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Celebrating 50 years of Oregon’s Beach Bill
A beach-walk,
speakers and a
party will mark
the anniversary
Johnson. “The Beach Bill’s
50th is a major event for
everyone who cares about
the Oregon coast.”
CANNON BEACH — To
celebrate the 50th anniver-
sary of the Oregon Beach
Bill, the Oregon Shores
Conservation Coalition and
Haystack Rock Awareness
Program are sponsoring
a beach-walk, along with
speakers and a party,
Thursday, July 6. Everyone
is invited to this free event.
The bill, which pre-
served the state’s entire
shoreline for the public,
was signed by Gov. Tom
McCall on July 6, 1967.
The celebration begins
at 1:30 p.m. at Cannon
Beach Community Hall
(207 N. Spruce St.).
After refreshments
and remarks from Oregon
Shores Executive Director
Phillip Johnson; Cannon
Beach resident and con-
servationist Ed Johnson;
environmental activist,
The prior evening,
Wednesday, July 5, Ore-
gon Shores and HRAP will
host a public talk on beach
ecology. The speaker will be
ecologist Stewart Schultz,
author of “The Northwest
Coast: A Natural History.”
Schultz will speak at 7 p.m.
at the Cannon Beach Com-
munity Hall.
A leading expert on the
natural history of Pacif-
ic Northwest shorelines,
Schultz will describe the
ecosystems found upon
and beneath the sand of the
beach. The event is free and
open to the public.
For information, contact
Phillip Johnson at phillip@
oregonshores.org or 503-
754-9303; or Haystack
Rock Awareness Program
Coordinator Melissa Keyser
at keyser@ci.cannon-beach.
or.us or 503-440-0266.
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Preceding
public talk
PHOTO BY SONJA PETERSON
People walking the beach at Cannon Beach.
IF YOU GO
A beach-walk, speakers and a party to celebrate the
50th anniversary of the Oregon Beach Bill will take place
on July 6 in Cannon Beach. The event will be free.
PHOTO BY JIM YOUNG
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Ecologist Stewart Schultz
leads a shoreline fi eld trip.
Author Bonnie Henderson on
Clatsop County’s John Day River.
author and filmmaker
Stephen Grace; and others,
the crowd will head to the
beach at about 2:15 p.m.
The beach-walk will
loop from the shoreline just
south of Ecola Creek, south
to Haystack Rock and back
to the community hall. The
route passes the Surfsand
Resort, where the campaign
for the Beach Bill began in
1967 when the owner (not
the present management)
community hall about
4 p.m., celebrants will
hear talks by Bob Bailey,
an Oregon Shores board
member and former head of
the state’s Coastal Man-
agement Program, on the
history of the Beach Bill
and coastal conservation
in Oregon; and Henderson
— whose books include
“Strand: An Odyssey of
Pacific Ocean Debris” and
“The Next Tsunami” — on
the shoreline as aboriginal
trail and highway, lead-
ing into the history of the
Oregon Coast Trail and its
present status.
Refreshments will again
be served, including beer
donated by Public Coast
Brewing Co. The party will
continue until 6 p.m.
“We’re celebrating a
key milestone in Oregon’s
conservation history,” said
Oregon Shores’ Phillip
staked out part of the beach
for the exclusive use of his
guests.
The walk will be accom-
panied by several guides
who will provide expert
commentary, including
coastal ecologist Stewart
Schultz, who will discuss
shoreline natural history,
and Bonnie Henderson,
author of “Day Hiking:
Oregon Coast.”
Upon returning to the
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Coast Guard Auxiliary is
offering a class covering
skills and knowledge neces-
sary when crossing the Co-
lumbia River and Tillamook
Bay bars 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, July 8, at the Port
of Ilwaco Conference Room
(street side upstairs), 165
Howerton Ave.
Want to be prepared to
cross the Columbia River
Bar, known as the “Grave-
yard of the Pacifi c,” during
this fi shing season? Sign up
for this class and learn ways
to boat more safely.
Topics include seawor-
thy vessels, dangers and
dangerous areas, reading
National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administra-
tion tides and currents, tide
table charts, and how to use
nautical charts, understand-
ing weather service fore-
casts and bar reports, safety
equipment for offshore or
potentially rough waters,
boating in strong waves and
distress calls, equipment
and protocols.
Bring questions and
leave more informed! The
cost is $5 and includes
useful websites and phone
numbers.
For further information
or to sign up, contact Elena
Righettini, Coast Guard
Auxiliary, Flotilla 62, Ilwa-
co, at mrighettini@yahoo.
com or 360-642-0039.
A boat encounters waves.
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