INDEPENDENCE DAY
HAPPENINGS
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JULY 1, 2016 • VOL. 40, ISSUE 14
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Petitioners
want to close
door on retail
pot sales
City will put ‘no pot’ option
on November ballot
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
PHOTOS BY LYRA FONTAINE/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Although 63 percent of
Cannon Beach voters ap-
proved a state measure to
legalize recreational mari-
juana in Oregon, some resi-
dents say that does not indi-
cate residents want a retail
cannabis shop in town.
LYRA FONTAINE/CANNON
An initiative allow-
BEACH GAZETTE
ing voters to weigh in on
whether recreational can- Jeremy Randolph
nabis sales should be li- is among those
censed in Cannon Beach who hopes to pro-
will be presented to the hibit retail canna-
bis sales in Can-
City Council July 5.
In April, Cannon Beach non Beach.
offi cials declined to vote
to ban marijuana facilities in Cannon Beach.
Opponents of retail cannabis shops in the city
gathered enough signatures to bring a Novem-
ber vote. The ballot petition was certifi ed for
the November ballot on June 14, with 155 valid
signatures, according to Clatsop County Clerk
Valerie Crafard.
Jeremy Randolph, Nancy Giasson and Mar-
lene Laws were chief petitioners. Other members
of the committee formed to refer the question to
voters were Gary Laws and Molly Edison.
See Petition, Page 6A
Visitors interacted with artists and observed their creative process.
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
T
he eighth annual Plein Air and More festival of-
fered a glimpse into the minds and intimate cre-
ative processes of more than 30 artists working
outdoors in Cannon Beach. From June 24 to 26,
artists painted, sculpted, created jewelry, wove
baskets, did metal work and fused glass near their repre-
senting galleries or other areas in town.
During the Saturday “artists swarm,” all festival artists
worked at the Coaster Theatre courtyard, with visitors ob-
serving and asking questions.
Although it came with challenges like changing light,
wind and of course, rain, many artists described creating
art “en plein air” — or “in the open air” — as an oppor-
tunity to see colors more vividly and capture picturesque
landscapes.
“Outside, there are real colors in highlights and shad-
ows,” Kennewick painter Pamela Clafl in, with Bronze
Coast Gallery, said.
“There is no better way to see color,” said Portland
painter Joanne Radmilovich Kollman, with Cannon Beach
Gallery, gesturing to the light and shadows on a tree trunk.
In June, Kollman taught outdoor landscape painting
workshops. A Cannon Beach Arts Association mobile gal-
lery showcased her students’ work.
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Artists fi nd inspiration in the great outdoors
Weyerhaeuser
donates 80 acres
to Seaside schools
Land gift could lead to
new bond to build
By R.J. Marx
Cannon Beach Gazette
Albert Van Troba, with Haystack Gallery, show-
cases his artistic process.
adjective [ attrib. ]
denoting or in the manner of a
19th-century style of painting out-
doors, or with a strong sense of the
open air, that became a central feature
of French Impressionism. ORIGIN from
French en plein air ‘in the open air.’
The school in one of the most dangerous loca-
tions in America could fi nd a new home. Seaside
High School, located in the tsunami inundation
zone, will receive an 80-acre gift from Weyer-
haeuser Co . for a new school campus located in
a safer area.
“Weyerhaeuser is generously donating 80
acres of land to Seaside School District to relocate
its schools,” Doug Dougherty, Seaside School
District superintendent. said on Friday. “We will
own the property that meets the Oregon Depart-
ment of Geology and Minerals Industries’ safety
recommendations prior to going out for a bond.”
Dougherty said ownership of land out-
side the tsunami inundation zone was a con-
dition many community members request-
ed before voting to fund a new school bond.
See Gift , Page 7A
City’s namesake cannon
makes its triumphant return
The eponymous
artifact will be
displayed at city’s
museum
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Elaine Trucke unveils the cannon
that has returned to the Cannon
Beach History Center and Museum
aft er years of being restored in Texas
and stored in Astoria.
Cannon Beach’s namesake artifact
is back .
In coming weeks, the Cannon
Beach History Center and Muse-
um will swivel the cannon, which
weigh s about 2,000 pounds, and have
a permanent exhibit up in time for a
mid-summer opening.
For Elaine Trucke, the museum’s
executive director, the cannon’s re-
turn has been a long time coming. The
cannon spent about four years being
restored in Texas and then was stored
at the Columbia River Maritime Mu-
seum
“I’ve been working on this project
for so long,” she said. “When we got
all the cases here, we cried a little bit.”
Trucke and museum archivist Liz
Johnson, Clatsop County Historical
Society board member Matt Powers,
and Clatsop County Historical Soci-
ety board Vice President Amber Glen
were at the museum for the moving,
unpacking and unveiling of the can-
non and capstan.
The task proved more diffi cult
than expected, and they called Coast-
er Construction for assistance. Terry
Gibson, James Hanson, Jeff Jones,
Santiago Alvarez and Joel Nelson of
Coaster Construction arrived at the
museum ready to help move the arti-
facts.
USS Shark
The iron cannon, technically called
a carronade, and the capstan used to
lift the ship’s anchor are thought to be
from the decking of the USS Shark, a
U.S. naval schooner that went down
in the Columbia River in 1846. The
cannon was found, lost, then discov-
ered again in 1898, when it came
ashore in Arch Cape.
See Cannon, Page 10A