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Contents of emergency
barrels are a source of
concern for authorities
In addition, Burr said, the
city cannot reimburse resi-
While the barrels ensure dents whose barrels are bro-
that supplies would be avail- ken into or damaged.
able to their owners during
If the personal barrels are
a disaster, those who don’t removed from the shipping
have barrels — including containers, the expectation
tourists — could become that people seeking refuge
belligerent, Kucera said.
from a disaster would even-
“When there is a disaster, tually gather at the container
and no one is there to keep sites also would be changed.
order, what happens? A have
Instead, people would
and have-not situation can gather at the 10 assembly
get ugly very quickly,” he areas that have been mapped
said.
out, and city emergency
Schermerhorn said the crews would bring supplies
police learned about guns to them.
packed in the barrels when
City supplies also would
the owner of a barrel broken be available in natural di-
into at the Tolovana site re- sasters other than tsunamis,
ported a missing gun. The such as a windstorm like the
gun has never been found. one that downed thousands
Cash also was taken.
of trees on the North Coast,
“There’s a lot to be said disrupted
communication
for everyone having the systems and caused power
same things,” Schermerhorn outages lasting six days in
said.
December 2007.
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The emergency prepared-
live in Cannon Beach, he ness committee members
noted. If a 9.0 earthquake oc- agreed that discontinuing the
curred and a tsunami washed personal barrels should be
over the town, it could take considered, but they also ex-
days before there was a po- pressed some concerns.
lice presence at the assembly
“I don’t see any problem
points.
with it. But I wonder if the
“After one or two days, city has resources to provide
people are going to be hun- everything,” said committee
gry,” Schermerhorn said. Vice Chairman Bob Mushen.
“There will be things that
Burr said she would ap-
people want that they won’t ply for available grants to
have access to, and they purchase the necessary ma-
won’t have law enforcement terials.
to protect them.”
Committee Chairwom-
Stacy Burr, the city’s an Karolyn Adamson said
emergency
management the barrels were established
consultant, said it is the because “people can’t carry
city’s responsibility to en- everything they need. The
sure that everyone is cared city’s supplies, she said,
for and must approach “should be based on what
emergency preparedness on people cannot carry.”
a “whole community” ba-
Cannon Beach’s older
sis. That means providing population should be con-
access to supplies to all who sidered when supplies are
need them, she said.
stored for the communi-
When Hurricane Katrina ty, said committee mem-
hit Louisiana in 2005, Burr ber Paula Vetter. The city
noted, there was a “huge dif- should also have supplies
ference between the wealthy in place before the barrels
and the poor and disabled in are returned to their own-
how they received resources.” ers, she said.
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ERICK BENGEL PHOTO
In 2014, downtown Cannon Beach was packed with Fourth of July revelers out to see the floats, such as this one with an
Uncle Sam mannequin sitting in a canoe being escorted by a red, white and blue walking contingent.
Parade: ‘Pure Americana’
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then back down Hemlock.
The march concludes at the
Legion, where hot dogs will
be waiting.
The parade began in
1993, inspired by Bob Tea-
gle who, instead of lament-
ing the city’s lack of a In-
dependence Day parade,
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bors fell in behind them.
“Unfortunately Bob is no
longer with is,” O’Reil-
ly said. “He was a very
strong community guy and
this parade is just a total
expression of celebration.”
After Teagle’s passing,
the parade continued to
grow. This year O’Reil-
ly said he expects more
than 75 participants, in-
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rods, riders on horseback,
children on bicycles, local
businesses, the fabled Jack-
son Street Chair Clacking
Brigade and more.
“You’ll see people with
bags of taffy throwing
them, kids scampering
and having fun,” O’Reil-
ly added. “You may see
a group of four people to
groups of 12 to 20. And
then there are people who
join it while its going on.
It’s just spontaneous. And I
think that’s what makes it
so doggone interesting. It’s
not one of these things that
is so rigid.”
Over the years, the only
thing that seems to have
shrunk in relation to the pa-
rade is involvement from
regional military. “We’ve
actually been affected by
the lack of congressional
action,” O’Reilly said. “In
the past we were able to
get the Air National Guard
to do a pass over, there are
no monies available for
that.
“We are still hoping
for potential support from
Camp Rilea,” he added.
NANCY MCCARTHY PHOTO
Cannon Beach’s 2014 Fourth of July parade wasn’t without
music. These musicians were part of the Tolovana Treble
Makers.
“They used to send a few
Humvees down to be part
of the parade.”
With or without active
military presence, though,
the armed forces will be
represented. This year the
parade’s grand marshal is
John “Jack” Kerwin, a for-
mer Marine and Oregon
park ranger. Other mem-
bers of the Legion will also
be on hand, helping facili-
tate the event. “People who
have been in the service
are committed to serving,”
O’Reilly said. “There’s
nothing better than seeing
the joy on kids’ faces. I’m
not usually at a loss for
words, but it’s true. It’s just
such an outpouring.”
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