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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 —
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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-
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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
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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
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it was just once a week, not
much to worry about, Gras-
sick said. The reservoirs
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a couple of days.
But then two weeks
passed and staff still hadn’t
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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-
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
The Bybee timber sale is
now awaiting review in the
courts.
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