

Busch is a home health nurse who travels the county visiting patients in their homes and long-term care settings, providing care and connection before and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

She has also volunteered at numerous vaccine clinics in the county.

“I know the challenges our community faces because

I see my patients navigating those challenges every day,” Busch says. “Parents lack affordable childcare, schools lack crucial resources, and families are regularly confronted with impossible choices like whether to buy groceries or pay for prescription medications. As a working mother and a union member, I understand how important it is that we have family wage jobs, good benefits, and safe working conditions. This was true before the COVID-19 pandemic. As our next State Senator I will stand up for our community just like I stand up for my patients.”

Busch announced her intention to run for Johnson’s seat in November, 2021. Her endorsements include the Oregon Nurses Association and

Nadia Gardner Chair of the Oregon House of Representatives Committee on Health Care, Representative Rachel Prusak.

Columbia County resident Rachel Armitage lives in Warren, Oregon with her husband and stepdaughter.

She previously worked as a Legislative Assistant in the 2016 and 2017 legislative sessions, focusing on constituent service and issues such as education, and rights

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for foster youth. If appointed, Armitage’s legislative experience will allow her to hit the ground running in the Legislature with a focus on jobs and housing.

“As a lifelong Oregonian and the daughter of a teacher and a pastor, I know that community is often what gets us through hard times,” said Armitage. “That’s why I’m seeking this appointment. Our community needs a leader in Salem who brings us together

Rachel Armitage even when we have strong disagreements—who will be an independent voice for rural Oregonians.”

Nadia Gardner is a 20-year North Coast resident, who has always been very active in local politics. She lives in the unincorporated Clatsop County community of Arch Cape with her partner and six year old son. She is the Chair of the Clatsop County Planning Commission. She is elected as a Director on the

Arch Cape Domestic Water Supply District Board. In addition to providing critical governance and financial oversight, the Board is leading the acquisition of Arch Capes’s 1,500-acre forested drinking watershed.

“I am a scientist with expertise on our forests, rivers, estuaries and ocean and how they contribute to human health and community livability. My scientific background leads me to find proven solutions to tough problems,” Gardner says. “I am running because this is a critical moment, and I am the dedicated, knowledgeable, and experienced candidate to bring forward the right solutions.”

Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah, Tillamook, Washington, and Yamhill County Commissions will hold a joint meeting on January 14th to select Johnson’s replacement.

The term for that Senate seat runs through 2022.

Oregon’s congressional delegation push for ports funding Oregon’s congressional delegation is pushing for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to include funding for Oregon’s port infrastructure as the agency implements the recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA).

The request includes $62 million for Tillamook Bay and Bar South Jetty head and trunk repairs to support the Port of Garibaldi and prevent additional loss of life events.

U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley and Representative Peter DeFazio (OR-04), the Chair of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, along with Senator Ron Wyden and Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03), Kurt Schrader (OR-05), Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01), and Cliff Bentz (OR-02), have sent a letter to the Army Corps and the Office of Management and Budget,

requesting allocated funds be set aside to ensure federally authorized waterways and navigation infrastructure in the State of Oregon are properly maintained, which is especially critical to Oregon’s small ports.“The COVID-19 pandemic has hit rural communities and small, commercial ports with multiple economic losses from higher safety and sanitation costs, shelter-in-place orders, tenants seeking lease deferral, a severe downturn of the commercial fishing markets, and ports were not eligible to receive much of the relief funds,” the lawmakers wrote. “These ports are a source of jobs, recreation, and tax benefit to the state and local community and additional operations and maintenance funding is critical for the federal channels and structures that serve these communities.”Oregon is home to export gateways,

inland barging terminals, and small commercial and recreational fishing ports, all 23 of which play a significant role in Oregon’s economy. The IIJA is a landmark piece of legislation that will invest in land and water infrastructure, the labor force, broadband infrastructure, and the economy. It’s critical that as this legislation is implemented, Oregon’s small ports—many of which have years of deferred maintenance needs—are able to access and benefit from the funding made available by IIJA, the Oregon congressional delegation states in a release.

The letter includes funding requests for elements, such dredging, maintenance of jetties and canal locks, fish passages, and other infrastructure needed to maintain navigation via Oregon’s rivers and ports.

Increased SNAP benefits continue in Jan. The Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) has announced that most Oregonian’s who receive increased emergency SNAP benefits will continue to receive them in January.

The ODHS said approximately 382,000 SNAP households will receive approxi-

mately $61 million in extra food benefits in addition to their regular SNAP benefits.

“We are grateful to have the opportunity to provide emergency benefits to most SNAP households in Oregon,” ODHS Self-Sufficiency Program Director Dan Haun said. “We also know that

many Oregonians are still struggling to meet their basic needs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and we encourage them to contact our partners at 211 and the Oregon Food Bank for support during this difficult time.”

The federal government has approved emergency

monthly allotments since March 2020, according to the ODHS. SNAP households will be able to collect the allotments on Jan. 11 while new households will have funds available at the end of the month.

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NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING CLATSOP COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Clatsop County Planning Commission will hold its regular meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, January 11, 2022, via GoTo Meeting to consider the following: 1. Amendments to the Clatsop County Comprehensive Plan, revising Goal 7: Areas Subject to Natural Hazards 2. Amendments to the Clatsop County Comprehensive Plan, revising Goal 9: Economic Development 3. Amendments to the Clatsop County Comprehensive Plan, revision Goal 13: Energy Conservation To join the meeting: https://global.gotomeeting. com/join/717331381 You can also dial in using your phone.

United States (Toll Free): 1-877-568-4106 United States: +1 (312)757-3129 Access Code: 717-331381 An agenda will be posted seven days prior to the hearing at: https://www.co.clatsop.or.us/calendar.

Those wishing to provide

Public Notice testimony on public hearings or provide oral communication at the designated time must register in advance by calling 503-325-8611 or email comdev@co.clatsop.or.us.

Once registered, you will be notified when it is your opportunity to speak for a threeminute presentation. The public may also submit comments via email to be read to the Planning Commission at the designated time. Please send submissions to comdev@co.clatsop.or.us.

All documents will be available for inspection by appointment at the Clatsop County Planning Division at

800 Exchange St, Suite 100, during normal business hours (M-F 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m.) at no cost. Paper copies may also be obtained at reasonable cost.

The full agenda packet will be posted seven days prior to the hearing at: https://www.co.clatsop.or.us/calendar.

If you have questions about this matter or need more information, please contact the Planning Division at (503) 3258611 or at comdev@co.clatsop. or.us.

Publication dates: Cannon Beach Gazette: January 6, 2022, Clatskanie Chief: January 7, 2022

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OBITUARY Diane Zimmerman

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iane Zimmerman, age 93, passed away surrounded by family. Diane was born in Portland, Ore. to Harley and Pauline Hall.

Diane graduated Grant HS and attended University of Oregon. She started working for IBM as a secretary and retired as a computer programmer in 1987. After living in San Jose, CA for 20 years, Diane moved to her beloved Cannon Beach in 2000, where she spent many years volunteering with the Cannon

n Top 10 Continued from Page 1 based on a maximum allotment scale. For example, if there are four individuals in a household and that household is currently receiving $500 in benefits, the emergency allotment supplement will raise their benefits to the maximum allowed for households of four, which is $680 per month – or an increase of $180.

With the additional increase in benefits, the total food benefits for that household would be $782 for the month. Total supplemental benefits will differ based on each household’s regular monthly allotment.

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Beach Library, the Haystack Rock Awareness Program and the Cannon Beach Food Pantry, playing bridge with her spirited bridge crew, enjoying meals at her favorite restaurants, hosting her family and friends, and planning her next travel adventure. Diane made the difficult decision to move to senior housing in Portland in 2020, but her heart remained in Cannon Beach.

She is survived by her two daughters and their spouses, Ann and Bill Krieger, and Susan and Russell Panter; sister, Marilyn Godfrey; grandchildren, Jon, Kirstin, Jeffrey, Sam and Bhupesh; honorary grandchildren, Josh, Ashley and Kelly; great-grandchildren, Liam and Charlie; and nephews and their spouses, Ted, Kari, Daniel and Berniece.

Suggested donations: Cannon Beach Volunteer Fire Association or the Haystack Rock Awareness Program.

A private family burial is scheduled.

Two recent pet, owner, elk encounters have experts saying, be aware of your surroundings Seeing wildlife such as elk in Cannon Beach is something both residents and visitors enjoy.

But sometimes encounters can become a problem for people, their pets and the wildlife.

At about 8 pm December 11, the police received a call that a woman had been walking her dog in the vicinity of Les Shirley Park when, she said, an elk charged at her and her dog, according to the police department.

Cannon Beach Police Chief Jason Schermerhorn said: “On December 11, 2021 at approximately 8 pm, Cannon Beach Officers responded to a report of an alleged Elk attack that had

occurred at/or near Les Shirley park in the North End of Cannon Beach. Officers later determined that a 42 year old female had been walking her dog in the area and some Elk had charged at her and her dog. It was reported that both the female and the dog has suffered injuries. The report will be forwarded to Oregon State Police Fish and Game division.”

Number Five June 26, 2021 Sense of place: You may see salps on the beach Walking along the shoreline you might come across a species of salp called Salpa fusiformis.

This species of salp can grow to 1.5 inches in length.

They are easily identified by their orange, hard cut sack.

They often undergo daily vertical migrations coming up to the surface at night and diving down to over 1,600 feet during the day. While Salpa fusiformis is typically found offshore, occasional nearshore swarms do occur (like right now).

When conditions are just right populations of slaps may form massive swarms of millions of individuals.

Heteropods, medusae, siphonophores, ctenophores, sea turtles, marine birds and over 50 different species of fish eat them.

What is a salp?

In order to understand the salp you must first understand the tunicate. Tunicates belong to the same phylum as vertebrates. Though as adults they do not have a backbone, developing larvae possess a tail, a dorsal nerve cord, and a dorsal stiffening structure (not composed of bone) called the notochord; because of this tunicates are thought to be more closely related to vertebrates such as fish and people.

Number Six March 6, 2021 Fatal Crash on Hwy 101 Clatsop County On Saturday, March 6, 2021 at approximately 1:00 P.M., Oregon State Police

Troopers and emergency personnel responded to a two vehicle crash on Hwy 101 near milepost 14.

Preliminary investigation revealed that a southbound Dodge Ram 3500 pickup towing a large RV, operated by Donald Siglin (76) of Banks, crossed into the northbound lane and struck a Toyota Corolla operated

by Hazel Nyberg (66) of Astoria.

Nyberg sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased.

Siglin was flown to OHSU were he was pronounced deceased.

Number Seven Nov. 10, 2021 OSP responds to rollover crash on Hwy 101 Oregon State Police (OSP) responded to a rollover crash around 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9, on Hwy 101 and Kenton Drive.

According to OSP, a silver Toyota XB, driven by Diana Willner of Seaside, was southbound negotiating a left curve. The vehicle strick and bounced off the southbound guardrail, went across both lanes, struck and drove up a dirt embankment. The vehicle rolled on its side, where it came to an uncontrolled rest facing south in the northbound lane. “[Willner] was not wearing a seatbelt and had significant injuries,” the OSP reported. “[Willner] was transported by ambulance to Tillamook Hospital.”

Willner was cited for driving while suspended and no insurance, OSP stated.

Number Eight Oct. 19, 2021 Seaside local dies in fatal crash on Hwy 26 in Washington County Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers and emergency personnel responded to a two-vehicle crash at 3:03 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, on Hwy 26 near milepost 48. Preliminary investigation revealed an eastbound GMC Sierra, operated by Brian Masters of Beaverton, crossed into the westbound

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Selps were found on the beach in June. lane and collided head-on with a Kia Soul, operated by Lisa Lawson of Seaside.

According to OSP, Lisa Lawson sustained fatal injuries and was pronounced deceased. The passenger in the Kia Soul, Jay Lawson of Seaside, was transported to an area hospital with injuries.

Brian Masters and passenger Leila Masters of Beaverton, were transported to an area hospital.

Hwy 26 was closed for approximately four hours.

OSP was assisted by Washington County Sheriff’s Office, Hillsboro Police Department, Banks Fire Department and ODOT. Number Nine June 12, 2021 Oregon Senate approves Juneteenth as official state holiday On Tuesday, June 1, the Oregon Senate passed House Bill 2168, a bill to make Juneteenth an official state holiday every June 19 beginning in 2022. This holiday will serve to honor the freedom of enslaved people in the United States, acknowledge Oregon’s racist roots and celebrate the contributions of Black Americans in the face of inequity and systemic oppression.

“The Emancipation Proclamation news arrived in waves to the enslaved Black women and men of my family,” said Sen. Lew Frederick (D-N/NE Portland) who carried House Bill 2168.

“Family stories say, ‘joy was the first emotion, and next skepticism’.”

“However, hope stood at

the center of a possible future for my family and so many families,” said Frederick.

“That hope continues to this day. So does the skepticism.

The two can dance together, and in that dance, we can progress, and we can amplify hope.”

On June 19, 1865, Union General Gordon Granger rode into Galveston, Texas and issued General Order Number 3, which required the immediate freedom of more than 250,000 enslaved African Americans in Texas.

Union troops marched throughout Galveston to spread the word that all slaves were free. Juneteenth is also known as Emancipation Day, Jubilee Day and Freedom Day. Number Ten June 25, 2021 Cannon Beach properties featured in Top Chef A few local Cannon Beach properties were prominently featured in the recent episode of Bravo’s Top Chef. The Season 18 Finale airs next week, be sure to tune in!

The cheftestants stayed at the popular Surfsand Resort, a family and pet-friendly hotel which features oceanfront rooms with stunning views of Haystack Rock. They also enjoyed some brews from local spot Public Coast Brewing.

The Elimination Challenge took place at Wayfarer Restaurant and Lounge, known for their delicious coastal seafood fare, with a menu focused on high quality, local, and seasonal ingredients.

Protege a quienes nos protegen.

Vacúnate.

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Tras dos años de pandemia de COVID-19, es importante seguir repitiéndolo: gracias a los miles de trabajadores de la salud que arriesgan su vida para mantenernos a salvo. Vacunarte es la mejor forma que tienes de cuidarlos y de demostrar gratitud. Protégete a ti, a tus seres queridos y a todos los trabajadores de la salud. Vacúnate hoy mismo.