. . . ...» w . a » i »»8(K »W i » B >«> i W b « N ì ^ > ÌH > ....H<—»■ And another thing. . . W hat’s the deal with Clatsop County Commissioners? Back in 1948, they sold a piece of land to the Cannon Beach Volunteer Fire Department (or Rural Fire Protection District) for $1. It was to build a firehouse, which they did, and have served the south county area bravely and w ell since. Recently having wisely decided to move to higher ground, they purchased for several hundreds of thousands of dollars new land and are building a new firehouse. To do this they wish to sell the old firehouse and the land it sits on. But the county now says if the land w hich it sold for $1 is not used for fire protection sen ices, it reverts to the county and they get to sell the land again for several hundreds of thousands of dollars. We assume the firemen at least get their dollar back. Would it perhaps, as gentler minds have suggested, be better to let the buck nde, transfer the new deed to the county with same deal, and get on with our lives? Considering how the Emerald Heights deal came dow n, another $1 deal. We suggest keeping it simple, a one lawyer thing. Just a thought. Qev. Hults Editorial'^ Now & Then May 2 7 th, 1971, the clerk at the Oregon State Legislature in Salem called out the list of bills th a t had been passed th a t session. W hen he announced HB 1036, a gentlem an nam ed Richard C ham bers rose to his feet, and w ent hom e to the Oregon Coast he loved. Most people, even in Oregon, have never heard of Richard Cham bers. Why should they; he w asn't rich o r fam ous, he w asn't a powerful d o e r and mover, he was just an Oregon Citizen w ho loved his state's beauty, and hated seeing folks trash it. Some political junkies will know th a t HB 1036 was w hat is called the "Bottle Bill”. Most w ould tell you that it was Tom McCall's idea, som e w ould say it was Paul H annen's idea; he in tro d u ced the original version. But it was really Richard Cham bers' idea. And on the tw enty-fifth anniversary of this ev en t is seem s like a little cred it could be given to th a t strange and w onderful creature, the Citizen. There is a petition circulating for an extension o f the Bottle Bill to include things like Snapple © bottles, and bottled water. You know, the stuff you have begun to notice on the roads, the trails, an d the beach, m ore and more. It's not really a b o u t recycling, o r litter, it's about who m akes the rules. Is it Coke © and Budweiser © a n d Snapple © a n d th eir lawyers and their lobbyists, and th e ir legislators, o r is it citizens? We w onder if, as he has in the past, Senator Hatfield m ight sub m it a National Bottle Bill and use his final vote for the citizens of not just Oregon, b u t America. But anyw ay you could call him up and at least say good-bye and thanks for his w ork for Peace. C oast R ange A ssociation P.O. BOX 148 NEWPORT, OR 97365 Jim Fraser’s ■I Tax Service Ocean View Fine Coffee Tempting Sweets Will Come To Your Office o r Home (P h o n e/M a il o p tio n ) Licensed A cco u n tan t 20 y e a rs' Experience (5 4 1 ) 3 9 2 -4 2 8 8 r I t w n t t w n Oceanside, Ofc. 11 d i k l i i f . d course! I < c t is l e . i i l l n a e v e is -5? lix - s d .t s a t 8 : 0 0 i t . n i . When You Stop To Think About It, We’re All Dwarfs O ur quotes this m onth are from a book by Walt Crowley, called "rites o f passage; A m em oir of the Sixties in Seattle", U niversity of W ashington Press, 1995. W alter is a long lost friend, who draws and w rites a n d thinks and acts, and understands the statu e o f lim atations. Beneath the expensive beach house a pack Of antic raccoons paw through the rich garbage. Larger and stronger eat the choice morsels. Weaker and smaller scrap for what's left over. 1235 S. H E M L O C K Cannon Beach Upstairs bare legs and shoulders, Freudian tans, Oversized watercolors of make-believe flowers. E x trem ism in th e d e fe n se ol lib e rty is no vice, a n d m o d e ra tio n in th e defen se o f ju stic e is no v irtu e . Barry G oldw ater 7 A M — 2 PM The chat is much less targeted than in town, Fewer sparks from undersexed axes being ground. Breakfast & Lunch Closed Mon. k Tues. AW « A sign we are attending the sound of our own voices, Not much of the evening’s booze has been spilled yet. Uncle Mike's b u m p e r sticker for '96: "Vote For C linton." "At least he's not nuts!" Meanwhile, the forest climbs the mountain for a seat And the ocean vista unlooses heroics of applause. |>~ u p p e r - l e f t - edg TÜ1 John Buckley We are looking forw ard to the Democratic C onvention in Chicago. In 1968 the Democratic Party collapsed in Chicago. The Yippies (no, not the Yuppies) bro u g h t dow n the powers that be, when the whole w orld was watching. Tom Hay den (form erly o f the Chicago Seven and husband of Hanoi Jane Fonda) w ill be a delegate rather than a d e fe n d a n t in Chicago this year. He will, no doubt, vote to re-elect a d ra ft dodging, dope smoking, liberal. W e wish the D em ocrats would let us p ro d u ce this convention. We see having Crosby, Stills an d Nash, doing "W on't you please come to Chicago" as the them e song. "We can change the w orld, re a rra n g e th e w orld, if you believe in justice, if you believe in freedom . . ." Mayor Daley Jr. w ould lead p arad es th rough the Parks. O vernight cam p-outs an d a pig roast. Fun, huh? The policeman isn’t there to create disorder. He’s there to preserve disorder. Mayor Richard J. Daley rr k :, THE ORIGINAL The hippies are acting out what the Beats wrote. 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