Editorial
Scappoose and is hack to the old job of
gardener 'eicuse me. Architecture k
Environmental planning»
So if you have had the good sense to
build a house on the edge Phil can help
vou make it a home and is a good guy to
know |ust on general principles
Now & Then
It is the position of this paper that in
the interest of the h e jlth of our children.
<»ur guests from around the world our
w ild life and yes our economy we must
protect our watershed*
In this issue we look at this situation
and some possible alternatives to the
current wavs of doing things
We have included comments by locals
folks from up and down the coast and
several elected officials We hope that this
is only the beginning of a dialogue that w ill
continue until a satisfactory solution is
found
It is not the goal of this publication
• which is printed on paper that once was a
growing tree hut was also once a different
piece o( paper* lyes and we print with soy
based ink »to demonize the loggers or
Cavenham Forest Industries or their parent
company Hanson 'w ho happen to also own
Peabody Coal Company who have already
been made infamous by John Prine* hut to
try to find solutions that w ill work for all
of us
Also vou w ill notice some changes in this
issue lor example Spud s W ildlife Column
is now W ildlife on the Edge to better
reflect that this has always been a joint
effort of Sally and Spud We think Sally
should get the credit she deserves for her
delightful wit and beautiful drawings Spud
w ill of course still be contributing helpful
information a«! he zips around the edge
from gig to gig
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H u ilé
We are also proud to announce that James
Massa w ill be the Vice President of the
Seaside High School Freshman Class ne it
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[^ U P P E R L E F T E D G E ^ I
E d ilo r /P u b l is h e r The Beloved
Reverend Billy Lloyd Hulls
A ssislan t F .d ito r/G ra p h ic s E d ito r
The Humble Ms Sally Louise Lackaff
S cien ce E d ito r /V o ic e o f Reason
Michael Burgess
Ia p r o v n a t i o n a l E n g in e e r Dr
We think more lime should be spent
taking care of the goose and a little less
scrambling lor the golden eggs The price
of timber w ill not be going down in the
lorseeable future and a 75 year old tree is
going to be worth more in 201X than a 50
year old tree is today So we suggest a
city initiative it referendum vote be taken
to direct the City Council to purchase the
watershed if Cavenham w ill sell and pay
for this with a municipal bond that could
be payed off by a ta i of one half of one
percent on all real estate transactions in
the city lim its 'as has been suggested by
members of the Planning Committee*
1 his, combined with revenue from a
sustained yield environmentally sound
logging operation by a contractor hired by
the city would enable us to control our
watershed and be an example of
environmental and economic success that
would improve our desireablity as both a
destination resort and a liveable
community The idea would create jobs as
well as allow access to a vast new area of
recreational land for the local population as
well as our guests from around the world
We realize this w ill be a m apr challenge
for our volunteer council and our over­
worked managers, but if we don t take
responsibility for our well being it w ill be
in the hands of Bill Clinton or Hanson
Industries or name your greatest fear
Oswald West and Tom McCall helped
draw a line in the sand on our beaches,
that says 1 his belongs to the People We
can do no less in the forests
Karkeys
V ild lif e /k iu s ic R e p o rte r Peter
Spud Siegel
E n v ir o n m e n ta l C o n s u lta n t
Kathleen K rush a.»
F o re ig n C o rre s p o n d e n t Bill
V ickland
Education E d itor Peter Lindsey
M e a n w h ile in N e w p o rt Ales
Iafollette
Ace R e p o rte r in P o rtla n d Alison
Pride (eat your heart out Lois lane *
M r Baseball Himself
The F u n n ie s Page Mar A Rury
Local C olor Ron Logan
WHERE TO GET AN EDGE
CANNON BEACH Jupiter s Rare and
t sed Books The Cookie Co Coffee
Cabana B ills Tavern The Whaler
Osburn a. Cannon Beach Book Co The
Bistro Midtown Cafe & Once Upon a
Bree/e
M A N Z A N ITA Manzanita News &
Espresso A The Video Store
TILLAMOOK Muddy Waters Tea A
Coffee Co L Rainy Day Books
NESKOWIN The Hawk Creek Cafe
NEWPORT Don Petrie s Italian Food Co
& Oceana
EUGENE The WOW Hall KLCC Oasis &
Sundance
Salem Helilrope
ASTORIA KMUN Columbia Cafe the
Community Store
Cafe Uniontown
SEASIDE Turnaround Book». Earthtide
& Cafe Espresso
PORTLAND The Goose Hollow Inn
Powell s Books (Two Locations) Music
M illennium (Two Locations* The
Laurelthirst Key Largo East Ave
tavern and many many more
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More Stuff ...
We are happy to welcome
Congresswoman Elizabeth Furse to our
pages, w ith the first r>f her comments on
subjects that effect us and how they are
being viewed in Washington DC
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In this issue we are also happy to
welcome new advertiser and old friend
Phil Thompson Phil, if you don t know
• and most don l* was the guy who. though
many take credit. • including your beloved
editor* was really officially, legally
responsible for the Mayor s Inaugural Ball
(That is form er Mayor Bud Clark of
Portland, not former State Supreme Court
Justice Herb Schwab of Cannon Beach I It
was his job to make sure the inmates ran
the asylum w ithin the laws of physics if
not the boundaries of common sense Phil
was the guy who made sure the money
went w here it was supposed to «the final
definition of responsibility in our society*
Phil has now had the good sense to get off
the government dole and move to
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wooden boxes Outside the boxes
there are birds We go outside and
watch them They eicite us and
lift our spirits
The boxes we live in are
made of fir and hemlock of oak
and cedar and sheetrock We build
windows in them so they w ill not
be so dark and so that we can see
the birds
Sometimes we feed them,
when the weather is harsh or
when the plants thev eat are not
perm itted to grow or the insects
they Mould feed upon are poisoned
instead
We enioy the birds so much
that we build them little boxes to
nest in and we place the boxes
near the windows in our homes
Thev would live near us anyway
except that we usually saw down
the firs and hemlocks and cedars
they would live in
Taking the trees this way is
called logging as the taking of
whales is called whaling When all
the trees w ithin reach are taken as
a d rift net lakes everything it
reaches in the sea, it is called clear
cutting It is said to resemble the
efffect of a forest fire, except that
we then apply herbicides and
pesticides so that nothing w ill grow
but a single conifer species
The rains wash these
poisons along w ith the wondrous
soil from the hillsides, trickling and
splashing into the creek altering it
physically and chemically so that
fewer fish are inclined io call it
home So many of the spawning
grounds have been lost that there
are many more ghost salmon than
live ones
We believe the water is safe,
and we take it from the creek to
drink and to cw k w ith and bathe
m and to wash our cars We also
sprinkle it on patches of grass
called lawns which we maintain at
a fixed height, lest it cause unrest
We inherited this custom from the
English Very, very large lawns
are called golf courses, and we
inherited them from the Scots
Some radical thinkers believe that
the only patriotic place for this
kind of grass is on a baseball field,
an American invention
The number of people who
watch baseball is a very small
fraction of those who watch birds
Worldwide, there are more
birdwatchers than afficiandi of any
other pasttime Long ago. when we
could still understand them the
birds gave us guidance and
w isdom Now we avidly watch
their comings and goings and try to
touch the lost thread between us
and them like forlorn lovers
waiting lor the phone to ring
The ravens would tell us
about the w ater. if we could
understand them, but we already
know and that is what is amazing
We already know and some of us
don t care