6A • July 3, 2015 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com
Fountain
honors legacy
of James Harley
Sroufe
By Ruth Zschomler
Cannon Beach Gazette
A 40-year-old memorial
fountain in Cannon Beach is
relocating to a more prom-
inent home. The Cannon
Beach public art commit-
tee repaired and moved the
Sroufe Memorial Fountain
next to the Cannon Beach
Library. The fountain will be
more visible to the public on
the city-owned property ad-
jacent to the sidewalk. The
fountain, a piece of public
functional art and memorial
to James Harley Sroufe, was
originally erected in the city
park that Sroufe helped cre-
ate, moved near the Christian
Conference Center for a time
before moving to the most
current location between the
Cannon Beach Chamber of
Commerce and the tennis
courts on East Second Ave-
nue.
The public art committee,
an informal city committee
composed of local artists,
gallery owners, members
of the parks and communi-
ty services committee and
other locals, decided the out-
of-the-way location wasn’t
doing justice to the legacy of
Sroufe and proposed the re-
location to the city. Members
of the committee had hoped
to have the project ¿nished
by April, before tourist sea-
son began, but the project
wasn’t approved until May
and started the ¿rst week of
June. The project was de-
RUTH ZSCHOMLER PHOTO FOR CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Workers in front of the library will be the new site of the
Sroufe Memorial Fountain.
layed when the library board
decided to include a land-
scape update plan with the
fountain relocation, accord-
ing to Public Works Director
Dan Grassick.
“The fountain operating
mechanism was removed,
repaired and re-installed. The
exterior surface was cleaned
and polished,” Grassick said.
“The project will be ¿n-
ished in time for our annual
Fourth of July weekend used
book sale,” Library Manager
Buddie Anderson said.
According to Anderson,
the library covered the cost
of the landscaping, landscap-
er designer Beth Holland
handled the design and in-
stallation of the new soil and
plants and the city covered
the cost of the installation of
the fountain, plumbing, and
excavating. “The city has
been so generous working
with us to make this whole
project possible,” Anderson
said.
Project manager Tracy
Sund was instrumental in
getting this relocation done,
Anderson said.
The landscape design in-
cludes a new stone pathway
and a complete array of full
plants and ornamental grass-
es. “It is a work in progress,”
Holland said.
The drinking fountain
hasn’t worked for some time
now, but “should be a fully
functional water fountain
when the install is complet-
ed,” Grassick said.
The new installation in-
cludes an underground steel
support frame to handle the
weight of the marble struc-
ture. Harold Van Winkle,
President of Cannon Beach
Construction, the contrac-
tors hired for the job, said
the fountain is very heavy
and delicate to move. As a
result, it needs the stainless
steel frame to sit in to keep
it stable and also to be able
to remove the fountain if re-
pairs are needed.
Van Winkle said the
base of the fountain weighs
around 600 pounds.
“There is also a well
underneath that can be ac-
cessed through the step area
to repair plumbing issues
that may arise,” Van Winkle
said.
This is something the
fountain previously lacked.
Van Winkle said the fountain
installation should last for
many years without major
issues.
The artistic drinking
fountain was designed by the
late John Yeon, former Port-
land architect and Cannon
Beach resident and was built
and dedicated in the honor of
Sroufe, another prominent
Cannon Beach citizen, short-
ly after his death in 1964.
Sroufe owned Sroufe’s
Grocery on North Hemlock
Street from 1951 until his
death, and was a member of
the city parks committee.
The inscription on the
marble base of the fountain
reads: “Drink to the memo-
ry of Harley Sroufe. A toast
from his friends. 1964.”
Now, more people will con-
tinue to bene¿t from Sroufe’s
legacy.
Former Mayor Mike
Morgan was involved in
the initial stages of the re-
location process. “Although
the memorial was to Harley
Sroufe, his wife, Margaret,
was a volunteer at the library
for many years,” he said.
“The new location is ¿tting
in all aspects.”
The city will continue
to maintain the fountain,
according to an agreement
between the city and the li-
brary.
“The library is honored
to be the new home for the
Sroufe Memorial Fountain,”
Anderson said.
Cannon Beach Police Log
June 1
2:25 a.m. 1400 block of South
Hemlock Street: suspicious circum-
stances. Received a report of a
person banging on doors. Subject
was intoxicated and locked out of
room. Reunited with girlfriend.
June 2
1:05 a.m. Tolovana Wayside:
camping within city limits. Subject
warned for unlawful lodging.
3:47 p.m. 20 block of Prome-
nade in Seaside: assistance provid-
ed to Seaside Police Department.
Witnesses believed subject was
selling drugs from his vehicle. Of-
ficer made contact with subject
and was given consent to search
vehicle with K-9 Officer Gunner.
Gunner did not alert. Cleared.
June 4
12:22 a.m. Second Street
sewer ponds: camping within
city limits. Subjects contacted and
warned for overnight camping.
12:49 a.m. Sandpiper park-
ing lot: camping within city limits.
Subjects contacted and warned
for overnight camping.
June 5
12:29 a.m. Tolovana Wayside:
camping within city limits. Subjects
warned for unlawful lodging.
1:22 a.m. West Van Buren
Street: camping within city lim-
its. Subjects warned for unlawful
lodging.
2:38 a.m. Second Street sewer
ponds: camping within city lim-
its. Subjects warned for unlawful
lodging.
10:56 p.m. Second Street
sewer ponds: camping within city
limits. Subjects contacted about
overnight camping.
June 6
6:35 p.m. Pacific Street and
Brallier Road: assistance rendered.
Male subject called requesting
help. Subject indicated that he had
been riding his bike, which now
had a flat tire, and he had become
lost. He was trying to locate where
he was staying with friends. Offi-
cer gave subject a courtesy ride.
Subject was reunited with friends.
9:02 p.m. 1900 block of Pacific
Drive: camping within city limits.
Report of subjects setting up tent
on beach, possibly for camping.
Officer contacted subject and
advised that camping was not
allowed on the beach or in the city
12:47 p.m. East 2nd Street.
Camping within city limits. Two
subjects warned for overnight
camping.
2:09 p.m. Request by Seaside
Police Department to assist with
uncooperative, intoxicated, male.
Diverted upon arrival to search for
domestic assault suspect/victim.
2:29 p.m. Report of domestic
assault walking southbound from
Ave. A. Male was observed strik-
ing female. Police were unable
to locate the subjects described.
4:40 p.m. 1200 Block S. Hem-
lock, warrant arrest. Subject ar-
rested for misdemeanor warrant
out of Clatsop County Sheriff’s
Office for contempt of court.
Subject transported to Clatsop
County Jail without incident.
5 p.m. Highway 101, mile-
post 33 traffic complaint. Caller
reporting person hanging out of
passenger window. Officers were
unable to locate vehicle.
11:47
p.m. 2nd/Sewer
Ponds; Camping within city limits.
Subject contacted for camping
and escorted to North Cannon.
June 8
3:08 a.m. Pacific/Susitna,
driver charged after failure to
carry or present license.
9:39 a.m. , Beach/Susitna,
property found. A cell phone was
found and returned to owner.
12:02 p.m. Ecola Court,
assistance rendered. Report of
stolen/lost purse. Subject initially
requested tow to get vehicle back
to Seaside due to keys being in
purse that was stolen or mis-
placed. prior to arrival.
June 9
12:19 a.m. 2nd St Sewer
ponds, Camping within city limits.
12:23 a.m. 2nd St Sewer
Ponds. Camping within city limits.
12:31 a.m. 2nd St. restrooms.
Camping within city limits.
8:58 p.m. Hemlock/Forest
Lawn. Dog at large. Reported
dogs running at large in the road-
way. Officer arrived on scene but
was unable to locate the animals.
Officer cleared.
1:12 p.m. Sleepy Monk,
complaint of an elderly, confused
male in the shop. Officer arrived.
Subject was not confused, only
transient and passing through
town on his was to California. Of-
ficer directed him to the bus stop.
1:29 p.m. Mo’s in Tolovana
Park. Suspicious circumstances;
complaint of a subject lurking
about parked vehicles. Officer
arrived on scene.
2:55 p.m. Hemlock and 2nd;
Dog at large. Report of dogs that
ran from owners on the beach.
The owners chased the dogs
through town and eventually
captured them in the down-
town area.
3 p.m. RV resort; Dog at large.
Report of a found dog. Officer
picked up dog and transported
it home to owner.
June 10
12:15 a.m. Beach/Gower.
code violation. Report of a paint-
ball course set up on the beach.
Officer arrived and advised the
organizer that paintball guns
could not be discharged, per city
ordinance. Officer cleared.
2:58 p.m. 200 block, S. Hem-
lock. Police rendered assistance to
a citizen with a child locked in ve-
hicle. Gary’s Service Center called
to unlock the vehicle.
3:41 p.m. Property found.
Found wallet and cell phone on
bench outside business. Phone
contact made with employer, per
business card in wallet. They said
they would advise owner. Owner
claimed property a short time later.
June 11
12:26 a.m. 2nd Street/Sewer
5:12 p.m. Hemlock/1st Street.
911 hang-up report of “bank man-
ager picking up a hooker.” Officers
responded to area and contacted
a subject, who claimed to not have
been involved. Call unfounded.
5:16 p.m. Sandpiper Square.
Theft of camera from vehicle re-
ported.
10:37 p.m. Sunset /Highway
101. Officer assisted other agen-
cy after a deer was struck on the
highway.
June 12
3 a.m. Haystack parking,
Camping within city limits. Subject
contacted for overnight camping.
7:01 a.m. Coolidge/S. Hemlock
Street, Officer responded to the
Coolidge Street bus stop for report
of a man yelling obscenities and
acting suspicious. Officer contact-
ed the subject and warned about
the disturbance. Officer cleared.
June 13
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