September 23, 2016 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 3A
Coast Guard
rescues two from
Nehalem River
American Legion hosts irst responders dinner
EO Media Group
NEDONNA BEACH — The U.S. Coast
Guard rescued two people from the surf at the
mouth of the Nehalem River near Nedonna
Beach Sunday, Sept. 11.
A 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from Station
Tillamook Bay in Garibaldi received a single
call from the mariners at 7:35 a.m. Sunday.
The crew started searching around Nehalem
Bay for signs of distress.
A second call came into the boat crew,
a witness reporting a capsized vessel at the
mouth of the Nehalem River. The boat crew
made it to the scene and rescued the mariners
by 7:55 a.m. The men were taken back to base,
where they declined medical attention.
“These two individuals are alive today be-
cause they were wearing their life jackets,”
Petty Oficer 1st Class Joshua Sheppard, cox-
swain of the rescue boat, said in a statement.
“We saw them go under the water and resur-
face several times as we came alongside them
to pull them aboard.”
Balzer suit goes to
federal court
LYRA FONTAINE/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
American Legion volunteer Scott Cameron serves up a piece of ham to Commander Dan O’Reilly. Chef Aaron Bedard from the Steph-
anie Inn made the gravy.
from the Cannon Beach Rural
Fire Protection District and other
local irst responders with a din-
ner on Thursday, Sept. 8.
T
he Cannon Beach American
Legion honored the hard
work of Cannon Beach po-
lice oficers, volunteers and staff
Balzer from Page 1A
his reputation and standing in the community.
He seeks compensation of almost $678,000
and reinstatement of his duties and beneits.
Balzer, who served as ire chief from Jan-
uary 2012 until he was ired, has claimed the
ire district’s board retaliated against him be-
cause of critical comments made by his wife,
Colleen, on social media.
According to the lawsuit, directors Clyde,
Beck-Sweeney and Smith “chastised” Balzer
for “allowing his spouse to express her criti-
cism of board members on social media web-
sites and in her speech.”
Balzer alleges that the district and board vi-
olated his free association rights, in that Bal-
zer’s “intimate association with his wife” is
“entitled to protection under the First Amend-
ment.”
“The conduct of defendants Clyde, Smith
and Beck-Sweeney were reckless or showed a
callous indifference to plaintiff’s constitution-
al rights,” Balzer’s complaint states.
The three directors named in the lawsuit
prevailed in a special recall election in April.
Attorneys for all parties did not return re-
quests for comment.
“We started this last year to
recognize irst responders and
their families,” Commander Dan
O’Reilly said.
The Legion also had a cere-
mony with the playing of taps to
commemorate the sacriice made
by people in uniform on Sept. 11.
CANNON BEACH POLICE LOG
There were multiple cases of
camping within city limits.
with medical call. Pediatric fall with head
injury.
Sept. 4
Sept. 7
12:14 a.m., Ocean shores: Subjects
contacted for oversized ire. Subjects
were warned. Fire was minimized.
8:35 a.m., Highway 101/Milepost 30.5.
Accident between vehicle and ire de-
partment vehicle.
9:31 a.m., Tolovana Wayside: Subject
cited for driving on the ocean shore.
4 p.m., 1400 Block South Hemlock
Street: Hit and run reported.
5:27 p.m., North of Haystack Rock: Re-
port of a male harvesting crabs. Con-
tacted male, who had two crabs, and
advised that harvesting prohibited at
or near Haystack Rock and there are
regulations. The male returned the crabs.
Sept. 6
Sept. 8
10:17 a.m., 700 Block North Hemlock
Street: Assault in the fourth degree.
10:43 a.m., Second Street parking lot:
Hit and run report.
6 p.m., 100 Block South Laurel Street.
Assisted Cannon Beach Fire Department
Sept. 10
Sept. 5
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Sept. 15
11:17 a.m., Les Shirley Park: Oicer
arrested a male subject for violation
of no-contact order.
2:30 p.m., downtown area: Oicers
received a report of criminal mischief
regarding garbage containers in the
downtown area being tagged.
11:25 p.m., Second Street/Hemlock:
Verbal disturbance report between
intoxicated couple. Both warned for
disorderly conduct.
Sept. 13
1:37 p.m., Second Street/Hemlock: Re-
port of missing female with memory
issues. A restaurant located the female
and the oicer transported the husband
to the female.
Sept. 14
1:10 p.m., 200 Block North Hemlock
Street: Theft of earrings, later recovered.
5:05 p.m., Beach, Chapman Point: Com-
plaint of a subject climbing up the rocks,
dropping rock debris on subjects below.
Oicer arrived on scene and was unable
to locate the subject.
8:03 p.m., 200 Block West Second Street:
Fireworks ofense.
Sept. 17
10:39 a.m., 1100 Block Ecola Court:
Subject was arrested for menacing and
transported to the Clatsop County Jail.
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