August 12, 2016 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 3A
Cannon Beach Fire gets
new volunteers, ive iPads
CANNON BEACH POLICE LOG
Several volunteers have retired
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
As several longtime ire-
ighters move on from Can-
non Beach Rural Fire Protec-
tion District, new people are
stepping up to volunteer.
Cannon Beach Fire Chief
Matt Benedict said after the
Aug. 8 board meeting that it
is normal for departments to
lose some volunteers as time
passes and gain new volun-
teers.
Tom Misner and Peggy
Roberti recently retired after
about 68 years of combined
service to the Cannon Beach
ire district.
“Tom and Peggy will be
missed,” Benedict said. “I am
hoping they will join the Fire
Corps.”
The Cannon Beach Fire
Corps is made up of previous
There were more than 20
incidents of camping within
city limits.
three suspects who unlawful-
ly stayed at a vacation rental.
July 31
Aug. 4
2:28 p.m. 500 Block North Elm
Street: Sick person cared for.
or retired ireighters, includ-
ing Mark Morgan, who retired
in June after 17 years.
New recruits are longtime
community resident Anja-
nette Moon and Silvia Avila,
a recent Seaside High School
graduate who completed her
Paciica Project with the ire
district.
There are currently 20 vol-
unteer ireighters with the
Cannon Beach ire district.
Aug. 1
10 a.m. 300 Block Elk Creek
Road: AirBnB rental code vi-
olation.
5:09 p.m. 300 Block Elk Creek
Road: Report of a dog at large.
Oicer arrived on the scene and
returned dog to owner.
Other updates
11:57 p.m. 2nd Street restroom
parking: Using marijuana in
public. Subjects contacted for
overnight camping, warned for
using marijuana in public.
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As recommended by the
Special Districts Association
of Oregon, Cannon Beach ire
board members will soon use
iPads to keep all ire district
iles and communications in
one place and not on person-
al devices. The change would
eliminated some paper waste.
“We’re going green,” Ben-
edict said.
Cannon Beach Fire Chief Matt Benedict with new volunteer
Silvia Avila.
The ire board voted in fa-
vor of buying ive iPads for
about $500 each. The district
has budgeted $10,000 for of-
ice supplies.
In other business, the board
will soon hire a full-time
employee to replace former
Captain Matt Gardner. The
captain would be in charge of
training, inspections and hu-
man resources.
The ire district responded
to 31 EMS calls, six ire calls,
three rescues and two surf res-
cues in July.
1:20 p.m. 2nd Street sewer
ponds: Motor vehicle accident.
1:41 a.m. 1100 Block South
Hemlock Street: Verbal argu-
ment between husband and
wife. Parties agreed to be cor-
dial or separate for the night.
7:46 p.m. 1000 Block South
Hemlock Street: Assist Cannon
Beach Fire and Rescue with
medical call regarding female
subject with leg pain.
Aug. 5
Aug. 2
7:04 a.m. 3800 Block South
Paciic: Assist Cannon Beach
Fire and Rescue with subject
experiencing heart attack
symptoms. Subject transported
to Providence Seaside Hospital.
4:38 p.m. 231 N. Hemlock
Street: Theft of hat by juvenile
female. Female was located and
hat returned. Store did not pur-
sue charges.
11:17 p.m. 400 Block Fir Street:
Noise complaint. Subjects
contacted and advised twice.
Warned next call would result
in citation. No further incident.
Aug. 3
Aug. 6
10:37 a.m. 3200 Block Paciic:
Oicer received a report of
10:50 p.m. 400 Block Elk Creek
Road: Fireworks complaint.
National Night Out gets ‘better and better’ every year
A chance for the
people to get to
know police
Jason Schermerhorn,
Cannon Beach police chief
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
LYRA FONTAINE/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Cade and Landry, visiting from Montana, had the chance
to check out Cannon Beach Fire’s new ladder truck at Na-
tional Night Out.
Getting to know you was
the theme of the third annual
National Night Out, Tuesday,
Aug. 2. About 100 people gath-
ered to talk with oficers, meet
neighbors, see the new ire truck
and learn more about safety ini-
tiatives at the Chamber of Com-
merce Community Hall.
“That’s one of the reasons
we do this event each year, to
get to know all of you on a dif-
ferent level,” Cannon Beach
Police Chief Jason Schermer-
horn said to the crowd at the
Chamber of Commerce Com-
munity Hall. “It’s not as easy
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Department continues to part-
ner with the Lower Columbia
Diversity Project.
“We send chiefs or differ-
ent oficers to their meetings
to build communication so we
know what’s going on in their
communities and they know
what’s going on in our commu-
nity,” Schermerhorn said. The
department is also working on
strengthening the relationship
between police and Cannon
Beach’s Hispanic community.
A brochure on what residents
can expect from a trafic stop
was available at the event in
English and Spanish.
“We’re good at dealing
with different events but it’s
important to continue to ad-
dress that with the oficers,”
Schermerhorn said.
The police department is
planning a September “Burger
with a Cop” event.
‘That’s one of the reasons we do
this event each year, to get to know
all of you on a diferent level.’
to have a conversation with us
when you’re seeing us on the
road at a trafic stop.”
Food, rafle prizes and
more were donated by local or-
ganizations, including Seaside
Rotary. The event also had a
Home Depot woodworking
station for kids, a Community
Emergency Response Team
booth for residents to sign up
and free helmets.
There were about 40 people
at the 2014 event and 60 peo-
ple last year.
“Each year gets better and
better,” Schermerhorn said.
Schermerhorn
thanked
event attendees, including ad-
ministrative specialist Valerie
Mannix and oficers Chris
Wilbur, James Jordan, Joseph
Bowman and Jodi Symonds.
“It’s to meet new people we
haven’t met yet and we partner
with Home Depot and the ire
department so kids can see us
on another level,” Schermer-
horn said. “We’re just as hu-
man as they are.”
In light of recent national
tensions, Cannon Beach Police
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