To the Editor,
Prior to the November election, there promises to be an
inordinate amount of money spent by timber interest in
saturation attacks on Measure 64, the anti-clearcut initiative.
The Voters “Pamphlet” is said to have grown to two volumes
in order to accommodate some 49 arguments about Measure
64. This divisive ballot measure may be a direct result of the
Oregon Board of Forestry's refusal to end its long-standing
policy that makes timber production the primary use of our
state forest lands.
It is high time for radical management reforms based on
habitat restoration instead of resource extraction. The past
record of what has passed as forestry stewardship would in a
more rational context be properly called an ecological
catastrophe if not timber terrorism. I write to respond to a
bulk mailing from an outfit calling itself the Healthy Forests
Alliance in opposition to Measure 64. The timber barons are
hiding behind this innocuous sounding organization and have
trotted Ed Schroeder, a retired Oregon State Forester, as a
pitchman. Mr. Schroeder opens his letter saying he has
devoted his life to improving Oregon’s forest lands, and if the
reader is able to wrap his mind around that, the rest of Ed’s
letter will make better sense.
The most prominent feature of the American Dream is a pig
snout. In an exchange o f many little favors, insatiable timber
interests and state foresters have steadily been making “forest
improvements” since the inception of the Oregon Department
of Forestry, like transforming native forests into tree farms,
destruction of spawning grounds, or consolidating monopolies
by swapping corporate stump ranches for standing public
timber. Now at last they are mopping up what little is left of
the original old growth east and west of the Cascades,
regardless of ownership.
The magic elixir that makes the deforestation/reforestation
cycle workable and turns trees into gold is the regular
application of fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides. Big
Timber and the Chemistry Set are lined up in opposition to
Measure 64, because this initiative circumvents the new earth
friendly reforms that have been cobbled together to disguise
but not interrupt the crop rotation of pulpwood production.
The overreaching dominance of corporate ownership remains
a mysterious non-issue. Under those constitutional provisions
intended to protect the individual rights of private citizens,
corporate influence in our daily lives has expanded to now
mean nearly absolute economic control. Public interest has
been privatized. At worldwide levels corporations control our
food and drink, information, communication, culture,
education, health care and political choice. On land and sea,
they control the rate o f exploitation of natural resources, the
extent to which chemical pollution will be spread or curtailed,
and decisions over what life shall flourish and which shall go
extinct. Small stockholders needn’t fear they’ll lose their
individual freedoms, everything is quite under control.
The apostles o f deregulation preach the gospel of free
enterprise and call any regulatory interference infringements to
private property rights. Voters should look at who’s talking
before embracing the interests of the ownership. Be sure to
read your Voter’s Pamphlet.
I
Willapa Bay Before Dawn
Ken Quarles
OREGON BOOKS
There is a bay where daw n’s announced by crow s,
Where doves sound, patient and mournful in the trees,
Where gulls flock safely from a com ing storm
And terns patrol the sand daily for fleas
Grey silent herons stalk the tideland w eeds.
Electric blue kingfishers flash and dive
For stickleback.
I can close m y eyes right now,
Feel on bare toes the ch illy, salty sand,
Turn up m y collar in the steady wind
And walk the w hole broad curve o f bayshore beach,
And see the subtle com ing o f color to the sky.
C hanging, as dawn approaches: purple and grey
W arming to lavender, unlikely green,
Peach-tinted clou d s turning yellow and gold.
A nd then the brilliant reds that herald day.
It is like G od inventing color,
A ll tentative and fluid in the sky
U ntil at last he settles for the blue
T he silver sliver o f m oon that glow ed in predawn
Fades now , in my m ind’s eye, with the com ing sun.
A nd every color fades away in fog
A s the hot, inland summer air arrives
Sw ept w ith the great C olum bia to the sea -
I shiver in these fogs o f memory.
New Location
425 Coast Hwy SW
Newport, Oregon 97365
541-574-6004 • 800-668-6105
Events • Authors • D eli
Espresso • W ine
Elizabeth B olton*
Northwest by Northwest Gallery
* Elizabeth Bolton was the nome de plume of Barbara
Greiner-deLackner who passed into the fog of our memories
September 15th, at 68, a victim of cancer. She earned a BA in
creative writing from Pomona, and a Masters in theater arts
from Portland State. She and her family ran Sherwood Forest
Summer Camp on the Long Beach Peninsula in Washington
from the late fifties until the early eighties. Michael, David
and Susan, her children, and former husband Alan still own the
land on Willapa Bay. This editor spent more than a year there
in the early seventies, as a counselor and caretaker. ‘Barbie’,
as she was called, later was to serve on the board of directors of
the Oregon State Poetry Association and as President of the
Oregon Writers Colony. The above poem was printed with
the permission of her family.
She was a fine human being and we cherish her memory.
2 3 9 N o r t h H e m lo c k
P .O . B o x 1 0 2 1
C annon Beach
5 0 3 /4 3 6 -0 7 4 1
O re g o n 9 7 1 1 0
J O Y C E L IN C O L N . D i r e c t o r
Pacific Northwest Contemporary Art & Craft
Celebrating I Oth Year in Cannon Beach
WhiteGird
*
OREGON SHORES'
C O N S E R V A T IO N
$
SAVE THE BEACH
Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition
Coast Conference
All lovers of the Oregon Coast are invited to this year’s
edition of the annual Coast Conference. The conference,
sponsored by the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, takes
place Oct. 17-18 in Newport.
The conference is a chance to gather a wide range of
information about the natural history of our coastal region,
along with some background on issues affecting the coast.
This year’s theme is “The Shore, the Beach, the Cliffs, the
Forests and... the Invaders! ” Among the topics to be covered
are invasive species of the coast, marine debris and the natural
history of the driftline, the ecology of rocky intertidal areas,
and efforts to protect endangered species.
The conference kicks off Saturday, Oct. 17, at 9:30 a.m. in
the Newport Performing Arts Center. No advance registration
is necessary. Cost is $9 for members of the Oregon Shores
Conservation Coalition, and $13 for non-members; the cost
includes lunch.
The conference’s second day, Sunday, Oct. 18, is devoted to
the CoastWatch program, through which volunteers adopt a
mile of the shoreline. Those who are not currently involved in
CoastWatch are welcome to attend to learn more about the
program. This day’s events take place at the Hatfield Marine
Science Center, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
For more information, cal, (541) 765-2212, or (503) 238-
4450. Or contact OSCC by e-mail at orshores@teleport.com
IN AN UNJUST WORLD... JUSTICE.
C A N N O N BEACH. O R E G O N
C O A L IT IO N
Gary Durheim
To the Editor,
Over die years the Upper Left Edge has been a strong
advocate of preserving portions of the undeveloped properties
in and around Cannon Beach. The Wessingers and Minots
trough their generous donations have preserved forever several
of the most beautiful properties in Oregon. Our Mayor has
been a vocal supporter of open space/green belts and has
succeeded in getting $30,000 in the city budget for that
purpose. And just this month, Phyliss Knutseon’s efforts to
preserve Inspiration Point received overwhelming support at
her presentation to the city council.
It is time to consolidate and formalize our efforts by forming
a local Land Trust dedicated to preserving the remaining unique
undeveloped properties and timberlands surrounding our city.
Other local land trusts report success far greater than their
initial expectations. For instance, Vashon Island Land Trust
recently purchased a piece of property for approximately
$1,000,000 with King County funding 40% through a grant,
fundraising and donations funding 40% and the seller funding
the balance. The city of Ketchum, Idaho (Sun Valley) budgets
$700,000 of their annual budget for parks and open space
(Ketchum has a year round population 3 times that of ours and
the budget is $1,000,000 less). Crested Butte, Colorado is
preserving the big ranch properties by adding a voluntary 1%
gratuity to restaurant bills along with city funds.
The $30,000 the City of Cannon Beach has earmarked for
open space is a great step in the right direction. Possibly,
with a sharp pencil and strong expression of interest we could
increase that allocation to something along the lines of
Ketchum’s without any increase in taxes. And what better
parcel to start with than Inspiration Point.
(
RESTAURANT
Casually Elegant (Dining
«
Located in the
Cannon ‘Beach Motel
1116 5. Memlock
(503)436-0908
‘Reservations Suggested
L ig h t Lunch 12:00 - 4:00
Momemade soups, chowders, bread
a nd delightful desserts
(Dinner S e w e d 4:00 -10:00
A w a rd winning chowders, unique salads
pasta, seafood, steaks a n d chicken
Recommended by:
Northwest ‘Best ‘Places
‘M outh o f the Columbia
National geographic ‘Traveller
RICHARD BANT
Pressure MfasMnff
unt/
Construction
H O M E a n d BUSINESS
LICENSED & BONDED
C L .B .N 7 9 4 2 0
Practice is the thing,
clim ax.
Voice Mall
/5O3) 738-4516
Home
15031 436-1246
The performance is anti-
Personal Injury Lawyer
t.RI G O R\ K \F O , RV
202 Oregon Pioneer Building
320 S.W. Stark Street
Portland. OR 97204
Phone:
(503) 224-2647
LEFT COAST ßWW Monom row
Name_
Address.
Date.
Phone.
(we want your phone num ber in case we can’t read your writing)
“Uncle Mike’s Guide to the Real Oregon Coast”:
Autographed Limited edition $20 e a .____Copies
“Letters to Uncle Mike”:
Autographed Limited edition $ 1 5 _____ Copies
“Wildlife on the Edge”:
Autographed Limited edition $20_______ Copies
(Checks or money orders only)
$ Enclosed________
‘If you start looking ahead you start falling behind.
Jim “Catfish” Hunter
urrà lift d m
ocim w i
3