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Registration now open
for CoastWalk Oregon
roughly 10 miles per day. Par-
ticipants receive refreshments
at day’s end at McMenamin’s
Sand Trap Pub in Gearhart
and the new Public Coast
Brewing in Cannon Beach as
well as shuttles, a gift, and a
rafÀe ticket for a luxurious
coastal getaway package.
Most of the $300 registra-
tion fee is tax-deductible and
will help NCLC achieve its
30th anniversary-year goal
of raising $30,000 for coastal
conservation. For details or to
register, visit CoastWalkOre-
gon.org.
Training open for HRAP volunteers
The
Haystack
Rock
Awareness Program is hosting
its ¿rst volunteer training of
the season from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. Saturday in the City Hall
Council Chambers, 163 E.
Gower St. To attend, an RSVP
is requested.
The awareness program
aims to educate visitors at
Haystack Rock about the di-
verse wildlife at and around
the rock. An environmental
interpreter’s job is to protect,
through education, the inter-
tidal and bird ecology of the
Marine Garden and Oregon
Islands National Wildlife Ref-
uge at Haystack Rock.
The awareness program
wants to ensure that all volun-
teers, or interested volunteers,
fully understand how they can
participate in the program.
To RSVP for the training,
or for information, call 503-
436-8095 or email hrapvolun-
teer@ci.cannon-beach.or.us
LETTERS
Survey not needed
In completing the survey
for which the City of Cannon
Beach is spending $30,000,
we found that its questions
were designed to apply broad-
ly to any city in the country.
If the present city manage-
ment lived in this small com-
munity, got acquainted with
the citizens, took part in com-
munity activities and walked
around the neighborhoods,
they would know the answers
to all these questions.
This expensive exercise
is a poor substitute for good
governing.
Rex & Diane Amos
Cannon Beach
A thank-you to
district fire board
Thank you to the Cannon
Beach Rural Fire Protection
District Board for your dedi-
cated service to the community,
volunteer ¿re¿ghters, rescuers
and EMS providers.
I have attended several of the
public board meetings over the
years since I began volunteering
in 1999. I have witnessed ¿rst-
hand some of the challenging
situations and decisions that you
have been tasked with assessing
and acting upon in the interest
of the district, its citizens and
visitors. I consistently observed
that you attempted to understand
the gravity of your decisions and
placed your service above per-
sonal interests.
Recently, one such required
action created considerable con-
troversy with some members of
the community. Being a lead-
er sometimes means doing the
unpleasant in an effort to ful¿ll
board obligations to the district
and its constituents. These ac-
tions have become even more
unpleasant when faced with the
realities of modern society and
it became prudent to act under
the guidance of legal counsel.
Knowing you, I’m con¿dent that
your preference would have been
to proceed more sensitively.
Again, thank you for your
service and commitment to the
district, its citizens and to those
of us that volunteer. I’m hopeful
that the mindful citizens agree
your service is worthy of contin-
uation for as long as you’re will-
ing to serve and make the tough
decisions on our behalf.
Mark R. Morgans
Cannon Beach
Give old papers
Do you purchase or sub-
scribe to The Daily Astorian,
Cannon Beach Gazette, Sea-
side Signal, The Oregonian, or
any other newspaper? Do you
shop at or donate goods to the
Warrenton Goodwill? If so, af-
ter reading your paper, instead
of putting it into the recycling
or garbage, put it into a bag or
box and give it to Goodwill
the next time you go.
They always have a need
for unsoiled newspaper with
which to wrap breakable pur-
chases. The only way they get
the paper is if you give it to
them. They do not get it from
anywhere else, and are not giv-
en money by the corporate of-
¿ce to purchase paper, so they
run out sometimes. It doesn’t
cost you anything, and I bet
you get a big smile and thank
you to brighten your day.
Diana Talarsky
Warrenton
THE COASTER THEATRE
PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS
After he suffers
a stroke, they
step up to help
‘He’ll come at
the drop of a
dime to help.
He’s just been
so responsive
and generous
and very kind.’
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
Friends have started a
fundraiser to support the
family of longtime Cannon
Beach resident Harold Van
Winkle, who recently suf-
fered a stroke.
Van Winkle, 64, had a
stroke in February that fully
paralyzed his left side and
left him unable to stand, sit
or move without assistance,
Van Winkle’s stepson and
business partner Matthew
Verley said.
Kim Villeneuve, a friend,
began an online GoFundMe
fundraiser this month to raise
money for the family, who
has been devastated by the
stroke and medical expenses.
“This is a person who’s
been such an integral part
of the Cannon Beach com-
munity. He’s done an enor-
mous amount for the city,”
Villeneuve said. “Our family
immediately thought, we ab-
solutely want to support him.
Kim Villeneuve,
speaking of Harold Van Winkle
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Harold Van Winkle
Nobody deserves to have this
happen.”
Van Winkle will need to un-
dergo months of physical ther-
apy and has incurred $200,000
in medical expenses not cov-
ered by health insurance. He
was just seven months shy of
qualifying for Medicare at the
time of his stroke.
By Wednesday, the Go-
FundMe drive had raised
$4,345 from 27 people.
“They say ‘It takes a vil-
lage,’ so we, as friends are
rallying to build ‘Harold’s
Village’ to help support him
on his road to recovery,” Vil-
leneuve wrote.
Seventh annual
celebration to
include first
marine debris
art show
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
As the sun starts shining
brighter, now is the time to get
outside and learn more about
the planet. Earth Day isn’t just
one day in Cannon Beach,
but rather almost two weeks
◊
of environmentally conscious
activities and educational op-
portunities, including lectures,
tree planting, paper shredding
and cleaning up the beach.
The unique 12 Days of
Earth Day celebration, orga-
nized by a committee of vol-
unteers, takes place April 11
to 22. This is the seventh year
for the event.
The Marine Debris Art
Contest is a new event this
year that encourages partici-
pants to collect beach debris
and use it to create art. Art-
work can be brought to Can-
non Beach Chamber Commu-
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known for his studies on U.S.
National Parks histories and
Native American land and re-
source traditions, will speak at
both the City Potluck and the
Cannon Beach History Cen-
ter.
Cannon Beach Friends
of Trees will plant trees on
the Oregon Department of
Transportation right-of-way
on Highway 101 from 1 to
3 p.m. on April 14. Middle
school students from the Sun-
set Parks and Recreation De-
partment will plant trees along
the Cannon Beach lagoon trail
at 3 p.m. on April 20.
B OB M C E WAN C ONSTRUCTION , INC .
March 4 - April 16, 2016
Sponsored by
nity Hall between 10 a.m. and
5 p.m. on April 11. All pieces
of art will be displayed at the
hall and judged by a panel.
The winner will be announced
and presented with the Steve
McLeod award at the City
Potluck on April 15.
Individuals and business-
es can celebrate Earth Day
by shredding old documents
at the Cannon Beach Shreds
event in the Midtown parking
lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
April 22.
Portland State University
research professor and cultur-
al geographer Dr. Doug Deur,
BUSINESS DIRECTORY ◊
THE APPLE TREE
Coaster Construction
modeling City Hall, building
three bridges on the Cannon
Beach nature trail and repair-
ing many public access beach
stairs, Verley said.
Van Winkle has worked
with Villeneuve’s family for
more than a decade, remod-
eling their home, deck and
more.
“He does everything for
our house. He’ll come at the
drop of a dime to help,” Ville-
neuve said. “He’s just been so
responsive and generous and
very kind.”
Donations can be made
to gofundme.com, “Hope for
Harold.”
Join in and celebrate 12 Days of Earth Day
34154 Hwy 26, Seaside, OR
P.O. Box 2845, Gearhart, OR
Tickets $23 or $18
Shows begin at 7:30 pm
Sunday shows at 3:00 pm
Van Winkle and his wife,
Cathy, have been ¿xtures in
Cannon Beach for more than
15 years.
He is president of Cannon
Beach Construction, which he
started in 2002 after working
as a general contractor on the
coast since 1975.
Van Winkle’s quality
craftsmanship can be seen in
construction projects through-
out the city, just one of his
contributions to the commu-
nity.
His team’s work includes
installing the Harley Sroufe
memorial fountain to the
Cannon Beach Library, re-
CCB#199205
North Coast Land Con-
servancy, headquartered in
Seaside and one Oregon’s
leading nonpro¿t land trusts,
has opened registration for its
inaugural CoastWalk Oregon,
scheduled for Sept. 23-25.
Participation is limited to the
¿rst 50 registrants.
The supported walk is part
of the conservancy’s 30th an-
niversary celebration. It will
follow the route of the Ore-
gon Coast Trail, beginning at
the Columbia River’s south
jetty and ending in Cannon
Beach—30 miles total, or
Friends rally to support of Cannon
Beach resident Harold Van Winkle
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