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August 14, 2015 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 9A Emergency container debate continues Vetter also mentioned having someone monitor the above the tsunami inun- loading of barrels and re- dation zone at the east end questing an inventory list. of Elk Creek Road, on the Kucera said an inspection South Wind site in Tolovana would be plausible since the and on Old Cannon Beach containers are located on city Road. property. Police learned some of the There are currently about barrels contain guns, alcohol 100 personal barrels loaded and cash after break-ins at with supplies, Steidel noted. two of the sites last summer, They come in three sizes — ZKHQ RQH RI WKRVH ¿UHDUPV ¿YHJDOORQ SODVWLF EXFNHWV was reported missing. 30-gallon plastic barrels and Cannon Beach Police 55-gallon metal barrels, rang- Chief Jason Schermerhorn ing from $5 to $55 — and are said in an emergency, con- placed in shipping containers. ÀLFWV FRXOG HUXSW RYHU LWHPV While Cannon Beach contained in the barrels. plans to continue the program Emergency Preparedness with alterations, it wants to Committee Chair Karolyn assist all residents in an emer- Adamson pointed out that gency. many residents carry guns in The city encourages the their go-bags, though, often go-bags for short-term sur- made up of supplies such as vival, but Steidel said staff food and water to last at least need to work on helping 24 hours during a natural di- “people stay alive” for longer saster. than a few days after a major But there’s a matter of lia- disaster. bility with the items sitting on There have been discus- city-owned property. sions about providing a cache Committee member Paula for all residents, not just those Vetter suggested forming a who opt to purchase barrels. legal agreement prohibiting What supplies to put in residents from placing certain such a cache is the question. items in the containers. There is a food bank in town, Mayor Sam Steidel said though it’s located at the for- there are restrictions, but that a mer elementary school in the written agreement got “watered tsunami hazard zone, and down at some point in time.” Cannon Beach Community Containers from Page 1A ERICK BENGEL PHOTO City crews load a barrel into an emergency supply shed in 2013. The barrels contain personal supplies for residents, second homeowners and employees in Cannon Beach. NANCY MCCARTHY PHOTO Although two emergency supply sheds on the north and south ends of Cannon Beach were broken into, the sup- ply barrels in the shipping containers on Elk Creek Road weren’t touched. Church that stores items for those in need. Balancing valuable ob- jects such as food, water, tents and more for the city’s 1,600 residents, second-home owners and many visitors in case of an emergency is a “yin-yang budget problem,” Steidel said. Final decision on room tax allocation coming next month Tax from Page 1A A plumber Bryden hired gave her a list of possible issues. Since Bryden is an “end of line,” the residence could be impacted by neigh- boring water usage. The Public Works Com- mittee rejected her request for utility relief twice be- cause she could not prove that her household had not consumed the water as billed. Councilor Mike Bene- ¿HOG VDLG LW VHHPHG SODX- sible the problem was a running toilet, or perhaps a friend who was watching the house may have had a role in the water consump- tion. :LWK QR GH¿QLWLYH DQ- swer, there were talks of de- laying a decision, but Coun- cilor Melissa Cadwallader suggested cutting $100 from the bill to assist the pair and avoid further public works costs. The city council en- dorsed that decision and voted for the reduction. Dry weather leads to dusty road Resident Mike Dwyer said the heat and lack of rain have exacerbated the dirt being kicked up by vehicles in the area, causing potential health issues. “I reiterate we have to do something about the dust,” Dwyer, a Coos Street resi- dent said. He suggested the coun- cil consider implementing a previous paving policy, where the city and residents split costs to pave Coos Street. Nonprofits awarded grants In addition to approving the room tax, the City Coun- cil unanimously approved the Parks and Community Services Committee com- munity grant recommenda- tions, which were provided at a work session in July. A total of $75,000 is be- LQJJLYHQWRQRQSUR¿WRU- ganizations that serve Can- non Beach and the county, such as the Clatsop County Court Appointed Special Advocates and Tolovana Arts Colony. The money is intended to support the agencies in educational, environmen- tal, recreational, social and FXOWXUDOSURMHFWVWKDWEHQH¿W residents and visitors. Grassick: Fire danger, irrigation drive increased demand on reservoirs Water from Page 1A July, well below the 1.51 inch average. There were 21 consecutive days with- out rain from the end of May into June and another 21 straight from the end of June through July, accord- ing to the National Weather Service. Grassick said it became a struggle to keep the reser- voirs full. It was during the middle of June that demand began H[FHHGLQJFDSDFLW\$W¿UVW it was just once a week, not much to worry about, Gras- sick said. The reservoirs FRXOGEH¿OOHGEDFNXSRYHU a couple of days. But then two weeks passed and staff still hadn’t EHHQ DEOH WR ¿OO WKH UHVHU- voir fully. Hot, dry weather With the hot, dry weath- er forecast to continue, Grassick said it became important to keep the res- ervoirs full for safety rea- VRQVLQFDVHRID¿UH Demand is higher on the weekends, too, when more tourists are in town, espe- cially in late July and early August. Grassick said the bulk of the demand has been irriga- tion, which started a month sooner than usual with the dry weather. July water demand in- FUHDVHG VLJQL¿FDQWO\ \HDU over year, by about 20 per- cent, he noted. “The normal trend has been around 6 to 7 percent per year for this month,” Grassick wrote in his monthly report to the City Council. Ecola Creek Watershed Council member Jan Sie- bert-Wahrmund asked the city about scaling back on irrigation to save water during a Parks and Com- munity Services meeting in July. “I’m very prepared to stop irrigating if asked,” public works employee Kirk Anderson replied. Not in ‘dire straits’ There have been talks of implementing a water con- servation plan, but Gras- sick said that likely won’t be necessary. He added the city would seriously con- sider one if Cannon Beach reached 50 percent of what it can take from Ecola Creek. The city has a water right of 1 cubic foot per second from the creek, which has a ÀRZUDWHRIQHDUO\FXELF feet per second. Grassick said that 1 cubic foot cov- ers the entire city, so reach- ing that high of a demand is not an issue they expect to encounter. “We’re not in extremely dire straits yet,” he added. But if it does come to a water conservation plan, irrigation would be ALEX PAJUNAS/THE DAILY ASTORIAN a primary target. Busi- ness owners and residents A female coho salmon, sporting a worn and battered tail would be asked to de- from scouring a redd in the gravel, rests along the bottom of the north fork of Ecola Creek last fall. crease their usage. Local author celebrates America’s lighthouses with book signing Cannon Beach author Gregory E. Zschom- ler was selected to sign and share his new book “Louie, the Lonely Light- house” at the National Lighthouse Museum on Staten Island, N.Y., for National Lighthouse Day, Aug. 8. “Louie” was modeled after several iconic Or- egon coast lighthouses by Florence, Ore., artist Roxanne Bowman. Pro- ceeds from the book sales are designed to help fund lighthouse restoration and preservation projects from coast to coast. SUBMITTED PHOTO Author Gregory Zschomler received an award from the National Lighthouse Museum. Zschomler will present a reading from the book and sign copies as part of the celebration of the new museum building. Read more about his New York excursion including a harbor cruise of 14 light- houses and Lady Liberty on Instagram @author_ gregory.zschomler. Zschomler is a digital artist and the author of nine books including the Bayou Boys Adventure series, “The Amish vs. the Zombies” for older teens, and the children’s picture book “I’m Samson,” said Sydney. For more infor- mation see www.grego- ryezschomler.blogspot. com. Volunteers knock on doors to protect Crater Lake asking a judge to order a clos- er examination of the harm the logging may do not only Last month, Environment to the wilderness, but the wolf 2UHJRQ D QRQSUR¿W HQYLURQ- den, as well. mental advocacy organiza- “Crater Lake is the crown tion, launched a grassroots jewel of Oregon. Its deep blue effort in Cannon Beach to waters and steep rim walls protect Crater Lake. make it one of the most in- “Our primary concern is credible places in Oregon,” the deforestaton around the said Rikki Seguin, Environ- park,” said Audrey Dannar ment Oregon’s state director, with Environment Oregon. in a press release. “But year The group is protesting after year, timber sales threat- the proposed Bybee timber en our only national park and sale, which includes more the wildlife that calls it home.” than 16,000 acres and goes Timber groups say the By- up to the western boundary of bee proposal is primarily thin- Crater Lake National Park. If ning, not clear-cutting, and it’s clear-cut, it won’t just af- would help improve health of fect the area, but the ecosys- trees in the area. tem, Dannar said, as animals In its reports, the Forest would have to move to a dif- Service said the proposal ferent area. would “improve stand con- Crater Lake and the sur- ditions, diversity, density and rounding forest serves as hab- structure to increase forest itat for elk, bear, bald eagles, resilency and overall forest Coho salmon and more. OR- health,” which would actual- 7, also known as Oregon’s O\EHQH¿WZLOGOLIHVXFKDVWKH wolf Journey, has taken up northern spotted owl. residence somewhere in the The Bybee timber sale area with his mate and pups, would also provide a sustain- Dannar added. able supply of timber prod- In June, another conser- ucts while reducing the risk of vation group, Oregon Wild, ZLOG¿UH DQG GLVHDVH DFFRUG- ¿OHGDODZVXLWDJDLQVWWKH86 ing to the report. Forest Service over the sale, Dannar said they’re try- By Dani Palmer Cannon Beach Gazette ing to reach as many Orego- nians as they can about the logging and let people know they can still contact Oregon’s congressional delegation. In 2013, the group and its part- ners delivered over 11,000 SXEOLF FRPPHQWV WR WKH 86 Forest Service in opposition of the sale. During the middle of July, the group knocked on doors in Cannon Beach. Cannon Beach resident Brian Hill said he understands the objective of improving tree health, but that the impact on wildlife in this particular proposal concerns him. ³25 LV 2UHJRQ¶V ¿UVW wolf in over 50 years,” Hill said. “It’d really be a shame to chase him and his family out.” Environment Oregon is appealing to Senator Ron Wyden to permanently pro- tect Crater Lake by introduc- ing a bill that would create a 500,000-acre wilderness area in and around the national park. More information can be found at environmetoregon. org. 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