D ev.
Hults
Editorial'^
Now & Then
Your beloved editor has always had an interesting
relationship with the second month of the year. Like
August is really 'high summer'; February is the
mercifully shortest month of 'the dead of winter', in
spite of what the stars or pagans say; the math
works. Things seem to happen in this brief period
that resonate throughout the following year. The
'holy days’ over, the world settles down to the daily
stuff of life. And life being what it is, interesting
things tend to happen. So, here you have it,
February on the upper left edge of America. We
have always loved the fact that Oregon became a state
on February 14th, Valentine's Day, 1859, and have
often wondered if it was by design. Could this be a
small part of the reason so many fall in love with this
little comer of the country? We know that our little
village seems to have an abundance of things and
folks to love.
If the locals would just skip this part, we intend to
brag about you to our readers around the country.
These days since your beloved rev. has moved
back to his old hide-out from the sixties in Tolovana,
he has had more reason to ride the shuttle. For those
who have never visited; our village has had a free
shuttle service that runs from one end of town to the
other (Tolovana to Ecola) for years. It was started
when a bunch of folks got together to tight oil
drilling off the Oregon Coast. They figured if you
don’t want more oil produced you should have an
alternative to offer. So, with a self imposed tax on
local business, we run the shuttle, as well as all the
city owned vehicles, including the cop cars, on
natural gas. So, as we said we have been getting a
ride into town, on the shuttle, when the rain and
wind are a bit much for even the hardiest of locals.
And it seems one morning the shuttle driver was
hailed by a city pick-up. The driver of the pick-up
wanted to remind the driver of the shuttle that there
were a couple of people who needed to be picked up
on the 4 o'clock run so that they could catch the
shuttle that the city has been sending to Nehalem
twice a day, now that the Arch Cape tunnel is closed.
You see, some of the folks who work in Cannon
Beach can't afford, or chose not, to live here, so they
commute south to Nehalem or Wheeler where the
rents are a little cheaper, and with 101 closed at Arch
Cape they have to take treacherous Hwy 53 twice a
day. Well, the shuttle driver assured the pick-up
driver that she wouldn't forget, and would make sure
everyone made it home safe. A small thing perhaps
but it made us smile. The shuttle driver smiled too
and said "We take care of our own." We have seen
this town in troubles and tragedy come together and
take care of it's own. We have seen conflicts with
the police department result in community policing,
which means you are more likely see a cop wave at
the locals than pull them over. We have seen
concerns about our watershed and it's logging
addressed by the community and the timber company
that owns the land surrounding our village. There is
common ground being found. This town has a
childcare center that is almost totally supported by
donations and volunteers. We have the last
independent library in the state, that accepts no
taxpayers money. And they just added a children's
reading room, built with money donated but locals.
Our Chamber of Commerce building was built by
volunteers, and has some of the most beautiful art we
have ever seep incorporated into a building. So, this
is, we guess, a valentine to this place by the sea, and
the folks who live here. And a reminder to you folks
that come to visit, these are good people, treat them
nice. That bartender probably volunteers at the
recycling center, that guy pumping your gas is a
volunteer fireman, the clerk at the shop you're
browsing in works at the children's center two days
a week and the library one. The gardener tending the
flower bed in town helps with the Haystack
Awareness program. The woman in the wine shop
serves on the City Council, the cook in the restaurant
is the Mayor, none of them gets paid for their
services to the community. So, again, be nice.
Locals may resume reading.
2.
U rrtR LEFT EtKsE FE.BR.UWW
WHERE TO GET AN EDOE
Mo stuff.
First the good news; we obviously managed to
print another issue o f the Upper Left Edge, and
things are going well with some o f our publishing
efforts with the Left Coast Group. "Uncle Mike's
Guide to the Real Oregon Coast, with disturbing
illustrations by Steve McLeod", by our own beloved
Michael Burgess received kudos' from the Eugene
Register Guard as one o f the best books published
in the whole Northwest last year!! The book has
also been selling well, and has been drawing praise
from such diverse quarters as David Horowitz,
conservative Historian, (he has at least six copies so
far) and Walt Curtis, not so conservative Poet. You
can get your copy at any truly good bookstore, or
Amazon.com for the non-luddites Oh, and yes, the
Left Coast Group still has a few (boxes) o f the
Signed First Editions. If we can drag Steven off the
beach and Michael away from the poker table long
enough to sign a few more. Just mail $20 to Left
Coast Group, Box 1222, Cannon Beach, OR 97110.
It will help us get Sally Lackaffs "Wildlife on the
Edge" printed, a long postponed project we believe
will bring you another delightful book. So, help!!
Speaking o f help, now the bad news. Because o f
what must be terrible machine karma, our laser
printer and copy machine have need o f costly
attention. So, things have become more
complicated than they were when they were just the
normal chaos. Please bear with us, we might have
trouble with the next issue; fair warning.
The computer is the LSD of the business world.
It absolutely guarantees the elimination of
all the business it is now being brought to
serve.
“ Marshall McLuhan
|r - y PPE R -L E FT -E D G L u |
E d ito r /P u b lish e r /J a n ito r : The
Beloved Reverend Billy Lloyd Hults
G ra p h ics Editor: The Humble Ms.
Sally Louise Lackaff
C o p y E d ito r /S c ie n c e E d ito r /V o ic e
o f R e a s o n /I n d ia n C o u n tr y /U n c le
M ik e/etc.: Michael Burgess
W ild life In fo r m a n t/M u sic R ep o rter
at Large: Peter "Spud" Siegel
E d u cation E d itor. Peter Lindsey
I m p r o v isa tio n a l E n gin eer: Dr.
Cannon Beach: Jupiter's Rare and Used Books. Osburn's
Grocery. The Cookie Co.. Coffee Cabaña. Bill's Tavern. Cannon
Beach Book Co.. Halne’s Bakerle. The Bistro. Midtown Café,
Once Upon a Breeze. Copies & Fax. Heather's.The Homegrown
Cafe. Haystack Video. Mariner Market, Esspresso Bean. Ecola
Squard & Cleanline Surf
Manzanita: Mother's Nature Juice Bar. Bayside Gardens.
Caasandra's. Manzanita News & Espresso. Pacific Coast Books
& Coffee. & Nehalem Bay Video
Nehalem : Mermaid Cafe
Rockaway: Sharkey's
Tillamook: Rainy Day Books
Bay City: Art Space
Yachats: By-the-Sea Books
Pacific City: The River House. Far Country Books. & Village
Merchants
Oceanside. Ocean Side Espresso
Lincoln City: Trillium Natural Foods. Driftwood Library. &
Lighthouse Brewpub
Depoe Bay: Oregon Books
Newport: Oceana Natural Foods. Café DIVA, Cosmo Café.
Bookmark Café. Newport Bay Coffee Co., Cuppatunes. Bay
Latté. Ocean Pulse Surf Shop. Coastal Coffee Co.. Sylvia Beach
Hotel. Green Gables Bookstore/B&B. & Canyon Way
Eugene: Book Mark. Café Navarra. Eugene Public Library.
Friendly St. Market. Happy Trails. Keystone Café, Klva Foods.
Lane C.C.. Light For Music. New Frontier Market. Nineteenth
Street Brew Pub. Oasts Market. Perry's. Red Barn Grocery,
Sundance Natural Foods. U of O. & WOW Hall
Corvallis: The Environmental Center,OSU..
Salem: Heliotrope. Salem Library. & The Peace Store
Astoria: KMUN. Columbian Cafe. The Community Store. The
Wet Dog Cafe, Astoria Coffee Company.Café Uniontown. &
Shark Rock Cafe
Seaside: Buck's Book Barn, Universal Video, & Cafe Espresso
Portland: Artichoke Music. Laughing Horse Bookstore. Act III,
Barnes & Noble, Belmonts Inn. Bibelot Art Gallery. Bijou Café,
Borders. Bridgeport Brew Pub. Capt'n Beans (two locations),
Center for the Healing Light. Coffee People (three locations).
Common Grounds Coffee. East Avenue Tavern. Food Front.
Goose Hollow Inn, Hot Lips Pizza. Java Bay Café. Key Largo. La
Pattlsserle. Lewis & Clark College. Locals Only. Marco's Pizza.
Marylhurst College. Mt. Hood CC. Music Millenium. Nature's
(two locations). NW Natural Gas, OHSU Medical School. Old
Wives Tales, Ozone Records. Papa Haydn. PCC (four locations),
PSU (two locations), Reed College, Third Eye, TransCentral
Library. & YWCA
Cornelius: The Weekend Garden Market
The Dalles: Kllndts Bookseller
Hood R iver Purple Rocks Art Bar. & Cafe
Ashland: Garo's Java House. The Black Sheep, Blue Mt. Cafe,
& Rogue River Brewery
Cave Junction: Coffe Heaven & Kerby Community Market
(Out o f Oregon)
Longview, WA The Broadway Gallery. & Carat Patch
Long Beach, WA Pacific Picnics
N aselle, WA: Rainy Day Artlsty
N ahcotta, WA Moby Dick Hotel
Duvall, WA: Duvall Books
Bainbridge Island, WA Eagle Harbor Book Co.
S ea ttle. WA Elliot Bay Book Co., Honey Bear Bakery. New
Orleans Restaurant. Still Life In Fremont, Allegro Coffeehouse,
The Last Exit Coffee House. & Bulldog News
San F rancisco, CA City Lights Bookstore
Denver, Co: Denver Folklore Center
New York, NY: The Strand Book Company
Washington. D.C.: Hotel Tabard Inn
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