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Rescued sea turtle ‘hanging in there’
By Dani Palmer
Cannon Beach Gazette
A hypothermic sea turtle
rescued in Cannon Beach
and taken to the Seattle
Aquarium for treatment is
doing better, but isn’t in
the clear yet, according to
aquarium staff.
“The turtle has shown
slight improvement in the
last 24 hours but is still in
critical condition,” said Tim
Kuniholm, Seattle Aquar-
ium director of public af-
fairs. It is under the care of
Dr. Lesanna Lahner, Seattle
Aquarium’s veterinarian.
As of late December, the
turtle was still alive.
“It’s not doing great, but
it’s still hanging in there,”
said Keith Chandler, gen-
eral manager of the Seaside
Aquarium. He uses the term
“guardedly
optimistic”
when talking about the tur-
tle’s outlook.
Staff at the Seaside
Aquarium rescued the male
olive ridley sea turtle af-
ter it washed ashore south
of Tolovana the morning
of Dec. 14, likely pushed
into colder waters by recent
strong winds, aquarium Ad-
ministrative Assistant Tif-
fany Boothe said. Juvenile
olive ridleys sometimes
travel in warm currents off-
shore.
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An olive ridley sea turtle rescued by staff at the Seaside Aquarium lies in a kiddie pool
covered with blankets.
“With the weather pat-
terns, we weren’t surprised
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wrapped turtle in blankets
and slowly warmed it to
avoid shock while awaiting
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser-
vice pickup.
Live turtles are normally
taken to the Oregon Coast
Aquarium in Newport, but
aquarium staff are already
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tation facilities authorized
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tles need.
Chandler said the surviv-
al chances for Tolovana’s
turtle are slim. At this stage,
hypothermic and often in-
jured in the surf, there’s a
75 to 90 percent mortality
rate for the turtles.
But if the Tolovana tur-
tle survives, it will also be
released into Californian
waters. The reptiles often
hitch a ride with an agen-
cy such as the U.S. Coast
Guard during a training
trip, said Laura Todd,
Newport Field supervisor
for the U.S. Fish and Wild-
life Service.
She noted that Cannon
Beach’s turtle was at 50
degrees when it arrived in
Seattle. The turtle’s normal
temperature is in the low
70s.
Sea life rescuers expect
to see more of the endan-
gered turtles beached along
MEETINGS
Tuesday, Jan. 5
Cannon Beach City Council, 7
p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
the coast with this year’s
El Niño. Todd said the tur-
tles normally remain south
of San Diego. However,
she added, they do some-
times travel farther north
in warm currents searching
for food.
“When the conditions
are right for one, they’re
right for several,” Chandler
said.
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were found off the coast.
Three were dead upon ar-
rival and one died in transit.
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transported to San Diego.
On Monday, Dec. 21,
two more olive ridley tur-
tles arrived in the area, one
in Seaview, Wash., and the
other near Del Rey Beach,
bringing the total to four
for this year. Both were
transported to the Oregon
Coast Aquarium.
The one from Seaview
had a head injury and died
a few days after arriving at
the aquarium. The one from
Del Rey, who was found
shortly after being washed
ashore, Chandler said, was
still alive and “doing OK”
as of Dec. 30.
The U.S. Fish and Wild-
life Service urges anyone
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beach to contact the Oregon
State Police Wildlife Ho-
tline at 800-452-7888.
Monday, Jan. 11
Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protec-
tion District Board of Directors
Meeting, 6 p.m., 188 W. 2nd St.
Tuesday, Jan. 12
Cannon Beach City Council,
work session, 5:30 p.m., City Hall,
163 E. Gower St.Tuesday, Jan. 5
Cannon Beach City Council, 7
p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Monday, Jan. 11
Cannon Beach Rural Fire Protec-
tion District Board of Directors
Meeting, 6 p.m., 188 W. 2nd St.
Tuesday, Jan. 12
Cannon Beach City Council,
work session, 5:30 p.m., City Hall,
163 E. Gower St.
Tuesday, Jan. 19
Cannon Beach Public Works,
9 a.m., City Hall 163 E. Gower St.
Seaside School District, 6 p.m.,
1801 S. Franklin St.
Thursday, Jan. 21
Cannon Beach Design Review
Board, 6 p.m., City Hall 163 E.
Gower St.
Thursday, Jan. 28
Cannon Beach Planning Com-
mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E.
Gower St.
Friday, Jan. 29
Cannon Beach Emergency Pre-
paredness Committee, 10 a.m.,
City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
‘Welcoming pole’ proposed for entrance of NeCus’ Park
Design is 10-foot-tall
Clatsop tribesman
greeting visitors
would be accompanied by
two interpretive signs.
The Palette Group, a sub-
committee of the city parks
committee, is proposing that
a 10-foot tall cedar “welcom-
ing pole” be erected along
the bank of Ecola Creek at
the edge of NeCus’ park. The
statue of the young man,
which would be seen from
the Fir Street Bridge, will face
the ocean, as tribal members
once did when they greeted
their guests.
The Palette Group sub-
mitted the proposal to the
city’s public arts committee
Dec. 17 and requested that
By Nancy McCarthy
The Daily Astorian
For centuries, the area
known now as Cannon
Beach was a welcome place
for members of the Clatsop,
Nehalem and Tillamook
tribes that fished and traded
in a local village called Ne-
Cus’.
Next year, a wooden stat-
ue of a young Clatsop man
may beckon visitors coming
to the village. The statue also
the committee recommend it
for a $10,000 city grant.
If the statue is approved,
it would be carved by mas-
ter carver Guy Capoeman,
of Quinault, Wash. Some of
Capoeman’s family members
are members of the Clatsop,
Nehalem and Tillamook
tribes, according to Dick
Basch, vice chairman of the
Clatsop-Nehalem Tribe.
During the Pallete Group’s
presentation to the arts com-
mittee, Basch said that Ne-
Cus’, Nehalem Bay and Point
Adams at the mouth of the
Columbia River were major
fishing and trading destina-
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tions for the tribes.
“They were traveling in
the ocean in canoes, and they
were so glad to get to a vil-
lage,” Basch said.
NeCus’ Park is named af-
ter the former Indian village
on the banks of Ecola Creek
on the north side of Cannon
Beach. It is located on what
once was the playground at
Cannon Beach Elementary
School.
Members of the arts com-
mittee asked to see more of
Capoeman’s previous carv-
ings. They also wanted to
know what colors would be
used, and they questioned
Arts committee member
Hank Johnson noted that the
proposed statue would have
to be reviewed by the city’s
design review board.
“This is a lot more than
we had talked about,” said
Johnson, looking at sketches
of the design. “I like it a lot.”
Palette Group Chair-
woman Barbara Linnett said
the proposed 10-foot pole is
much different than the in-
terpretive sign the group had
originally sought.
“This is really a statement,”
Linnett said. “Especially see-
ing it as you come into town
would be interesting.”
where the welcoming pole
would be placed. But they
need to have those answers
this week because the grant,
which funds one public art
installment per year, won’t be
available after Dec. 31.
Basch said Capoeman, his
sons and brothers are carv-
ers. He learned his craft from
his father.
If travelers entering Can-
non Beach see the back of the
pole, which will be carved out
of a half of a cedar log, they
will be intrigued and want to
learn more, Basch said.
“That’s part of the educa-
tion of it,” Basch said.
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