WIXLIB

2December 10, 2021CannonBeachGazette.com Cannon Beach GazetteGiving Tree alive in Cannon BeachStaffThe annual holidayGiving Tree promotionsponsored by the Cannon Beach AmericanLegion is currentlyunderway. This annualdrive, is designed soevery child in CannonBeach has a goodholiday, and receives apresent.If you need an application, you can getone at the Legion Hall,according to NancyTeagle, applicationswill be in an envelopeby the entrance ofthe hall. You should returnyour applications to theLegion Hall when they arecompleted. Taegle has set upa locked mailbox labeled Giving Tree so your applicationcan be filled.There are also a need forpresents for Seniors in thecommunity, so while youare filling a child’s wish list,please also consider fillingThis bull elk takes a nap at the entrance to Cannon Beach just off HWY 101 Saturday during a rain shower. Photo by Joe Warrena request for one of CannonBeach’s senior citizens.“I want to give a shoutout to the family and staffof Bruce’s Candy Kitchen,”Taegle said. “They alwaysprovide the candy for thisevent and have done so foryears and they also givea lot of gifts, they are themost generous people on theCoast.”Members of the community are encouraged to stopby the Giving Tree located athe Wayfarer Restaurant inthe lobby to pull a card withinformation about a child inneed. Wrapped presents canbe returned to the Giving Treeand will be delivered on Dec.23 to area children by members of the Cannon BeachAmerican Legion. For moreinformation contact Teagle at503-440-0222.Candy makes thesweetest giftRight herein CannonBeachwe makeseasonalhomemadeconfections thatinclude PeppermintBark, Butter Creams,decorated Oreos& Nutter Butter.Cannon Beach Mayor Sam Steidel tells the crowdthe history of the Lamplighting ceremony. (Above)the Seaside High Choir sings Christmas carols.Photos by Joe WarrenCURBSIDEPICK UPAVAILABLEn RingContinued from Page 1Current- Dec. 23 – Holiday Crafting at Child’s Playin Cannon Beach. DecorateChristmas glass ornaments,pom pom Christmas treesand Christmas wood signsadorned with twinklelights. For details, visitachild’splay.comDec. 11 – Pictures withSanta from 1-4 p.m. atWE CAN SHIPANYWHEREDowntown Cannon Beach256 N. Hemlock St 503-436-2641www.brucescandy.comH49926SOLDTERRIFIC OCEAN VIEW BEACH HOUSE 1,195,000SOLDSOLDCANNON BEACH OCEAN VIEW LOT 249,000CLASSIC WEST PRESIDENTIAL BEACHCOTTAGE, 1,495,000SOLDSOLDPERFECTLY LOCATED FAMILY BEACHHOME, 850,000CLASSIC OCEANFRONT BEACH HOME, 1,949,000CHARMING FAMILY HOME IN GREATNEIGHBOHOOD! 425,000SALEPENDINGNEWLISTINGSandpiper Square (or thechamber community hallin case of rain) in CannonBeach. Come support theCannon Beach Academyand get your picture withSanta.Dec. 11 & 12 – HolidayPictures with Santa from11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at SeasideOutlets.Dec. 12 – Soups for Santafrom noon to 3 p.m. Bringyour soup donation to eitherTolovana Wayside fromnoon to 12:55 p.m., CannonBeach Fire Departmentfrom 1-1:55 p.m., or the oldCannon Beach ElementarySchool from 2-2:55 p.m.and meet Santa. All donations benefit the CannonBeach Community FoodPantry.Dec. 15 – Holiday Pictures with Santa from 4-7p.m. at Seaside Outlets.Dec. 19 – FiresideStorytime with Santa at 4p.m. at the Surfsand ResortBallroom in Cannon Beach.Enjoy cookies and hot cocoain the lobby before hearingSanta read “Night BeforeChristmas.”Dec. 20 – Old-FashionedChristmas in the FlavelHouse Museum in Astoriafrom 6-8 p.m.Dec. 23 – CarolingDowntown from 5-6 p.m.in Cannon Beach. Willbegin at the chamber and gothrough downtown, endingfor hot cocoa at the CannonBeach Chocolate Café.Dec. 27-30 – HolidayFoods Around the World inCannon Beach. Visit participating restaurants whowill feature unique food andbeverage special, highlighting many different countriesand cuisines. Locations liston chamber website.Concerts atCannon BeachCommunity ChurchNorthwest Piano Trio inConcert: Sunday, December 12, at 3p.m., NorthwestPiano Trio return to CannonBeach to present “Classical Christmas,” a free andopen to the public concertin Cannon Beach at CannonBeach Community Churchat 132 E. Washington Street,in downtown CannonBeach. This holiday concertwill include selections fromTchaikovsky’s Nutcracker.The Northwest Piano Trio,founded in 2014, is based inPortland. Donations to NWPiano Trio may be made atthe door. Concert attendersare asked to wear masks anddress warmly, as windowswill be open for good aircirculation. N95 masks willbe available at the door.Piano & Flute HolidayConcert: Sunday, December 19th, 3p.m., JenniferGoodenberger on pianoand Shelly Loring on flutepresent a holiday concertin Cannon Beach at Cannon Beach CommunityChurch (132 E. WashingtonStreet, in downtown Cannon Beach). This holidayconcert is free and open tothe public and will includeoriginal compositions byGoodenberger, as wellas traditional carols andholiday favorites. Concertattenders are asked to wearmasks and dress warmly, aswindows will be open forgood air circulation. N95masks will be available atthe door. Goodenberger andLoring are both long-timeresidents of Clatsop County.Lower Columbia Hot Tub Rentals, LLCVACANT OCEAN VIEW LOT 289,000FABULOUS CHAPMAN POINTOCEAN FRONT, 4,250,000SALEPENDINGAFFORDABLE BEACH COTTAGE 399,500DuaneJohnson HolidayPostCard final.pdfSOLDWONDERFUL CANNON BEACH OCEANVIEW LOT, 275,000111/16/2011:53 AMOur hot tubs can give youthat, and soothe youraching muscles, too.TERRIFIC MANZANITA BEACH HOME 659,000PRIME SEASIDE/HWY 101 COMMERCIALOPPORTUNITY! 809,000DuaneJohnson HolidayPostCard final.pdf211/16/2011:53 AMCSOLDMYCMSharingMwarmth for home,thankfulness for family,and respect for communitythis holiday season.YMYCYCYFor a Weekend,Week, or a Monthor More!We rent Softub Hot Tubsfor a weekend,a week, a month, orlonger starting at 125.CCMMYNeed a break after workingand holiday shopping?CMYKCMY{FURNISHED} OCEAN VIEW BEACHHOME, 949,000KWe appreciate you!h a p p y h o l i da ysA VALUED ANDTRUSTED RESOURCEFor a complimentary and confidential, market analysis on your home,WITHIN OURplease call us at 503-436-0451 or email duane@duanejohnson.com.COMMUNITY AND THE#1 OFFICE SINCE 1990.Duane - Managing Principal Brokerwww.DuaneJohnson.com296 N. Spruce St. Cannon Beach (503) 436-0451Offic 296 N. Spruce · PO BOX 924Cannon Beach, OR 97110Jeff - PrincipalBroker, GRIwww.duanejohnson.comH64542&What is RMLS? As the Northwest’s largest REALTOR -owned Multiple Listing Service(MLS), RMLS servesapproximately 10,000 Real Estate Professionals in over 2,200 offices licensed in Oregon and Washington.We will bring the tub to you for as long as you wantand take everything away after you’re done.HOLIDAY SEASON SPECIAL:Chris Principal Broker, GRIAll brokers listed with firm are licensed in the state of OregonActive Members ofYou can email us at: lchtrllc@gmail.comto reserve your hot tub.If you rent the tub for a week we’ll give you thesecond week for 95. If you rent for a monthwe’ll rent the second month for half price.Check our website for pricing, delivery and setup detailshttp://lchottubrentals.comJeremy BrokerMichael Managing BrokerPaula Rager BrokerLower Columbia Hot Tub Rentals, LLC, (503) 556-2395H64462

Cannon Beach Gazette CannonBeachGazette.comDecember 10, 2021At the library3Books, authors and turtle rescuers visit libraryReaders given to counting, to totting stuff up,should know the Cannon BeachLibrary collection grew by 21books in November.New mysteries addedincluded “Mercy” by DavidBaldacci, “Better Off Dead” byLee Childs, “The Dark Hour”by Michael Connelly and “Robert Parker’s Stone’s Throw” byMike Lupica.Six new novels were added,including “Light from Uncommon Stars” by Ryka Aoki,,“Once Upon a Wardrobe”by Patti Callahan, “Martita,I Remember You” by SandraCisneros, “The Sentence” byLouise Erdrich, “The Book ofForm and Emptiness” by RuthOzeki and “Harlem Shuffle” byColon Whitehead. The Cisnerosmystery is a bilingual edition.Among nonfiction titlesadded were “The Book ofHope: A Survival Guide forTrying Times” by Jane Goodall,Douglas Abrams and Gail Hudson, “The Dawn of Everything”by David Graeber and DavidWengrow, “There is Nothingfor You Here: Finding Opportunities in the Twenty-First Century” by Fiona Hill, ”Big Shot:Diary of a Wimpy Kid” by JeffKinney and “Yellow Bird: Oil,Murder, and a Woman’s Searchfor Justice in Indian Country”by Sierra Crane Murdoch.Other nonfiction booksadded last month were “On Animals” by Susan Orleans, “Scientists: E. O. Wilson, A Life inNature” by Richard Rhodes,“Midnight in Washington” byAdam Schiff, “American Made:What Happens to People WhenWork Disappears” by FarahStockman, “Beautiful Country:A Memoir” by Qian Julie Wangand “1000 Years of Joys andSorrows” by Ai Weiwei.I just consumed “AmericanMade: What Happens to PeopleWhen Work Disappears” orperhaps this moving book justconsumed me. So, readers ofthis column should expect areview of Stockman’s analysis of what has happened torural America, Trump land, thefly-over zone, manufacturingfactories, unions, terminal highschool graduates or the Democratic Party in my upcomingChristmas Eve column.“American Made” will provean important, lasting model ofsmart, moving, nonfictionalprose, much as Michael Herrington’s “The Other America,”Truman Capote’s “In ColdBlood,” Gordon Allport’s “TheNature of Prejudice” or JohnGriffith’s “Black Like Me”forced an early Sixties generation to ask, “Which side areyou on?”Recovery appears in myriadways. The Northwest AuthorsSeries Committee at the libraryinvites writers to submit prose,poetry, short stories and essayson the theme of “Recovery?” tothe fourth annual Writers ReadCelebration.Writers of all ages areencouraged to participate indeveloping this year’s theme of“Recovery?” The deadline forsubmission is Monday, January24.A panel of volunteer judgeswill select 10-to-12 works tobe read by their authors duringn TAXContinued from Page 1receptacle to protect them frompotential rain damage. The decisionwas made to open the box on aSunday and the city had no contactinformation to discuss the situation with county or state electionsofficials. As the City had been givena key by the county elections officeto address these types of situations,the celebration, held viaZoom, Saturday, March 5,at 7 p.m.This year’stheme encompasses manymeanings of“Recovery?”Writers mayapproach thistheme fromany angle orviewpoint.Joseph BerntThey mayeven questionif what appears to be recoveryis really what they imagined.All written formats—essay, story, verse, prose andso forth—will be considered.Writers, however, are limited tono more than three entries, witheach entry limited to no morethan 600 words.Entries should be sent byemail (info@cannonbeachlibrary.org) or by USPS (P.O.Box 486, Cannon Beach, OR97110); however, email ispreferred.Submissions should beformatted in Word or PDF andinclude a cover letter indicatingthe writer’s name, email andtelephone number. Writers areasked not to include author’sname or contact information onthe entry manuscripts, so authors remain anonymous duringthe judging process.The Northwest AuthorsSeries Committee sponsorsmonthly author presentationsand other events at the CannonBeach Library. This is thefourth year the committee hascity officials used the key to openthe ballot box, retrieve the inappropriately deposited ballots and placedthem in the correct area of theballot box. The city then closed thebox. City Manager Bruce St.Denisand Public Works Director KarenLa Bonte were present while thisoccurred.These decisions/actions occurredon October 17th and the City Council and City Attorney were immediately notified. Out of an abundanceof caution, the city also subsequently provided this information tosponsored theWriters Read Celebration. Previousthemes were:“Life on the NorthCoast,” “The Viewfrom the NorthCoast” and “Pandemic.”Last year’sWriters Read Celebration on Zoommay be viewed onthe Cannon BeachLibrary website orFacebook page.The World ofHaystack Rock Library LectureSeries will host Marc Ward, cofounder and executive directorof Sea Turtles Forever (STF).Ward will present “MicroplasticRecovery on the North OregonCoast,” Wednesday, January12,at 7 p.m., via Facebook Live@Friends of Haystack.Ward has spent the past 20years managing STF operationsin Costa Rica and Oregon. STFhas hatched 175,000 endangered sea turtles during thepast two decades, turtles whichotherwise would have beenillegally harvested for sale onCosta Rica’s black market.STF also has led efforts toremove marine microplastic using a patented systemdeveloped by Ward and nowemployed throughout theworld.STF Blue Wave removestons of microplastic every yearfrom Northern Oregon beachesduring periods when turtles arenot nesting.The Northwest AuthorsSeries will host Tina Ontiverosthe Oregon Secretary of State.The City also discussed this issuewith the County Elections Office.The County noted that the City wascorrect to have two persons presentwhen the box was opened and statedthe City did not violate any rules.Clatsop County Clerk TracieKrevanko told The Gazette in aprevious story that she knew of anincident in which the city accessedinside the ballot box during theelection.“She said what happened iselection personnel accidentally leftvia Facebook on Saturday,January 15, at 2 p.m.“Rough House”—Ontiveros’ award-winning memoir—tells a story of family,addiction, adventure and poverty while her father chasedtemporary employment as alogger throughout the PacificNorthwest living in temporaryhousing or travel vans.“Rough House” was a2020 Indie Next Great Read,stayed on the Pacific Northwest Booksellers AssociationBestseller’s List for 20 weeksand received the PNBA BookAward.Ontiveros—a writer, teacherand bookseller based in thePacific Northwest—earned herBA in Literature from Marylhurst University, an MFA fromGoddard College and workedfor more than 10 years atKlindt’s Booksellers, Oregon’soldest bookstore, located inThe Dalles.She currently lives in Oregon and teaches writing andliterature at Columbia GorgeCommunity College.Join Ontiveros’ presentation from Facebook (www.facebook.com/cannonbeachlibrary) or from the library’shome page. Post questions liveon Facebook, or call and emailquestions before the author’spresentation.On Wednesday, December15, Phyllis Bernt will leadmembers of Cannon BeachReads in a discussion of“Honey in the Horn” by H.(Harold) L (Lenoir) Davis(1894-1960), the only nativeOregon novelist to have re-the ballot box closed for a time,during which a voter slipped his orher ballot into the side of the box, asstated in a previous story.“When she was notified aboutthe locked ballot box, she went toCannon Beach and unlocked it, shesaid. She gave the city a set of keysto the ballot box at that time.“After the clerk left, the voterwanted to make sure their ballot hadbeen counted and so the city openedthe box and put the ballot into thebox, she said she was told.“At that time, the city did notceived a Pulitzer Prize (1936).I’m a third of the waythrough “Honey in the Horn”and find myself quite taken byhis dense descriptions, folksyasides, and jaded view ofSouthern Oregon pioneers during the late nineteenth century.Davis is hardly politicallycorrect, but he’s a damned finenovelist who writes prose resembling a cross between theexaggerations of Mark Twainand the complexities of William Faulkner, both excellentregional writers who, in theirlifetimes, captured a nationalreadership.As did Faulkner, Davis alsoreluctantly spent time in earlyHollywood script factories andwriting for national magazines.Still, he managed to publishanother six major booksbefore his early death: “Harpof a Thousand Strings (1947),“Beulah Land” (1949), “Windsof Morning” (1952), “TeamBells Awake Me” (1953), “TheDistant Music” (1957) and“Kettle Fire” (1953).Some Davis scholarsconsider “Winds of Morning”a superior novel to “Honey inthe Horn,” which had earnedhim the Pulitzer Prize andextensive national notoriety.Anyone interested injoining members of CannonBeach Reads for discussionof important or bestsellingfiction and nonfiction, shouldemail me (berntj@ohio.edu)so I can add you to the group’semail list and send you theZoom invitation a couple ofdays before the group’s virtualmeetings.notify the clerk that they did it, shesaid. ‘A concerned voter’ notifiedher and she called the city manager.The clerk told the city manager:“This should not have happenedto begin with and don’t do it againwithout talking to me first.”The clerk said “she thinks thatnothing wrong happened,”as statedin the previous story.(As of press time, the recount wasnot complete, please see recount results on the Cannon Beach Gazettewebsite and also in the next printedition of the paper).Es hora de que recibasla atención médica que necesitas.Controles anuales. Consulta de control para niños. Vacunas. Cuidado dental.La gente de Oregón se está vacunando y los niños volvieron a la escuela. Este esel momento ideal para asegurarte de que tu salud está en orden. Los profesionalesde Columbia Pacific CCO pueden ofrecerte una amplia variedad de opcionesseguras de atención presencial. Y todas son sin cargo para los miembros deColumbia Pacific. Pide una cita a tu médico o visita ColPacHealth.org/servicios.

4December 10, 2021Opinion and LettersRe: Issues withlocal ballot boxfixed by staff.In this current climate ofdistrust of politicians and distrust of the mail-in ballot system, I hope I am not the onlyperson who is quite concernedthat Clatsop County ClerkTracie Krevanko, give a keyto a ballot box, to a representative for the City of CannonBeach. What in the worldwould possess Ms. Krevankoto do such a thing?It is common knowledgethat the political leaders ofCannon Beach wanted theFood Tax to be approved.According to Ms. Krevanko,the representative for CannonBeach did open the ballotbox. There is no way to tell ifthere was any ballot temper-ing. In fact, considering Ms.Krevanko’s statement “Shethinks that nothing wronghappened”, this should raise abunch of red flags. I think theold idiom, the fox guardingthe hen house, is appropriatefor this situation.Regardless of how onevoted for the Food Tax, itshould be troubling, to allvoters, that there was thepotential for voter irregularities. This should also bringinto question the validity ofthe vote.Kudos to The Gazette forbringing this story to light,particularly when there aremany other instances of voterirregularities that never seethe light day.Jim RamseyCannon BeachNow openUse front door entranceFriday 4-9 Saturday 12-9Sunday 12-9 Monday 4-9 Baby Back Rib NightBUSINESS DIRECTORYCannonBeachGazette.comNorth CoastHandyman& Woodworking, LLC(503) 440-5758Facebook: northcoasthwInterior remodeling, siding,windows, decks, fences,rot specialist.Licensed, bonded, & insured.H49572CONSTRUCTIONBoB McEwan construction, inc.Excavation undErground utiitiEsroad work Fill MatErialsitE PrEParation rockowned and operated byMike and Celine MCewan503-738-356934154 Hwy 26, Seaside, ORP.O. Box 2845, Gearhart, ORServing the paCifiC northweSt SinCe 1956 CC48302LANDSCAPINGLaurelwood Compost Mulch Planting MacMixSoil AmendmentsCannon Beach GazetteAddressing eviction protections:Governor calls special sessionStaff ReportGovernor Kate Brown hascalled the Oregon Legislatureinto special session on December 13 to address evictionprotections for renters.“As we enter our coldestmonths, it is absolutely essential that we take action toensure no additional Oregonfamilies are evicted whenrental assistance is on theway,” Brown said. “I havespoken directly with Oregonrenters in recent weeks aboutthe pain and hardship theirfamilies have faced due tothe economic impacts of thepandemic. We must take legislative action now to approveadditional state funding forrental assistance, and to extend eviction protections forOregonians who have appliedfor assistance.“Our federal funds forrental assistance will benearly spent on December 1.I am continuing to work withfederal officials at U.S. Treasury and the White Houseto secure additional federalemergency rental assistancefunding for Oregon, but it isclear that a state solution isneeded to address the urgentand immediate needs ofOregon renters. And, we mustbegin laying the groundworknow for the transition to localeviction prevention servicesafter federal pandemic emergency programs draw to anend.”Oregon Housing andCommunity Services (OHCS)received 289 million in federal rental assistance funds tohelp Oregon renters impactedby COVID-19. As of lastweek, OHCS and their localpartners had paid out closeto 150 million in federalemergency rental assistanceto over 22,000 households with Oregon ranking eighthin the nation for federal fundspaid or obligated.OHCS and its partnershave received more than25,000 additional applications and continue to reviewand approve thousands ofthose applications each week.Nearly 20 million was paidto renters over the previous two weeks. OHCS hascalculated that all remainingfederal rental assistance fundswill have been requested byDecember 1.After conversations withlegislative leaders, stakeholders, landlord associations,and housing advocates, theGovernor is proposing thefollowing framework to prevent further evictions: Extend eviction safeharbor protections for eachindividual who has appliedfor rental assistance. Ensure landlords are paidin full for the rent they areowed. Provide up to 90 millionin additional rental assistanceto ensure low-income tenantsaccess through the winter. Provide 100 million totransition from large-scalepandemic-related emergencyrental assistance to long-term,locally-delivered evictionprevention services.The package would address the immediate needs ofOregon renters through thewinter months. Legislatorsmay also be asked to takeon additional time-sensitiveissues during the special session that require action beforeFebruary 2022.Omicron likely to reach Oregon soonDavid RupkalvisCountry MediaCARPENTER As a new variant ofCOVID-19 begins to spreadaround the globe, stateofficials are urging residentsto get vaccinated beforeOmicron becomes a seriousthreat.The new variant hasestablished itself in SouthAmerica and appears tospread more easily than theDelta variant that spreadaround the globe and causedcases and deaths to spike onOregon.Initial reports in SouthAfrica show the Omicronvariant spreads easily, butmost cases are less severewith many reporting coldlike symptoms.Dr. Dean Sidelinger , thestate epidemiologist, saidwork is ongoing to learnmore about Omicron, but hesaid one thing is for certain it will get to Oregon.“Omicron has not yetbeen detected in the Oregon,but we expect it will be inthe coming days due to itsreported high transmissibility,” Sidelinger said.“Oregon has one of themost robust variant surveillance systems in the UnitedStates, and so far, no casesof Omicron have beendetected. What we do knowis that the basic preventionsteps we have long talkedabout remain the best waysto protect yourself againstOmicron, Delta or any variantof COVID-19 that is circulating. Vaccination remainsthe best protection againstCOVID-19 infection andtransmission, including mostcirculating variants.:While it is too early to tellif Omicron can be stoppedwith the vaccine, Sidelingersaid the success in keepingpeople out of the hospitaland alive in Delta shows thevaccine is effective, even ifsomeone catches COVID.“The vaccines haveremained highly effectiveagainst other variants, andwe expect the same to be truewith Omicron. We should

VOL. 4 ISSE 24 FREE C ANNONBEACHGAETTE.CO De ee 22 C FF HOLIDAYS GG T PAG G SESSION PAG Kathleen Stinson. For The Gazette . bright lights, plays and even Santa. Cannon Beach is truly a unique place to enjoy the holidays. Current – Dec. 18 . DuaneJohnson_HolidayPostCard_final.pdf