Editorial
Now & Then
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automobile and how we keep its use
lim ite d to e sse n tia l service s G etting cars
o ff Hemlock in the dow ntow n area is an
absolute p r io r ity , we need the room for
sidew alks
Next, we begin to prom ote Ecola as an
E n v iro n m e n ta l/A rt/S p iritu a l Center we
know th is is already how we perceive it,
w ith our Environm ental program s in place,
and our th riv in g A rt com m unity, and of
course the Conference Center, and the
various s p iritu a l gatherings. N ative
American Elders. Tibetan Monks, and New
Eternal vig ila n ce is the p rice of Iib e r ty
may sound harsh, paranoid, or obsessive
But Wendell P h illip s , not Thomas Jefferson
(as we alw ays thought) said it, and it s
tru e Wendell was an a b o litio n is t and an
ea rly supporter of w om ens rig h t to vote
Anytirn#» we stop paying a tte n tio n to what
is happening to our lib e rtie s they are in
jeopardy This m onth (not last month as
your s illy e d ito r thought) the ACLU
cele bra tes the freedom s guaranteed by the
B ill of Rights w ith an Uncensored
C elebrat ion The Beloved Reverend and
others w i l l be spouting o ff on a soap box in
fro n t of J u p ite r's Rare and Used Books in
Cannon Beach at noon on the ides of
September There are lo ts of other events
going on around the S tate so check it out, a
lis tin g is posted in several places around
w hatever tow n you live in (Check the book
sto re s and co ffe e houses ) C elebrate your
lib e rty , and vote, p a rtic ip a te or perish
Mayor Schwab dropped us a le tte r asking
fo r a no vote on the e le c tio n of (he
S h e riff in C latsop County, and we must
agree When professional expert is»- is
ca lle d fo r p o litic s should be used to decide
p o lic y , not personnel We should h ire the
best, and fir e them the m inute they prove
to be less than we are paying fo r The Edge
w ould lik e to take th is o p p o rtu n ity to
thank Mayor Schwab for his service to
Cannon Beach Though we have ofte n
disagreed on s p e c ific issues we appreciate
the considerable wisdom he has brought to
the o ffic e We are reminded of his s is te r
M ild re d when she served on the C ity
C ouncil in Portland, and how she saw it as
her f i r s t duty to p ro te c t the pocket books
of the c itiz e n s who elected her It must
run in the fa m ily Thanks, Herb, s ir
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We a ll have ideas we think m ight make
our w o rld a b e tte r place, but they usually
come one at a tim e , and are easy to fin d
fa u lt w ith or defeat So we decided to ask
for eve ryth in g at once and see how tha t
w orks
Okay, here s the plan
F irs t we change the name back to Ecola,
Oregon Cannon Beach is re a lly in Arch
Cape Then we form a Public U t ilit y
Age workshops, but we need to le t others
know
F in a lly, we form a p a rtn e rs h ip w ith a
college (Reed) or U n iv e rs ity (P5U)
tha t would locate an A rts and Sciences
year round program to do s tu d ie s on how a
sm all tow n like th is can survive and be
liva b le m the next century Cool, huh’
Just a thought
Now for som ething c o m p le te ly d iffe re n t
a young man was a rreste d in fro n t of
the Clatsop County Courthouse a few davs
ago He was s e llin g pot Anyway he
believed it was pot. he didn t re a lly know,
having never smoked it h im s e lf He was
p rom p tly arreste d and b a il was set at
$70,700 The young man has said tha t th is
is a re v o lu tio n , a re v o lu tio n of one, but a
He played m usic, he took, damaged
art and made it lik e new He was a
good and qentle man His name was
Rob Yost He was a liv e 47 years He
died of AIDS Why’ we don t know
but it is our business
Please, p ra c tic e safe sex and,
DAMMIT, work fo r a cure"
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Now Located on the Coast:
9rt Restoration
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Repair and Restoration of Fine Art Objects
OrtartaJ Scraana Scrota and Lacquarwara
Martta Jada and Nory SciAp>t»a
P an tm ^ t and
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Robert Yost
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he (in th is case) fin d s th is p a rtic u la r law
at odds w ith h is concept of L ib e rty (yes,
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that is a c a p ita l *L") as a rtic u la te d by A
Lincoln it is to be noted tha t when the
young man was arreste d he was in
possession of a book by Thoreau, "Walden*
We don't know if it was the e d itio n that
includes the essay ca lle d "C iv il
Disobedience" C>o we advocate break ing
the la w ’ No Do we advocate changing the
la w ’ Yes' Can we change a law if we don t
challenge i t ’ No We w is h the young man
and h is re v o lu tio n w e ll, because he is
im prisoned both p h y s ic a lly and
econom ically $70,700 is some b a il' Does
anyone remember what the last fin e for
to x ic p o llu tio n to a m ajor w atershed
re s u lte d in ”
$ 5 ,0 0 0 ’ Close enough So
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Tha Balov ad Ravarand
Billy lloyd Hurts
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fa rte r
The HunfcW Ms Sally Louisa Lac* i f f
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Michael fkrgrss
V t W W t Z M a t i c R a p e r ta r
Patar -Spud'
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f A a c a tte e l a t t e r
Pa lav Lwicay
M r a e v t l l r te H r v p e r t Alex Lafollette
b e p r e v M a lt e a a l I e g w e a r
O Karkeys
F e t r t t e a l C e a s e I t a e t Kathleen Krushas
M e v w s A f e e d : Roh M i U r on
M r B a s e ta n Jeff Larson
Talas e f the B e rth e r e Sees
L e c a lC e te r :
Mar A Rory
Ron Logo
F e e t - te -S e s M eeei
Bill C trn e
f e r e t g e C e rre s p ta a 4 re ts
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stay tuned, the next issue w ill be way
p o litic a l' Fair w arning
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Michelle Syverson
Oar « re leg le t t e r
Augusta Benedict (ret )
M a y e r D t s t r A a rtie e
Coyote Outrhutior,
te e e e e e te s t e t t e r
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fib re -o p tic cable If you are beginning to
think, th is m ight cost money and take tim e ,
co n g ra tu la tio n s, your brain is s t i l l
w orking Then w ith c ity ordinances we
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mandate passive solar codes fo r hot w ate r
and heating u n its in new c o n s tru c tio n
Plus tax breaks fo r re tro f i t s Then we
s ta rt the long hard job of dealing w ith the
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you the cause of death They must
have reasons, perhaps they think it
is no one s business
Yes, what th is is a ll about is tha t
a frie n d of ours died Aug 23. a
frie n d of the Edge He helped us
d is trib u te papers in N ewport.
Neskowin, and the southern coast
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When w ill we step try in g to le g is la te
m o ra lity ’ P o litic ia n s argue tha t drugs
cause violence and th e ft, so they m ust be
made ille g a l But violence and th e ft are
already ille g a l, whether perform ed under
the influence of drugs or not, and cause
can c e rta in ly be debated1 The point ,s an
American c itiz e n has decided th a t It is
w o rth going to ja il to s tre s s the point that
Solar. T id a l. we got 'em a l l ) Then we cut
down a ll the power poles and bury
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we remember a paper in S e a ttle
put out by teenagers on the back of
c o m p u te r-p rin t-o u t paper, it was
c a lle d "Who Died it was. of course,
a parody of ’ real newspapers' that
b a s ic a lly te ll you who died and how
sp e c ta c u la rly they managed it we
knew long ago tha t the Edge would
not be lik e other papers But we
knew there was no way to avoid
o b itu a rie s , e s p e cia lly fo r fo lk s we
knew You know what we d is lik e
about the A s to ria n ’ No. not ju s t
th a t in the o b its , they never te ll
re v o lu tio n none the less We as c itiz e n s
m ust, a fte r a ll these years of m is ­
in fo rm a tio n on drugs and m illio n s spent
prosecuting people fo r the use of a
re la tiv e ly harm less (when compared to
tobacco and alcohol, or b a rb itu a te s . etc )
weed, must jo in th is re v o lu tio n We are
sick of lie s, propaganda, and the whole
stupid War on Drugs Like the war on
poverty, the v ic tim s are the w orkin g poor
D is tr ic t, so we can buy power d ire c tly
fro m BPA, plus begin to make plans to
generate our own (Take your pick - - Wind,
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