JANUARY 15, 2016 • VOL. 40, ISSUE 2
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A NEW YEAR’ S TR ADITION
TAKING THE
PACIFIC PLUNGE
Fire board
in hot seat
as residents
seek ouster
Board ‘unprofessionally
run,’ critics say
By Andrew R. Tonry
Cannon Beach Gazette
Swimmers enjoy New Year’s Day with a dip into the Pacifi c Ocean.
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See Plunge, Page 7A
Linda Lapp Murray
Read a fi rst hand account of this year’s Pacifi c Plunge
Story page 5A
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See Recall, Page 3A
Aft er winter storms, Ecola’s Indian Beach road still closed
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park, recreation site
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Cannon Beach Gazette
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See Storm, Page 3A
Volunteer fi nds meaning in the jungle, on the shore
Nancy Wesson recalls
two years of living
dangerously
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Cannon Beach Gazette
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