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Newspaper Page Text4A • April 8, 2016 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com Views from the Rock Taking your Want a school in Cannon tasting skills Beach? Start speaking Spanish up a notch T he writing is on the wall. With the closing of the Cannon Beach Preschool after 38 years and the rejection of the Cannon Beach Academy Eefore its ¿ rst semester it¶s not a good time for families of young children ²unless they¶re on vacation. The children¶s center couldn¶t sustain enroll- ment or meet costs. The CANNON SHOTS academy which was ready to open in Septem- R.J. MARX ber with kindergarten and ¿ rst-grade classes also failed to meet enrollment and funding goals. I Shortfalls, low enrollment In 3 community residents sought to bring a charter school to Cannon Beach designed for kindergartners through ¿ fth-graders. The school planned to open in fall at a temporary location at the former Cannon Beach Athletic Club on Sunset Boulevard. The academy was ready to offer kindergarten and ¿ rst-grade classes but missed the promised kindergarten and ¿ rst-grade stu- dents required by the district. And they failed to approach the fundraising goal academy board members told the district they could meet ² . As of March they¶d only raised more than 3 short of their total. Sarah Holmes enrolled her son in Cannon Beach Academy. ³I was thrilled that they were going to reopen the school´ the downtown Cannon Beach resident told the Ga]ette¶s Lyra Fontaine. Holmes was ³very disappointed´ to learn the academy would not open this fall. Her 5-year-old will likely attend kindergarten in Seaside this fall if the district does not reconsider its decision. ³They have buses so that won¶t be a problem but I was really excited about the prospect of there being a school here close to home and part of our own little community´ Holmes said. ³We just moved here a year ago and I was really looking forward to meeting and con- necting with other families.´ A school might attract more families to the area she added. SUBMITTED PHOTO Fundraising for the Cannon Beach Academy charter school done on the grassroots level. ‘Blindsided’ Meanwhile Christy Bisping director of the Cannon Beach Pre- school and Children¶s Center said last week she was ³blindsided´ by the center¶s sudden March closing. From bright beginnings in 88 when the city donated land and the community pooled its money and resources to build the center It had been a long slow decline. In former Ga]ette editor Nancy McCarthy noted the center was ³drifting toward closure´ as board members alerted parents and supporters of the center¶s ³¿ nancial crisis.´ Public and private funding put the center on life support but this spring it came to an end. ³Myself and the board were not aware that the ¿ nancial situa- tion that it was so dire´ Bisping said. ³We did know enrollment was dropping fairly quickly and that scared me. There were no plans to put back until it was too late to ¿ x.´ Habla español? According to the 8.S. Census in of Cannon Beach¶s 5 residents were Hispanic. That population is more than double what it was a decade ago. The children¶s center suffered because of its inability to serve that population. ³We would get a lot of calls from Hispanic families´ Bisping said. ³We don¶t speak Spanish.´ Bisping said she consulted with the Hispanic Council in an effort to draw Hispanic families ³but that didn¶t work out.´ In seeking approval the Cannon Beach Academy developed an English as a Second Language program. But that program has yet to successfully receive state certi¿ cation and served as a reason for the denial by the district. Academy board members rebut the charge. They say the academy had developed a program using information from the Oregon De- partment of Education that they ³reasonably believed´ to be state-ap- proved that is ³immaterial´ and ³easily corrected.´ Future vision In Providence Seaside Hospital conducted a community survey to determine how many of its employees and others in the South County needed child care. Asked about what parents go through when they can¶t ¿ nd child care the respondents gave a variety of replies. R.J. MARX/SEASIDE SIGNAL SUBMITTED PHOTO/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Th e infant room at the Can- non Beach Preschool & Chil- dren’s Center celebrates Val- entine’s Day. Christy Bisping, former direc- tor of the Cannon Beach Pre- school and Children’s Center, is moving up to Gearhart to open a new center there. ³I almost lost my job´ said one parent. ³If I don¶t have a job my kids don¶t have a roof over their heads.´ ³I am the only employed adult in my household of four´ said an- other. ³If I don¶t work I am unable to provide bene¿ ts for our family or pay the bills.´ These concerns affect every parent and the need is only more critical today. A survey mailed to homeowners asks for a future vision in Can- non Beach. Do we want a community of retirees transients part-time own- ers people coming for wine beer and sand-castle" A workforce bussed in from afar or a fully functioning community of all ages" Services that are volunteer now will have to be paid without an energetic involved community ² because visitors will be living in Lake Oswego Gresham or Portland and just buying wine and sharing getaway weekends in Cannon Beach. Volunteerism is a luxury of the wealthy and the retired. Someone working three jobs to barely cover their rent isn¶t going to volunteer. A school is more than a symbol of a vibrant community it is the heartbeat of one. For now the faces least represented and least served are our youngest ones. t¶s been over a year since I successfully passed my Sommelier Level 1 exam. In that time I¶ve patiently waited for the organi]ation I began my studies with the Court of Masters Sommeliers to offer their Level exam somewhere in the Paci¿ c Northwest at a time that ¿ ts into my s c h e d - UNCORKED RAMBLINGS ule. I¶m STEVE SINKLER willing to travel to Portland Seattle or Vancouver BC to sit for the exam. I¶ve held off from crashing the books and the wine tastings. Frustration was setting in. Then I read about another Sommelier certi¿ cation program based in London called WSET (Wine & Spirits Education Trust) and was glad to learn they have regularly scheduled courses in Portland New- berg and Seattle. After looking at the program¶s syllabus WSET seems to be a better ¿ t for me as I won¶t have to demonstrate a wine decanting wine service or champagne service as part of my examination. While those skills are de¿ nitely re- quired for a sommelier working in a restaurant they aren¶t something I ever do or expect to do at The Wine Shack. Time to get my somm studies going again WSET here I come I¶ve registered for an upcoming course in Se- attle and am really looking forward to the class time. The discussion on wine will be intense with a focus on major wine regions their main varietals and styles of production. The course also digs into the winemaking process. We¶ll study winemaking and learn how the ¿ nal À avor and style of the wine is impacted by each of the winemaker¶s decisions. This will be a re-fresher for me as I¶ve already taken two years of enolo- gy (winemaking) classes. Spirits are also on the course agenda and so I expect they are fair game for the Level 2 exam as well. One of the topics I am most interested in learning more about is wine-food pairing. Every day customers ask me to recommend a wine that will pair well with their meal. I have the classic pairings down cold « pinot noir goes with salmon cab sauv goes with a steak chianti goes with a Bolognese sauce and chardonnay goes with chicken. But I¶d really like to take my wine-food pairing recommenda- tions to the next level and offer some suggestions that are more experimental but equally excellent. Because we carry a variety of cheeses in Pro- visions 12 I am eager to share more about com- plex wine-cheese recommendations to custom- ers. I am also looking forward to the wine tasting and evaluation component of the two-day class. We can expect to taste and analyze approximate- ly 40 iconic wines from around the world. We will learn to properly evaluate a wine and make a determination of what grape it is it¶s vintage and what region of the world the wine is from. If you¶ve seen the movie ³Somm´ then you have an idea of what the process looks like. But in the movie those candidates are preparing for a master¶s level examination which is way beyond the scope of this level. WSET doesn¶t include a ³blind´ wine evaluation as part of their level 2 wine certi¿ cation so this part of the program is to get your ready for level 3. But I always enjoy the wine evaluation class- es. After the two-day course in Seattle I¶ll have a couple of weeks to further study and prepare for the level 2 examination which will be adminis- tered in Portland. I expect to pass the WSET lev- el 2 exam with À ying colors and then begin my WSET level 3 studies immediately. That¶s when it gets serious. I may need some help with the wine evalua- tion who¶s in" Library volunteers make a diff erence all year round H appy springtime library friends ² and it¶s ¿ nally be- ginning to look and feel like spring April is National Volunteer Appreciation Month and we would sincerely like to thank all of you who have volunteered to make the Cannon Beach Library a warm and active hub of the community. We couldn¶t do it without you We can¶t leave March behind however without mentioning the wonderful magic show put on by Brett Willyard the afternoon of March 26. Thankfully we decided to have him perform in the main li- brary room rather than the children¶s room ± but even so the event was packed to the rafters with enthusi- astic ³children of all ages´ Thanks again Brett and we¶re already look- ing forward to your return Our Northwest Author Series will resume at 2 p.m. on Saturday April 9 when we are joined by well- Publisher Steve Forrester Editor R.J. Marx Reporter Lyra Fontaine Advertising Manager Betty Smith Production Manager John D. Bruijn Circulation Manager Heather Ramsdell Advertising Sales Laura Kaim AT THE LIBRARY CARLA O’REILLY known author Stephanie Kallos whose latest book ³Language Arts´ will be introduced. Also the author of ³Broken for <ou´ Kallos spent 20 years in the theater as an actor and teacher. ³Language Arts´ is a novel exploring words and expres- sion parenting and letting go a story of ex-spouses and their young- adult autistic son and how pasts and presents inform their cooperative futures. On April 12 from to 9 p.m. at the library Austin Tomlinson will give a lecture as part of the Twelve Days of Earth Day celebration. The title of his talk will be “Soil and Wa- ter 4uality of the North Coast.´ The ¿ nal World of Haystack Rock Lecture for the season will be at p.m. on Wednesday April 13 with the very popular Neal Maine. Please note that the lecture for this month will be held at the Commu- nity Hall of the Chamber of Com- merce rather than at the library. Maine is a biologist educator and wildlife photographer. His presenta- tion is “It¶s Not Just a Beach Re- thinking the Beaches.´ On April 20 Cannon Beach Reads will meet from to 830 p.m. at the library. This month¶s book is “A New Life´ by Bernard Mal- amud. Discussion leader will be Phyllis Bernt. New members are al- ways welcome. Finally we are excited to an- nounce yet another speaker for this month ²Diana Abu-Jaber who will be speaking at the library at 4 p.m. on April 30. Her latest novel “Life Without a Recipe´ will be re- LETTER POLICY The Seaside Signal welcomes letters to the editor. The deadline is noon Monday prior to publication. Letters must be 400 words or less and must be 1555 N. Roosevelt, Seaside, Oregon signed by the author and include a phone number 97138 for verifi cation. We also request that submissions be limited to one letter per month. Send to 1555 503-738-5561 • Fax 503-738-9285 N. Roosevelt Drive, Seaside, OR 97138, drop them Web: www.cannonbeachgazette.com oﬀ at 1555 N. Roosevelt Drive or fax to 503-738- Email: editor@cannonbeachgazette.com 9285, or email rmarx@seasidesignal.com CANNON BEACH GAZETTE The Cannon Beach Gazette is published every other week by EO Media Group. leased later this month. In 2012 her novel “Birds of Paradise´ won the 2012 Arab-American National Book Award. It was also named one of the top books for that year by Nation- al Public Radio the Washington Post and the Oregonian. Abu-Jaber teaches writing and literature at Portland State University. Her talk is sponsored by the Cannon Beach Book Company and the library. Just a reminder that this is the time of year we renew our library memberships. Dues are $10 for the year. We will be collecting dues at our next membership meeting in May. We also will have the 2016- 1 hostess sign-up sheet available. Hostesses for the meetings decorate the library and bring lots of deli- cious refreshments for us to share. Thanks again to all our wonder- ful volunteers Anyone interested in putting hours in at the library should call 503-436-1391. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Annually: $40.50 in county, $58.00 in and out of county. Postage Paid at: Cannon Beach, OR 97110 POSTMASTER Send address changes to Cannon Beach Gazette, P.O. Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Copyright 2015 © Cannon Beach Gazette. Nothing can be reprinted or copied without consent of the owners. SUBMITTED PHOTO/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Magician Brett Willyard THE NATIONAL AWARD-WINNING