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DECEMBER 18, 2015 • VOL. 39, ISSUE 26 WWW.CANNONBEACHGAZETTE.COM COMPLIMENTARY COPY With need great, food bank springs into action It ‘takes a community’ to feed many families By Dani Palmer Cannon Beach Gazette In the six months from July to Janu- ary, the Clatsop Community Action Re- gional Food Bank is on track to deliver more than 1 million pounds of food to county residents and serve 22,000 emer- gency boxes. With increased need, the food bank promises increased services, including an extended schedule for food deliveries to those in need. Director Marlin Martin said the av- erage family visited the food bank six times this year, up 30 percent from pre- vious years. “People suffering from hunger in Clatsop County are falling deeper into WKHSLWVRISRYHUW\´KHVDLG More are working part-time or min- imum wage jobs. Many are seen on the corner asking for food, money or work, he said. Clatsop Community Action Region- al Food Bank brought those numbers to the public’s attention during the annual Coastal Harvest for Giving fundraiser at the Surfsand Resort in Cannon Beach on 'HFEHQH¿WLQJWKHIRRGEDQN See Food, Page 10A DANI PALMER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Part-time Cannon Beach resident Deb Steele makes her fi rst wreath during the Chamber of Commerce’s Saturday wreath making. It was one of many Haystack Holiday events. For many Cannon Beach residents and natives, there’s no place like ‘Christmas in Our Hometown’ City waits for smoke to clear on pot dispensaries Decision could be months away By Dani Palmer Cannon Beach Gazette By Dani Palmer Cannon Beach Gazette O n Saturday, Dec. 5, locals and visitors celebrated Haystack Holidays with wreath-making, Holiday Tea, a visit from Santa and the longtime tradition of lighting the lamp in Sandpiper Square. The tradition traces back to 1973, ZKHQ D ³JDV FUXQFK´ LQVSLUHG EXVLQHVV owners to devise new ways to attract visitors to town, resident Peter Dueber Jr. said. Jay Schwehr served as Cannon Beach’s lamp lighter until poor health prevented him from doing so in 2010. He used to light the lamps everyday during the holiday season along Hemlock Street See Holidays, Page 10A DANI PALMER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Sitting with Cannon Beach Fire and Rescue fi re- fi ghters behind him, Santa Claus hands out presents to the children who lined up to see him on Saturday during Haystack Holidays. City councilors indicated they are likely to draft time, place and manner restrictions for marijuana sales, but they are not ready for a decision yet. Despite the success of Measure 91 al- lowing recreational sale and possession of small amounts of marijuana — approved by 63 percent of Cannon Beach voters in November 2014 — the city only licenses businesses which abide by local, state and federal law, which excludes cannabis. Failure to enact licensing rules could put the city at risk of litigation, City Attorney Tammy Herdener said at a City Council meeting Dec. 1. Other municipalities have been sued over similar inaction, she said. &RXQFLORU 0LNH %HQH¿HOG VDLG KH leaned toward giving residents the chance to opt out of marijuana sales through a bal- lot measure next November. He said the PAID PERMIT NO. 97 ASTORIA, OR PRSRT STD US POSTAGE See Pot, Page 7A Rare turtle washes up in Tolovana Its chances for survival reported as slim Monday’s olive ridley turtle was found south of Tolovana near Bri- ar Street around 8 a.m. Tracy Sund Staff at the Seaside Aquarium with Cannon Beach’s Road and rescued an olive ridley sea turtle af- Streets Department placed cones ter it washed ashore south of Tolo- around the animal until volunteers vana early Monday morning. arrived around 8:30 to pick it up. The roughly 50-pound turtle was Aquarium staff wrapped the tur- retrieved around 8:30 a.m. and hy- tle in blankets and slowly warmed pothermic — likely a result of being it up to avoid shock while awaiting pushed into colder waters by recent U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service pick- strong winds, aquarium Administra- up. tive Assistant Tiffany Boothe said. Seaside Aquarium Manager Juvenile olive ridleys travel in warm Keith Chandler said staff try to currents offshore. make the animals as comfortable “With the weather patterns, we and stress-free as possible until Fish ZHUHQ¶W VXUSULVHG WR ¿QG RQH´ and Wildlife arrives. Boothe said. Laura Todd, Newport Field /DVW \HDU ¿YH VHD WXUWOHV ZHUH s upervisor for the U.S. Fish and found off the coast. Three were dead Wildlife Service, said the Seat- upon arrival and one died in transit. tle Aquarium is “working on her 7KH¿IWKZDVVXFFHVVIXOO\WUDQVSRUW QRZ´ See Turtle, Page 9A ed to San Diego. By Dani Palmer Cannon Beach Gazette DANI PALMER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Th is olive ridley sea turtle, found in Tolovana, is headed for the Seattle Aquarium for a chance at recovery.
