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Contest began locally, now draws thousands
Castles from Page 1A
The Sandcastle Contest, began in
1964 as a small community affair to
boost spirits after a tsunami, before
becoming a marketed event. The
day continues to draw thousands of
visitors each year.
For one day every year, the beach
transforms into a place where visitors
of all ages can enjoy skillful sand
sculptures, cheer on teams of children
and teens, and use tools and team-
work to build towering structures. The
weekend-long event also included a
parade, live music and a 5k fun run/
walk.
Despite brief rain, the sun shone
for most of the contest, which includ-
ed about 50 teams in all skill levels.
The seven masters teams received
money and medallions for their work.
Second-place winners Form
Finders sculpted the Queen of
Hearts, a “drink me” bottle and
other familiar Alice in Wonderland
scenes.
The team is from Olympia and
has been building sand sculptures
together for 8 years.
“We’ve wanted to do Alice in
Wonderland for awhile because of
its cool characters and elements,”
team member Shiloh Kauzlarich
said, adding that the theme made for
some “neat cutouts.”
LYRA FONTAINE/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
he team Form Finders, from
Olympia, won second place in the
masters division for their sculptures
of Alice in Wonderland characters.
For “Roamin’ Aquaducks,” the
MyGrains team sculpted small ducks
on top of ancient Roman aqueducts,
earning a third-place award.
The team of relatives from Port-
land, Seattle, California, Idaho and
Colorado has been building sandcas-
tles for 25 years.
“It’s always a race to the inish,”
team member Roseanne Torkelson said.
Businesses like Coaster Con-
struction, Cannon Beach Property
Management, Mariner Market, Co-
lumbia Bank, Basketcase, EVOO,
Cannon Beach Vacation Rentals,
94.9 The Bridge, Puppy Love, Dogs
Allowed and Seaside Outlets spon-
sored sand lots.
Local restaurants, Friends of
Haystack Rock and Cannon Beach
Fire and Rescue helped provide
food and beverages.
LYRA FONTAINE/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Team Tie Dye took irst place in the large group division.
Sandcastle builders came from
all over the West Coast and the
country.
“It’s my father-in-law’s 60th
birthday,” said Lauren Kleck, an
Arizonian and member of Sandchi-
ladas, which competed in the large
group division. “He lived in Oregon
for years and wanted to do this for
his birthday.”
Sandchiladas, ranging in age
from eight months to 60 years,
shaped a taco, sombrero and cactus
in the sand to represent their state.
David Long, member of the mas-
ters team Moonstone Sandcastle
Club that sculpted a monster creat-
ing a road detour, traveled to Can-
non Beach from Arcadia, California.
“I lew up here to play in the
sand,” he said.
Farmers Market is back in season
SUBMITTED PHOTO
December 2015 storms that show waves coming up to
the foredune. he waves led to subsequent beach erosion
remediated by Cannon Beach and Breakers Point.
Emergency dune grading
Dunes from Page 1A
La Follette iled a complaint
in January with the Oregon
Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment, which issued a notice
of violation in May to the
Breakers Point Homeowners
Association and the City of
Cannon Beach for modifying
and removing sand from the
ocean shore at a dune complex
located west of the Breakers
Point condominiums.
No improvements can be
made within the ocean shore,
a state recreation area, without
a permit.
“Breakers Point and Can-
non Beach were co-partners
and collaborators in this emer-
gency dune grading,” La Fol-
lette said. “Breakers Point was
fully involved in the situation.
Both parties should be held
jointly responsible.”
Although removing pri-
vate sand would have been
permitted, the violation came
from the two parties taking
sand from public-owned and
state-managed ocean shore to
ill the hole.
The violation occurred
during emergency sand re-
moval and dune alteration in
December, after a storm left
underground utilities exposed.
Following the storm,
Breakers Point Homeowners
Association requested emer-
gency assistance from the city
after a storm eroded a bank
adjacent to the condomini-
ums and exposed a natural gas
main.
In the notice of violation,
Oregon Parks and Recreation
required that the city and
homeowners association take
corrective measures by No-
vember to completely restore
the dune by returning sand,
restoring its topography and
replanting European beach
grass.
If the corrective actions are
not completed by that time, the
city and Breakers Point could
be ined civil penalties up to
$10,000 per day.
The city responded to the
notice by submitting a reme-
diation plan that Oregon Parks
and Recreation approved, City
Manager Brant Kucera said.
City Manager Brant
Kucera said the removal of
sand from a state recreation
area was “a simple mistake.”
“We felt like it was an emer-
gency. We were compelled to
move sand to stop erosion.”
“The issue boils down
to where the sand was taken
from,” City Manager Brant
Kucera said. “Sand was moved
from an area that would have
needed approval from Oregon
Parks and Recreation. We did
not intend to take sand from
that far into the dune.”
In response to the notice,
Breakers Point Homeown-
ers Association requested a
hearing and stated that the vi-
olation did not apply to them
because the city “did the work
to improve public and emer-
gency access to the beach.”
“Breakers Point expects
to work with the city and the
state to resolve this matter,”
the homeowner association’s
attorney Dean Alterman said
in an email. “The association
has requested a hearing before
Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department as a precaution,
in case we can’t solve it ami-
cably.”
The letter requesting a
hearing asked the state depart-
ment to consider that Breakers
Point Homeowners Associ-
ation “did not remove sand
from the ocean shore or alter
any dunes west of the statuto-
ry vegetation line; the City of
Cannon Beach performed the
work on its own initiative.”
The alliance would like
all involved parties to bear
responsibility for removing a
dune in front of Breakers Point
and transferring the sand to
the Ecola Creek edge without
requesting Oregon Parks and
Recreation permission, La
Follette said.
“The inancial planning
and restoration responsibilities
should be placed on both par-
ties who participated in illegal-
ly grading the public sands,”
she said.
Highlights
include music,
children’s
program and
new vendors
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
The Cannon Beach Farm-
ers Market opened Tuesday
at the City Hall parking lot
in midtown with fresh food,
music and fun activities. The
market will run every Tues-
day afternoon through Sep-
tember.
Prepared food and music
run 1 to 5 p.m. Other vendors
are open 2 to 5 p.m.
Shoppers can expect a
variety of items, includ-
ing lowers, produce, pas-
ture-raised meat, organic
cheeses, smoked salmon and
baked goods. One new ven-
dor is Northwest Roll and
Bowl, offering sushi and
noodle bowls. The sweet and
savory wafles from Hello
Wafle and Middle Eastern
cuisine from O Falafel are
among this year’s returning
vendors.
Farmers market visitors
can enjoy local music during
each market. On the opening
day Tuesday, Two Crows Joy
will play.
EO MEDIA GROUP/FILE PHOTO
Shoppers at the 2015 Cannon Beach Farmers Market. he market is open Tuesdays at 1
p.m. with music, food and community booths.
For the second year, the
market will have a children’s
program, spearheaded by Po-
lice Chief Jason Schermerhorn,
for kids ages 5 to 12.
“They meet farmers and
learn about where their food
comes from,” Market Manager
Philomena Lloyd said.
Each child receives $2 in
tokens they can spend or save
on items of their choice at the
market. A goat from a local
creamery will also make an ap-
pearance.
At most weekly markets,
an Oregon State Universi-
ty program will offer food
demonstrations at the “Taste
of Place” booth.
“They will showcase how
easy and quick it can be to pre-
pare healthier versions of our
meals,” Lloyd said.
Community booths will be
present at each market. Groups
interested in signing up can
view the “calendar” on the
Cannon Beach Farmers Market
website, cannonbeachmarket.
org, for open dates. Interested
groups may contact Bob Lun-
dy through the farmers market
phone or email.
Volunteers are always
needed. Those interested in
volunteering may contact
Philomena Lloyd at 503-436-
8044 or info@cannonbeach-
market.org.
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