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Girls basketball clinic at
Seaside High School
The Seaside Girls Bas-
ketball program is putting
on a free girls basketball
clinic from 9:30 a.m. to
noon June 12 and 13 at
Seaside High School. Third
graders through eighth
Boutique holds grand opening
graders are invited.
For additional informa-
tion or questions, call Wally
Hamer at 503-758-4827.
Seaside High School is
located at 1901 N. Holladay
Drive.
Painting from the inside out
“Life is a creative pro-
cess,” says Anne Pechovnik
one of the facilitators of a
workshop entitled “Painting
From The Inside Out,” being
held at Tolovana Arts Colo-
ny Friday, June 5 from 7 to
9 p.m. and Saturday, June
6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m..
By focusing on the process
and experience of creating,
rather than technique, artists
and non-artists alike have
the chance to explore both
what engages and what lim-
its their creative energy.
Using high quality tem-
pera paints and large sheets
of paper, participants paint
from their own inspiration
and at their own pace. Dis-
cussions, both individual
and group, focus on the ex-
perience of the painting, not
the paintings themselves. In
order to create a safe and
respectful
environment,
participants agree not to
comment on one another’s
work.
To register for this
workshop contact Lisa
at Tolovana Arts Colony,
503-440-0684. The $99 fee
includes tuition and all ma-
terials.
ERICK BENGEL PHOTO
‘Burger with a Cop’ in Cannon Beach
Police Chief Jason
Schermerhorn with host
“Burger with a Cop” Tues-
day, June 16, from 5 to 7
p.m. at Cannon Beach Va-
cation Rentals, 164 Sunset
Blvd. Join the chief for a
hamburger and conversa-
tion. There will also be a
Corrections
to May 22 city
budget stories
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Due to errors in
city documents, the
Gazette’s May 22 ar-
ticles regarding the
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year 2015-16 budget
contained errors.
With the recom-
mended 1 percent
increase, the city’s
transient lodging tax
would increase by 7
to 8 percent (not 6 to
7 percent), excluding
the addition 1 percent
lodging tax levied by
the state. The total
transient lodging tax
would be 9 percent.
The full cost of the
three-phase RV Park
renovation project is
estimated at $450,000
(not $4,450,000).
K-9 demonstration with
“Gunner.” The event has
no agenda or speeches, just
a chance to ask questions,
voice concerns, and get to
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non Beach. For more in-
formation call (503) 436-
2811.
Linda Saucedo, manager of Flair, center right foreground, cuts the ribbon at the business’ soft grand opening May 7
in Sandpiper Square. Flair, a natural gift boutique for the home, kitchen and spa, held its full grand opening the next
day. Jay Shepard, center foreground, owns Shorelines NW, which owns Flair and operates Duebers at Cannon Beach,
another Sandpiper Square business. From left: Sheri Russell, secretary of the Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce
board of directors; Jim Paino, administrative assistant at the chamber; Jason Schermerhorn, vice president of the
chamber board; Shelby Silver, a team leader at Flair; Nannette Looper, a Shorelines NW staff member; Shepard;
Michael Cooper, Nannette Cooper’s son; Betty Casavant, a local resident; Saucedo; Courtland Carrier, executive
director of the chamber; Mary Weeks, manager of Shepard’s Mount St. Helens gift shop at Mount St. Helens; Martha
Lohn, Weeks’ mother and volunteer at the Mount St. Helens gift shop. Not pictured in attendance: Maryann Sinkler,
who sits on the chamber’s membership committee.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
City council
should reconsider
It has been disturbing to
watch the evolution of the
development request by Jeff
Nicholson in north Cannon
Beach. We do not under-
stand why the city council
has given a green light to the
development of four homes
against the wishes (now
outcry) of the neighborhood
and against the city’s own
zoning requirements.
Nicholson has said the
neighbors agreed with his
plan to restore an old dwell-
ing, but he only spoke to
two; and the plan outlined to
them has morphed consider-
ably from one restoration to
four new dwellings!
What is the compelling
interest for the city in this
matter? Does this mean any
future request for develop-
ment in Cannon Beach is
presents
given this kind of free pass
in spite of zone regulation?
What is the council’s ratio-
nale for this exception?
We’d like to see the
council reconsider this ac-
tion and be clear about the
“whys.”
Jane and John Emrick
Portland
Give better school
facilities to kids
I do not understand why
building school facilities
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dents of this area. Much of
the Seaside/Cannon Beach/
Gearhart school district is
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tion homes, which generate
sizable property taxes for
schools. Approximately 75
percent of the funding for
local schools comes from
these vacation properties.
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owners usually do not vote
locally and do not send their
children to local schools.
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schools but do not gain any
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Given that everyone is al-
ways looking for a way to get
something for almost noth-
ing, it is unbelievable that lo-
cal residents are not breaking
down the school district’s
door to get their kids educat-
ed in safe, adequate schools.
The school district has a re-
vised plan to build a new ju-
nior and senior high schools
on the existing site it already
owns where Seaside Heights
Elementary is located. It is
out of the Tsunami Inunda-
tion Zone and requires no
new land purchases or ma-
jor infrastructure costs to
implement. It reduces the
size of a new school bond to
less than 50 percent of what
was proposed originally by
the school district and vot-
ed down. It will cost each
resident of the district the
equivalent of the cost of one
cigarette a day to give our
area’s children the facilities
they deserve.
The residents of Cannon
Beach have demonstrated
that they value education
and are preparing for the
“big one.” No matter what
becomes of the charter
school concept, without ac-
tion, Cannon Beach students
in junior and senior high will
still attend schools that are
in an inundation zone, are
not designed to be secure
in case some “nutball” at-
tacks them, and are in poor
condition. The focus for the
timely implementation of
safe, functionally adequate
school facilities must start
with local residents like
those in Cannon Beach. As
time moves along interest
rates are increasing and this
absolutely necessary project
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more.
John Dunzer
Seaside
Saturday
June 13th
at the
Quatat Park
Seaside
Free BBQ at 11:00 AM – Race at 12:45 PM
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