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Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart.
There was notice taken in the local and regional
media when Bill’s Tavern in Cannon Beach was
closed. The dilapidated old building, that had hosted
generations visiting the Oregon Coast, and
generations living in the prosperous village, was tom
down in March. It was the only tavern in the town.
There are cocktail lounges, but taverns are different.
Taverns are more blue collar, neckties raise more
eyebrows than overalls and rubber boots in taverns.
Taverns are for the workers of the town, rather than
it’s owners. The regulars, as well as the regular
visitors, spent a long hot summer watching
construction, moaning and groaning about this and
that feature of the new building. While Ken
Campbell and Jim Oyla the owners of this venerable
institution spent the summer spending money while
all those about them were making it. They had
decided to become a Brewpub as well as a tavern.
They bought the equipment, hired a young Brewer,
Jack, and built what Tom Ayers, lo c i architect,
designed. The result opened last month relatively
quietly, as the owners had hoped. The regulars were
noticeably concerned with the ambiance, and the
arrangements in general. Every thing in the new
building looked too new. A lot of the stuff in the old
building wasn’t in the new building and there was
new stuff there. The acoustics were terrible and it
looked like the “Local Scoop with beer” or
“Machismo Mouse by the Sea.”
Mr. Ayers’ building has two service areas, one for
accompanied minors and non-smokers, the other for
the rest of us. The beams and posts in the interior are
joined with large pieces of metal that are meant to
reflect the pattern in the restored Art Deco backbar.
To this observer they seem more Zuni than Deco, but
to each, etc.
There are industrial strength bathrooms and a
kitchen that not only seems to function, but produce
copious amounts of very good food. In the middle
of these two areas and upstairs they make beer. The
one thing that is now completely different is that
Bill’s Tavern is now Bill’s Tavern & Brewpub.
They no longer just sell beer, they build it. On the
premises. They manufacture something out of raw
materials, they are industrial. Fewer trucks will be
sent from Portland to slack the thirst of locals and
visitors. New jobs have been created locally. It
seems to be working. Gahndi would be pleased.
Jack, the young brewer, has produced a variety of
libations in various forms. There are Porters,
Stouts, Ales, and even a RootBeer. They also serve
Bud. Jessica, Ursula, Cliff, David, John, and some
new folks are still serving to people who are not in a
hurry, Darin and The Rock are back in the Kitchen
with another bunch of folks new to Bill’s. The local
regulars have settled back into their routines, and the
visitors are checking it out. Scratches are appearing
in the bar, old signs and artifacts are Filtering back to
the walls. The best guess is that by Spring Break it
will feel normal.
Change is the only constant, they say, and
change has occurred at Bill’s, but it also seems to be
a constant that groups of people will regularly gather
in a public place, relax over refreshments, and
exchange the pleasantries and trials of their day.
Sam Adams’ public house and brewery has been said
by some to be the birthplace of the American
Revolution. The Inns, Saloons, and Taverns of this
world have always seemed to provide fertile ground
for ideas and dreams. This is again occurring at
Bill’s Tavern & Brewpub.
The notice taken in the closing of Bill’s was
because this public place, and the people who
gathered there were an important part of people’s
lives, for several generations. That importance still
seems to be ‘there’ and the ‘there’ is coming back to
‘ there’. This is good.
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!!!! 1998 Calendars !!!!
Citizens! Prepare yourselves! I have inside
information projecting a serious population boom for
the township o f Cannon Beach. Those swollen midriffs
sported by a significant segment o f our village ladies
are not simply the manifestation o f some Rubenesque
soma fashion trend. Evidence suggests that we are
fairly wallowing in pregnancy a id fecundity. The
public works department is rumored to be increasing the
square footage o f the sign at the entrance to Cannon
Beach to accomodate the digits citing civic population
Sage local observers attribute the womb bloom to a
range o f climatological and social forces acting in
concert
Unseasonably warm, perfumed and languorous nights,
particularly romantic light shows during meteor
showers, unusually dense pollen dusting by trees and
blossoms this spring, and prolonged failure o f the
Falcon Cable System may have all contributed in some
small way.
I, for my part, lay full blame on the closure o f Bill's
Tavern In the bird and bee way o f things, two must
tango to achieve threeness. More than sheer
coincidence is at work here, people, I assure you. Bill's
closed down in March. Most of these pregnancies come
to term about January or February. One need not be a
Rhodes Scholar to see a pattern developing. Those
swains who frequented Bill's Tavern stumbled home to
the conjugal bed nicely anaesthetized, interested, but
biologically inept. Medical research documents the
diminuition of, ahem, sexual performance when male
creatures ingest a few pints of barley pop. No T.V.,
swoony weather, and no Bill's Tavern to staunch those
gnawing sexual proclivities. What can one expect? An
Era o f Parturition in Cannon Beach, thafs what
I attended a baby shower this weekend, a noteworthy
first for me, I assure you. By all indications these
events may go on for months! In the sundry social
circles I frequent, all conversation drifts toward topics
like "Lamaze," (whatever that is), "parenting,'' and
breast feeding. The girls I hung out with now gather in
little maternal clumps, hugging teddy bears and dolls to
practice mothering techniques and openly chat about
women's biology. As a confirmed bachelor, the last
birthing room chat gave me the fierce heebie-jeebies
and a queasy stomach to boot!
I guess I may as well resign myself. The next few
years promise more goo-gooing and chin-chuckling
than is humanly decent. The old gang o f girls hasn't got
time for surfing anymore. They sit at home crocheting
booties and sewing comforters. Their husbands will
probably bring the babies to Wednesday night poker!
What's a bloke to do?
Free Neutering!
(for y o u r pet)
O u t of th e ir co m p assio n for felines. Lisa an d
J o h n , ow ners of M agazines! in C an n o n Beach
a re re sp o n d in g to th e overpopulation of c a ts
by fu n d in g one s p a y /n e u te r per m onth. Be
th e first c a t ow ner of th e m o n th to co n tact
th e m , a n d J o h n a n d Lisa will pay for your
k itty ’s en tire operation.
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BASEBALL
Next year begins in a few months anil the Cubs have
some serious karma to work out. There is a famous piece
about a Cub game in 1917 against the Reds, in the Fireside
Book of Baseball. It seems Jim Vaughn was pitching for the
Chicago nine and Fred Tooney pitched for Cincinnati that day.
It was a no hitter for both pitchers. But the Cubs still
managed to lose 1 to 0. This has been going on a long time.
Will we start this year better than last year? Can we start
worse? Will we get Davey Johnson, Jim Leyland? Will Grace
be at first, will Sosa be back, will Harry?
Will the last person in the tunnel turn out the light?
Graffiti in Saigon 1973
Get your fads first, then you can distort them as you please.
Mark Twain
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