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July 26, 2019
Concert series to begin July 28 By HILARY DORSEY For The Gazette There will be four shows to look forward to in this year’s recently announced “Summer Concerts in the Park” series. One is scheduled for July, two in August, and a final concert in September, with the complete series promising an enjoyable variety of styles. Each of the performances will be held in Cannon Beach’s downtown city park, adjacent to the tennis courts and the Chamber of Commerce building at 2nd and Spruce streets. The concerts are made possible by a City of Cannon Beach community grant. The series is produced by the Tolovana Arts Colony, a registered nonprofit group. The arts colony offers affordable, year-round arts-related education, inspirational and cultural programming to residents and visitors alike. This Sunday’s opening concert will feature Jujuba, a 10-piece Afrobeat and Juju band from Portland. Master talking drum legend Nojeem Lasisi. Jujuba delivers a funky, big-band, danceable style of Nigerian Afrobeat and Juju music. The strength of the 10-piece group revolves around its energetic cohesion among percussion, rhythm and horn sections. The show begins at 5 p.m. Featured Aug. 11 will be
“Cannon Beach: Too Beautiful for Butts” campaign poster Local resident Lolly Champion has been raising money to afix cigarette-butt trash containers to Cannon Beach’s trash bins in an effort to cut down on beach littering.
Pick up the cigs!
By CHELSEA YARNELL For The Gazette
“I’m one of many people who walk the beach every day,” said Lolly Champion of Cannon Beach. “Walking along, I’d see cigarette butts. “Soon, I’d start carrying a bag to pick them up.” Then Champion spotted a trend.
After weekends … especially, holiday weekends … cigarette littering on the beaches increased significantly. So she began doing some research online. Champion learned that cigarette butts are one of the most-polluting items in the world, particularly harmful to the environment when discarded with a filter. “That’s what they find in shorebirds, fish and all kinds of marine
life,” Champion said. She said the City of Cannon Beach started getting complaints about the littering. “That never is a good complaint from tourists or visitors,” she said. Which prompted her to launch local campaign: “Cannon Beach: Too Beautiful for Butts.” Meantime, after additional research and plenty of advice from around the world, Champion came
upon cigarette waste containers that could easily be installed onto the city’s trash bins. And she raised the money for each container herself. “People are so generous,” Champion said. “This community, which I’m so blessed to live in, is very community-oriented. This was done by us - the people who are stewards Continued on page 2
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Tickets on sale now for ‘CB Cottage Tour’ By ELAINE TRUCKE For The Gazette Summers on the Oregon coast seem to fly by faster and faster. Who has the time to remember special events and trips? If you haven’t had an opportunity to attend the local “Cannon Beach Cottage Tour” … this is the year! The tour is the annual fundraiser for the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum. Tickets can be purchased on their website or by phone. The “Cannon Beach Cottage Tour” is a weekendlong series of events that include live music, wine tasting, tea tasting and, of course, a tour of homes Sept. 13-15. For more than a decade, the History Center & Museum has welcomed visitors from all over the Pacific Northwest and beyond to tour vintage homes, historic inns and architectural wonders of your favorite coastal town. Over those years, the tour has received accolades from Oregon Home Magazine, Sunset Magazine, The Oregonian, Seattle Times, Oregon Coast Magazine and others. After all, not many home tours take place with the Pacific Ocean in view! Cannon Beach has been a destination community since the late 1800s. The August 1891 issue of the
The Daily Astorian declared the settlement a “sportsman’s paradise,” ideal for rest and recuperation. It remains alluring for its seaside location and unequivocal charm. The weekend of events will kick off Friday, Sept. 13, with a jazz concert featuring Dmitri Matheny. “Dmitri Matheny is a jazz treasure. The lyrical Matheny has impressive chops, but it’s his warmth and soulfulness that win you over.”—All Music Guide. Tickets to this event are $20. On Saturday, Sept. 14, events begin with a luncheon and lecture at Tolovana Hall. A conversation about the evolutions of cottages in Cannon Beach will begin at noon, with doors opening at 11:30 a.m. Janet Eastman of The Oregonian will guide us through a discussion of how homes and cottages at the coast have changed over the years. The coast’s premiere caterer and bakery, Dough Dough Bakery, will prepare the luncheon. Luncheon and lecture tickets are $30. The tour of homes will take place in the Presidential Streets of Cannon Beach on Saturday from noon until 5 p.m. Enjoy wine tasting with Cannon Beach Wine Shack at one of the locations on the tour, plus live music,
Last year’s “Cannon Beach Cottage Tour” drew a variety of visitors to a wide range of homes. Courtesy photo and tea from Beach House Teas at another featured home. Take off those walking shoes and put on some dancing shoes for the Julie Amici concert at the museum on at 6 p.m. Tickets to the homes tour and the concert are $40. The final event of the weekend is an English-style garden tea at Tolovana Hall
on Sunday, Sept. 15. Attendees will enjoy tea with real teacups and saucers, and tea from Beach House Teas. The presentation this year will be given by Master Gardener Jennifer Bell, on how to plant with indigenous plants. Scones, cucumber sandwiches and other delectable treats prepared by Dough Dough
Bakery will be sitting on beautiful china displays at each table. Tickets are $25. The cottage tour is the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum’s annual fundraiser, put on lovingly by staff and volunteers for the past 16 years. The event provides 20% of the organization’s annual income, allowing it to remain a free
museum. You can purchase tickets on the website or by calling 503-436-9301. Many of these events sell out, so make your plans as soon as you can. For more information, contact the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum at 503-436-9301, email info@cbhistory.org, or visit http://www.cbhistory.org/.
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