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Beat workshop coming
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is designed for people to read
their work in a comfortable,
nonjudgmental atmosphere.
“Just read what’s in your
head,” she said. “That would
be ideal.”
“That would be awe-
some,” Mizell added.
Intellectual and
revolutionary
Known for embracing
Bohemian sensibilities while
rejecting conformity, mind-
less consumerism and main-
stream preferences in art,
literature, fashion and sexual-
ity, the Beatnik subculture en-
couraged people to “break out
of the mold, because the mold
was so tight after WWII,”
Kerr said.
To the Beatniks — now
associated with berets, sun-
glasses, goatees and bongos —
there were the “squares” un-
consciously trapped in a box,
and then there were the hip
folks who could see through it.
For Watt Childress,
co-owner of Jupiter’s Rare &
Used Books who will emcee
the open mic, the Beat move-
ment created “the sense of
breaking free from the cage of
institutional control, moving
outside the corporate boxes,
being willing to explore.”
As a counterculture move-
ment, the Beats may have
been “smaller than the hippie
movement” that grew out of
it, but it was “more revolu-
tionary,” Kerr said. “It was in-
tellectual, too,” and “deeper in
a lot of ways than what came
afterwards.”
Kerr’s father actually
turned her lose in Lower
Manhattan’s Greenwich Vil-
lage, the Beat movement’s
East Coast birthplace, when
she was a child.
“It was like walking into
another world,” she said. “All
I knew was that I wanted to be
in that world more than any-
thing.”
The Beat writers ushered
in a “new freedom in lan-
guage,” she said. “It was al-
most like their version of jazz,
in a way.”
Beat literature “launched
a new freshness into poetry. It
really opened up a lot of things
for a lot of people,” Mizell said.
Musicians like Bob Dylan
credited the Beat writers with
raising their awareness of what
was happening in the world
and how art can illuminate it.
“The Beats have influenced
so many different people, it’s
incredible,” Mizell added.
When Kerr hears the
opening lines of Ginsberg’s
1955 poem “Howl,” with its
unmetered bursts of manic en-
ergy, “I get shivers,” Kerr said.
Similarly, Jack Kerouac’s
1957 novel “On the Road”
— perhaps the defining work
of Beat literature — contains
passages “that you feel along
your spine,” Mizell said. “The
grammar Nazi in me wants
to edit it, to be frank, but I’ve
never read anything in any lit-
erature that so captures the free
feeling of being on the road,
hitchhiking and just exploring
with absolutely no schedule. I
mean, he just totally nails it.”
Transit info center to open
The Sunset Empire
Transportation
District
plans to open an informa-
tion and ticket sales center
in Seaside this spring.
Though a lease has yet
to be signed, district Ex-
ecutive Director Jeff Ha-
zen is negotiating to rent a
storefront space in the Sea-
side Factory Outlet Center,
along U.S. Highway 101.
“If I can get the lease
signed this month it would
be safe to assume we’ll be
open by March,” Hazen
said.
“It will basically just be
a place where people get
information on transporta-
tion in the area, including
our system,” he said. “And
we’ll be able to sell some
by Northwest Connec-
tor system,” Hazen said.
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districts are linked togeth-
er through the North by
‘It will basically just be
a place where people
get information on
transportation in the area’
SETD Executive Director Jeff Hazen
to Longview, Wash., and
along Highway 101, from
Astoria to Manzanita.
“We’re part of the North
Northwest Connector, so
people can actually utilize
and get transfers to differ-
ent systems.”
Funds for those who
transport older adults and
persons with disabilities
are available through the
Sunset Empire Transpor-
tation District.
Applications are due
by 5 p.m. Feb. 6 at the As-
toria Transit Center, 900
Marine Drive, Astoria.
Those eligible for the
funds, which originated
with the Oregon Depart-
ment of Transportation,
must provide transpor-
tation services within
Clatsop County. Eligi-
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county, cities, transpor-
tation districts, public or
private agencies, Indian
tribes, individuals or any
of these joined in coop-
erative agreements. Only
applications that provide
transportation
services
for older adults and per-
sons with disabilities will
be considered.
For more information
about the application pro-
cess, application and in-
structions, visit the transit
By Nancy McCarthy
Th e Cannon Beach Gazette
Cannon Beach resi-
dent Patrick Nofield was
appointed to the Seaside
School Board Jan. 20.
Nofield, co-owner and
president of Escape Lodg-
ing, will fill the vacancy
created by Nancy Hauger,
who resigned from the
board last month. A board
member for 11 years,
Hauger plans to move to
Seattle to be closer to her
grandchildren.
Her term ends June 30,
2015.
Nofield has served on
several local and state
boards, including the Or-
egon Tourism Commis-
sion, where he served as
chairman. He also has
been involved in the ef-
fort to establish a charter
school in Cannon Beach.
In other business, the
school board heard a re-
port from Dan Gaffney
on Clatsop County’s first
Early Childhood Health
and
Education
Clin-
ic. Gaffney, who retired
as principal from Sea-
side Heights Elementa-
ry School last year, is
involved in the coun-
ty’s campaign to prepare
children from preschool
through third grade for
school.
Gaffney said the clinic,
held last May at the coun-
ty fairgrounds and at the
Seaside Civic and Con-
vention Center, examined
134 children. Screen-
ings included height and
weight, blood pressure
and temperature, devel-
opmental skills, vision,
hearing, speech, dental,
behavior, nutrition and
immunizations.
Follow-up exams or
re-screenings were sug-
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January 2015
MEETINGS
FEBRUARY 2015
City Council Regular Meeting
City Council Work Session
Design Review Board
Planning Commission
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING, January 6, 2015
• Municipal Court Judge Ron Woltjer swore in new Mayor Sam
Steidel and Councilor Mike Benefi eld to the City Council;
• Melissa Cadwallader was re-elected to serve as Council Presi-
dent;
• Approved Ordinance 15-01, for the Purpose of Amending Mu-
nicipal Code, Chapter 2, to amend Ordinance 10-07: Establish a
City Tourism and Arts Commission,
Establishing Rules and Regulations
for its Governance and Prescrib-
ing the Powers and Duties of Said
Tourism and Arts Commission. This
increased the membership to 7,
added the word ‘art’ into the list of
experience criteria and changed
the terms from 3 years to 4 years to
match the other City committees;
• Appointed City Planner Mark
Barnes and Haystack Rock Aware-
ness Program Coordinator Saman-
tha Ferber to represent the City on
the Columbia River Estuary Study
Taskforce (CREST);
• Appointed Mike Morgan to serve
on the Design Review Board; and
• Chief Schermerhorn reviewed the
Cannon Beach Police Department
Strategic Plan.
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION
January 13, 2014
• Municipal Court Judge Ron Woltjer
swore in new Councilor George
Vetter to the City Council.
• Approved by consensus, advertis-
ing for an additional part-time
HRAP position;
• Paul Neilson of Isler, CPA present-
ed the FY 2013-14 Audit Report;
• Discussed LED street lights; and
• Discussed the proposed Gravel
Street Renovation Policy.
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
• The City Council held its annual
goal/priorities setting retreat on
Saturday, January 24th;
• Held interviews and awarded a
contract to Stacy M. Burr, Consult-
ing in response to the Request
for Proposals for an Emergency
Management Consultant;
• Work on City Hall to remedy an on-going plumbing problem is
progressing;
• Work to remodel the employee kitchen is progressing;
DESIGN REVIEW BOARD - At its January 15, 2015, meeting, the
Design Review Board considered the following items:
• DRB 15-01, City of Cannon Beach application for a post-con-
struction approval of a modifi cation to a previously approved
application. Design Review Board approved DRB 14-03,
application for the replacement of existing failed wooden stairs
district website at www.
ridethebus.org. Applica-
tion packs can be picked
up at the Astoria Transit
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a.m. to 6 p.m. daily; they
also will be mailed upon
request. Contact Diane
Moody at 503-861-5363
or DianeM@ridethebus.
org.
Nofi eld appointed to Seaside school board
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“Say somebody comes
in from Portland and
comes to Seaside and want
to go to Lincoln City, to the
Chinook Winds Casino,”
Hazen said. “They can ac-
tually get there on our re-
spective bus systems that
connect with each other.”
Publicizing, detailing
and facilitating such trav-
el options throughout the
region will be the function
of the planned information
center.
“Our idea is just to do
some outreach and have
a presence in the south
area,” said Hazen. “We
service the whole county,
and I think it’s important
that we’re a part of Sea-
side, too.”
Transit funds are available for elderly, disabled
Live sharing
Beat poetry can be espe-
cially powerful when read
aloud, Kerr said. “I like it read
better than I like reading it, the
sound of it.”
Public performance is in-
tegral to the Beat tradition,
Childress said. “It’s like open-
ing up the doors and windows
between our rooms as individ-
uals.”
“If all we did was write
things down and pass notes
back and forth between each
other, that would be better than
no communication at all,” he
said. “But to get up in front
of people and share, to give
voice to those words — to me
that’s even more basic—that’s
something that we as human
beings have been doing before
we were writing. There’s a
root value to that ritual.”
Kerr hopes that the Tolo-
vana Arts Colony can turn the
workshop and open mic into
annual events that branch out
into other genres of poetry.
“There’s something kind
of magical about a group of
people sitting around celebrat-
ing language,” Mizell said.
For more information
contact, Lisa Kerr at 503-440-
0684, or email tolovanaa-
rtscolony@gmail.com.
bus tickets and bus passes
out of there, and help peo-
ple get to where they need
to go.”
The Sunset Empire
Transportation
District
covers Clatsop County,
with bus routes on U.S.
Highway 30, from Astoria
7:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
leading from the west end of Gogona Street to the beach. Ap-
proved.
• DRB 15-02, Dave Norstedt, on behalf of Haystack Gardens LLC,
application for the following: reconfi guration and re-landscap-
ing, relocation of existing wedding trellis, improve existing alley
for vehicular access, and new construction of a 3-unit apartment
building Approved with Conditions.
PLANNING COMMISSION - At its
December 22, 2014, meeting the
Planning Commission considered
the following items:
• CU 14-07, a Conditional Use
Request by the Breakers Point
Homeowners Association for Dune
Grading West and South of the
Breakers Point Condominium Devel-
opment. Continued to January 22,
2015 meeting.
• CU 14-08, a Conditional Use
Request by Haystack Gardens
LLC for Development of a Three-
unit Multi-family Residence in a
Limited Commercial Zone at 148
East Gower Street. Approved with
Conditions.
• PD 14-01, Request by KPFF
Consulting Engineers and Jeff
Nicholson for a Preliminary Approval
for a Planned Development to Allow
a Four-unit Single-family Residen-
tial Development at 532 N Laurel
Street. Continued to January 22,
2015 meeting.
• V 14-06, Request by KPFF Con-
sulting Engineers and Jeff Nicholson
for a Variance to the Slope-Density
Requirement to Allow a Four-unit
Single-family Residential Develop-
ment at 532 N Laurel Street. Contin-
ued to January 22, 2015 meeting.
• ZC 14-01, Request by KPFF
Consulting Engineers and Jeff Nich-
olson for a Zone Map Amendment,
Placing a Planned Development
(PD) Overlay Zone on the Property
at 532 N Laurel Street. Continued to
January 22, 2015 meeting.
At its January 22, 2014, meeting the
Planning Commission considered
the following items:
• CU 14-07, a Conditional Use Request by the Breakers Point
Homeowners Association for Dune Grading West and South of
the Breakers Point Condominium Development. Denied.
• PD 14-01, Request by KPFF Consulting Engineers and Jeff Nich-
olson for a Preliminary Approval for a Planned Development to
Allow a Four-unit Single-family Residential Development at 532
N Laurel Street. 6-1 Vote to recommend City Council denial.
• V 14-06, Request by KPFF Consulting Engineers and Jeff Nichol-
son for a Variance to the Slope-Density Requirement to Allow a
Four-unit Single-family Residential Development at 532 N Laurel
Street. 6-1 Vote to recommend City Council denial.
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Gaffney said the vision
test results might be high
because age-appropriate
examination tools weren’t
used and some children
may have found it diffi-
cult to cooperate with the
exam. About 54 percent
of the participating par-
ents had a doctor or an-
other primary caregiver.
Parents told Gaffney
they would like to see the
clinics continue. Another
is planned early this year,
he told the board.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
MAYOR: Sam Steidel
COUNCILORS: Wendy Higgins,
Melissa Cadwallader, Mike
Benefi eld & George Vetter
CITY MANAGER: Brant Kucera
EPREP COMMITTEE SAFETY TIPS
Driving in the rain
Rain can create dangerous driving conditions: reduced visibility, reduced traction between
tires and the road, and less predictable car handling. When it’s raining, be cautious and give
yourself more time to get where you are going. Also remember to:
• Slow down, especially through high water. Driving through several inches of water at high
speed can cause you to lose control of the car; it could also splash water into the engine
and stall it. Lowering your speed helps you prepare for sudden stops caused by disabled
cars, debris and other wet-weather hazards.
• If it hasn’t rained in a while, expect road surfaces to be slick when it does start raining.
Engine oil and grease build up on the road over time. When mixed with water from rain,
the road can become slick. The fi rst few hours of a fresh rain can be the most dangerous.
• Turn on your headlights to improve visibility. Disengage your cruise control.
• Keep your distance. A car needs two to three times more stopping distance on wet roads.
Maintain your vehicle during wet weather
• The most common vehicle problems in wet weather involve wipers, brakes, tires and
defrosters.
• Before heading out in wet weather, check your wipers for signs of damage. Replace wiper
blades regularly. Make sure your defroster is functioning properly, especially if you haven’t
used it in a while.
• Check your brakes. After driving through a puddle, check that brakes are working prop-
erly by tapping them gently a few times.
• Check your tires. Make sure tires are in good condition and are at the recommended
infl ation level. Tires should have a recommended 2/32 of an inch tread depth at any two
adjacent grooves. Driving on over-infl ated or under-infl ated tires is dangerous on wet
pavement.
Watch for hydroplaning conditions
Hydroplaning occurs when your front tires ride on a fi lm of water. It can occur at speeds
as low as 35 miles per hour, especially if tires are worn. If you hydroplane, ease off the gas,
gently apply the brakes and steer straight ahead.
NOTICE OF VACANCIES
CITY COMMISSIONS, BOARDS & COMMITTEES
The City of Cannon Beach is seeking applications for the following vacancies:
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE (EPREP): ONE (1) vacancy to fi ll a four-year
term.
The primary responsibility of the Emergency Preparedness Committee is to plan emer-
gency response on a city-wide basis and make recommendations to the City Council. The
Emergency Preparedness Committee holds its regular meetings on the last Friday of each
month at 10:00 a.m. and may schedule work sessions as needed.
TOURISM AND ARTS COMMISSION (TAC): TWO (2) vacancies to fi ll four-year terms.
The seven-member Tourism and Arts Commission develops grant guidelines and pro-
cedures and distributes and accounts for the monies in the “Tourism and Arts Fund” which
are to be used by local non-profi t groups to promote tourism and the arts in Cannon Beach.
Each member shall have experience in one or more of the following areas: public relations,
marketing, advertising, tourism, lodging, promotions, events promotion art, and/or publicity.
The Tourism and Arts Commission holds its meetings as needed.
To be eligible to serve on a City committee, applicants must have resided within the city
or its urban growth boundary during the one year immediately preceding appointment; or at
the time of appointment, shall have owned real property located within the city or its urban
growth boundary for at least one year immediately preceding appointment.
Note: Tourism and Arts Commission applicants are not required to reside in Cannon
Beach and are eligible if he or she has worked, at least part-time, within the City of Cannon
Beach for at least one year immediately preceding appointment.
Applications are available at City Hall, 163 E. Gower Street, Cannon Beach, by email ad-
dressed to riggs@ci.cannon-beach.or.us, or on-line at www.ci.cannon-beach.or.us. Applica-
tions should be returned to Colleen Riggs, City Recorder, Cannon Beach City Hall, and P.O.
Box 368, Cannon Beach, OR 97110. For more information, please contact Colleen Riggs by
email or phone at (503) 436-8052.
HAYSTACK ROCK AWARENESS PROGRAM
The Haystack Rock Awareness Program will be back on the beach President’s Day
weekend! Friday, February 13th from 12pm to 4pm. Saturday, February 14th from 12:30pm
to 5:30pm. Sunday, February 15th from 1pm to 5:30pm. Monday, February 16th from
1:30pm to 5:30pm. See the full beach program schedule: http://www.ci.cannon-beach.
or.us/~Natural/HRAP/hrap-program.html.
City Hall will be closed
Monday, February 16, 2015
in observance of President’s Day