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arents aren’t supposed to
have more affection for one
child over the other, and
many say they don’t.
But I’m not one of those.
I have to admit that, after all
these years, I do have a favorite:
the Cannon Beach Gazette.
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edited, but it (probably) will be
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nitely tugs at my heartstrings.
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posited my suitcases in my little
house on the north side of town.
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extraordinaire of Newmans 988.
What better way to get a taste
of the town I had already fallen in
love with!
I came to know and respect
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concerns, their adventures, their
often quirky lifestyles.
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daunting projects (passage of a
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a national recession — really?
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tems in anticipation of the Big
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Publisher
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Editor
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Reporter
Erick Bengel
Advertising Manager
Betty Smith
Production Manager
John D. Bruijn
Circulation Manager
Samantha McLaren
Advertising Sales
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Wendy Richardson
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develop a method of doling
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events — and overnight visitors
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rived here that I would ever
find enough news to fill the
pages. But I’ve always had the
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umn: In eight years of writing
it, I’ve never been without a
topic to explore.
What keeps me here — what
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ly? The people, the beauty, the
“family” I have found and the
sense of being at home.
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ple I have met through the years
and have truly grown fond of to
mention here. The difference
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amount of care we have for one
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face of the brusque “hi, how’re
doing?” When people here ask
how you are doing, they really
want to know.
Although people here may
know what’s going on in your
personal life (no, we aren’t
above gossiping; it’s still a
small town, you know), they
keep out of it. They let you find
your own way, and if they are
asked for help, they are always
ready and willing to give it.
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and those who have always
known me as the “reporter” or
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nist” won’t feel that they have to
tell me, “This is off the record”
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pect that, as I close the door on
this part of my life, another door
Who knows what
will open that will allow me to
happens next? But
be truly part of the community of
volunteers, of activists that I have
while I’m leaving
come to admire.
the business, I’m
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porter for the Gazette all these ects accomplished, all because
years. I’ve been privileged to people here know how to work
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I want to be part of that.
what I consider the best years of
In this next stage of my life, I
my life.
want to do more than write about
Now, it’s time to step away it; I want to experience it.
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People who know about my
er and chronicler, and turn over impending retirement ask me
the responsibility as editor of the what I’m going to do. I jokingly
Cannon Beach Gazette and the tell them I’m going to “sleep in.”
Seaside Signal to someone else.
But, in fact, I don’t plan to
My retirement on March 20 doze through the rest of my life.
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coffee with friends in the middle
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how I might put what little talent
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fy, I don’t feel comfortable being
too lazy for too long.
I admit, it will be wrenching
to turn the newspapers over to
someone else. They, indeed, feel
like my children.
Every week they start out as
a casual list of story ideas, and
as the days continue, they are
formed and shaped into living
stories that are meant to inform,
entertain and call to action. They
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retirement, but, after 48 years in
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ed, of course, when I was 3 years
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something different.
Who knows what happens
next? But while I’m leaving the
business, I’m not leaving the
community.
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