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V a n d a ls , V i e t i » » , Editorial we tend to get the local happenings a dey late if the tim ing is wrong This p articular Thursday, the events of the night before at Moons gas station had already been related in two different versions before we settled on our stool to s,p our firs t after work Bud The i ver sions grew to four before we had a chance to talk to anyone who had been there It was Illllt H p re tty exciting stuff We nttandBd the dedication of the Don It you added ell the stories together, they went something like this It seems there was this gang of off duty police Thompson M em orial b ird watching lower at the sewer ponds, and were age in impressed w ith the pride of community found here in this little beech town V ig ila n t e s Since B i l l s Tavern is closed on Wednesdays, Now & Then I ha » o v e r and doer of the Cannon Beach Sewer A officers, who allegedly had been seen buying beer at the Mar iner M arket e a rly Wednesday evening They were supposedly attending a Our faith fu l readers are fam iliar w ith Don Thompson, he has graced our pages in seminar at the C hristian Conference Center several issues and It was his obituary that firs t brought Professor L indsey to us We used 11« Christm as cards that Don and Vi « n t each here in Cannon Beach, ( 'Oops for C hrist" or something like that) when one of them heard year as p ert of our Christmas issue, we pr inted the charts of the b ird counts which Don man running Adding one and one and coming up w ith a Code 1 1 or w h atever. several alleged began and which ore s till being done Ron offioers pursued the alleged suspect to Moon's I ogan 'suggested that per haps we were gas station, where the reel fun began the sound of break mg glass, and saw a young We are told, th ird hand mind you, by overdbing it. but we think not We happened to see the Channel Twelve 1 1 0 clock News on Sunday, A p ril 1 7 th , as they aired a piece on previously doubtful sources, that upward to a dozen alleged officers confronted a trio or so of the dedication, w ith the obligatory snickers young local m en, and attempted to quest ion about sewers them about the window But they mostly pointed out that The young men took umbrage, told the alleged officers to leeve the this was a unique system that can be traced to the persistence of one [tet son p ro p erty, If the f clge has a defineabie purpose it could "Vet the H e ll o ff aty p r o p e r t y ! “ scuffles ensued, guns were v ery w ell be to show folks that whet they do displayed, sexual prowess was questioned can and does change th e ir wor Id Not always ( 'f ly pen is is bigger than your g u n i \ for the b e tte r, but It does happen a lot more doors were slammed (on peoples bodies'), than we think fin a lly local authorities a rriv ed and separated the contestants, restored order and cited the locals law suits were threatened1 P retty ju icy stuff, huh’’ w e ll, maybe Being members of the press and upholding the code of the west required that we actually Now for the news. The firs t residents of Sehhalie Condos hove moved in recently A fam ily of nesting Greet Blue Her ons were ask some folks questions Chief Dave Rouse gave an official rendition spotted near the site of the proposed bridge Shh' Shut oft the, bulldozer , babies are sleeping Also several Eagles hove been seen 'Off duty officer attending 'O fficer A live* shopping In the area, nest hunting’’ If anyone conference hears break ing glass, observes knows of a Spotted Owl looking for a home, you might mention that '«aside is nice this tim e of young man (saving scene and enter ing Moon s gas station, officer calls 9 1 1 . and w ith a few friends ( 5 ) ( four officers and one officer s year w ife ) ' took up positions', suspects attempt to move car from station, officers identify t hem selvas w ith bodge and ID card, and attempt The Nor th Coeat Land Conservancy Annuel Hike is scheduled for Moy 7th at 9am leaving from B attery Russell perk ing lot at Fort Stevens A to take suspects into custody, ~ I don 't c e r e i f t h e y o r e P o r t l a n d cops, i t don t m e an s h i t doom h e r o ' a scuffle breaks out as guided hike open to members of the Conservancy and the public for FREE' B ring a Officer Hatch a rriv e s on the scene, he lunch and b ird watching glasses separates the oom bet ants and is proceeding Covenham Update w ith the suspect, John Henry, and the witness, T be Coast Range Assoc i at ion Deputy Dox te r D Danielson, has invited the Covenham folks to the Cannon Beach Chamber Building for a panel discussion W a s h in g to n C o u n ty S h e r i f f ' s O f f ic e to the scene of the m ischief, 'The General Store' about the watershed and future harvest plans We w ill update you as they hammer out the details where six or seven panes of glass had been broken Meanwhile a fight brooks out at the station as John Moon pushes by an o ffic e r, and Covenham seems to be spending some money in the area on image The mast recent is struck by the officer and informed he is undar arrest Somewhere in here an officer being the dubious claim , in a full page ad in the Astorian s Who s Who in Clatsop County", that has e gar age door slammed on him three limes they hove done business here for 10 7 years (Counting the years put in by the companies "Tha r v l l that » a n do Hvaa a fta r th a « , tha good ts oft In te rred w ith th eir bones, so let It be w ith Canar * August 9 . 1 9 7 4 - A p r il 2 2 , 1 9 9 4 The above dates, the day Nixon resigned the presidency and the day of his death M r Nixon has come to symbolize the e vils of politics Not Just Watergate, but the secret bombing of Cambodia, the bletan, selling of Ambassadorships for pol it »cal contributions, the arrogance of the enemies lists We have m the past said that we won t believe he is reel ly dead u n til someone drives a stake into his heart This was a statement born of the fear of whet he was capable o f, his powers of regeneration But we must remember th a t. as thwy soy. "Under the Clinton Health Plan we are a ll going to die1" And perhaps we would like to be remembered for something other than our mistakes and shortcomings "T ricky D ic k ie ' brought atxxil the end of the Viet Nam W a r . the only President who wasn t afraid to give up in a n o -w in situation politics in Amer tea, on tape, thus bringing about a cell for higher standards for our laodwship He w ill be remembered in different ways by different people Dr Karkeys suggests the old film s of the McCarthy e ra. where young Nixon can be seen plotting strategy w ith young Roy Cohen We p refer the "Checkers Speech' or maybe Ihol famous last wave from the door of the helicopter as he left the W hite House for the last tim e We w ill always remem ber that Richard Nixon was the man who sa’d, ‘ I am not e crook'■ and. "I am not a q u itte r '’ .and was lyinQboth times But, we are losing one of the tou^iest politicians in our h isto ry, a w orthy adversary no longer in the fight if you could go up against Nixon and survive you w ere lough Bush, C a rte r, Reogon, no p ro b lem , but Nixon separated the men from the wimps Some loved h im , many hated him M o rris And understood that history judges a man's accomplishments, not his personality We wonder if they w ilt respect his wishes that 'C a lifo rn ia Here I dome" be played reel slow at his funeral We heard these comments in State in the Rotunda them to 'b e e f o f f ’, which they eventually do. | r ~U P P E B L E P T E D O E - i | "Nixon won't lie He already lied in the Rotunda, and the Oval office and " 'N e v e r to be forgotten, never to be forgiven ' To the Editor, M urph y's Law is s till in foroe' In transm uting my ms on the Seeside Trad Jazz Festival into an A p ril a rtic le tor U lE , a line was lost The sentence identifying o u t-o f-s ta te bonds should have read ’ the Buck Creek Jazz Band operates out of Springfield, V irg in ia , the Canal Street Jazz Band hails from North Vancouver, B ritis h Columbia, w hile Thanks again for the chance to be part of ULE, if only for an issue I shan't be able to make the October Seaside festival so it w ill lik e ly not be u n til next February that I'm back out that way See you then, I hope Cheers, George W Earley M o rn s is attacked by two or three of the o ff-d u ty o fficers, and the w ife, who is yelling for handcuffs Officer Hatch calls for He Is said to have been a student of the 'dark side" of the Amer lean mind An officer is subsequently struck by Matt that they bought the land from in the sixties just doesn t seem fa ir ) He opened Chine and signed the EPA into existence And he un w itting ly exposed the sweety under belly of power Dear B illy end Selby, Bravo' Your second anniversary issue was and M o rn s is escorted to CB cruiser sans enlightening' You are looking toward a livable handcuffs Chief Rouse a rriv e s at the scene and fu tu re and shar mg your vision w ith a growing order is once again restored John Henry is number of people F O i l e r / P v t l l s M r The beloved Peverend Billy Lloyd Hull« A s s is ta n t F d lle r /S r e p h lc i I » H e r The Humble He Sally louiee LacksfT 3 c Ie a te ( d l l e r / V a l c e a f R a a s a a /la d la n C a v a l r y / l) a t la H lk a /a tc Hichaal fkrgase W l l d l l f a / n n l c P a » a r t a r Pater ’Spud" Siegel tSue a t la« I » l i a r : Patarlindsay H a a a w k lla la N a w p a rl Ala« lafollelta la tp ra v ls a tie a a l E a g la aa r Or Karkeys P a lit ic a l C a a a a lla a l Kathleen Kruehee la v a s llg a tlv » R e je c te r s Haj (7 s H avia« A FaeS; Rob Hi 11 iron charged w ith C rim in a l Mischief II M o rris and Moon are cited for disorder ty conduct ’A l l I be par t of the ex per tence Rory and I would like to tr y something o o s d o in g e a s t r y i n g to p r o t e c t o y f r ie n d . B u t I s u r e p o p p e d th e Son o f a s tru c tu ra lly d ifferent bands9 Both9 Though this paper has been c ritic a l of surfing a ctio n ', w ith each character getting a H r B a s e b a ll: Himself T ales a f Ib a R a c lh a r« S a m : Her A Rory lo c a l Cal a r Pont ogan P eat la D o a id a a c a B ill Clunie F e re lg a C a rra s ja a O a a ts BUI Wlckland. S OBamon A Dario Chamay Fa l l b r l s : Doug Harx W o rld B a a l: H ich a lle Syvareon G ardening F d lta r : Augusta benedict (rat ) W ild W ll A Cast of Thousands 1 Cannon Beach s Finest in the past, we are forced to admit thot of e ll those involved, our in the same space Tfljg? gf the Northern 5 e » would occupy, but I would like to humbly local officers seem to have been the most suggest placing each on on a separate, odd rational folks on the scene Them oral It you beer break mg glass call numbered page, perhaps across the lower edge? Any way you feature them , I think it is a b it c h a good o n e ~ M o rris is quoted in the We ve been talking about cinema end its relationship to tim e sequenced a rt (comics end graphic offteel report No one is Injured seriously, no novels, animation and computer graphics) guns are displayed So what's a person to believe’’ Rowdy local see lots of "m o to r-d r ive sequences Yahoos w ith no respect for the lew and p rivate surfin g , and ol course we watch our friends in property? Over zealous out of town bullys the water This month we are featuring "hard-core takinq the low into th e ir own HI prepared We in surfin g magazines, slow motion v id » footage of wave to him self You could run them together, the cops, leave your name and num ber, and let refreshing change of pace We w ill re tu rn to them get back to you a badge and says you are under a rre s t, call our classical format next issue, but may occasionally experim ent w ith the conceptual your lawyer The Chief offers this one suggestion, fens may have guessed, Rory is a student of And if someone shows you P loose. p e o p le , ju s t don V to u c h oech param eters of the a rt form in the fu tu re As classic Donald Duck adventure comics, most im portantly those of the legendary Car I Banks and Don Rose The form at, characterizetions, o th e r1“ C oast R anci : A ssociation w e feel v ery privileged to H JP P E R LETT EDGE 5UBSCR IFTI0N~ si«/it gags and stories in Tales of the Northern SeflS ere in "The S p irit of the Duck " M ar is a student of Zippy the Pinhead and is e social r.o pox M'U7\7RT. 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