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CANNON BEACH POLICE LOG
Keep your vacation home safe
Break-ins more
common in
wintertime
the vacation
rentals that
don’t
fill
up this time
of the year,
and without
someone in
the house,
they’re eas-
Jason
ier targets.” Schermerhorn
Home-
owners can keep lights on
when they are away, and
when their neighbors are out
of town, watch their homes.
If asked by a resident, Can-
non Beach police are also
able to check on unoccupied
houses.
“The biggest thing is hav-
ing people check and keep
an eye on your house when
you’re not there, and you
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
Empty homes in Cannon
Beach can attract burglars
during the city’s quieter win-
ter months, but homeowners
can take preventive steps if
they plan on leaving town.
During the winter, Cannon
Beach seems to get more bur-
glaries because there are less
people in town to fill vaca-
tion homes, hotels or motels
and be “extra sets of eyes,”
according to Police Chief Ja-
son Schermerhorn. “We have
can always notify the Police
Department when you’re out
of the town,” Schermerhorn
said. “We put them on a list
and drive by to make sure ev-
erything looks OK.”
Many second and third
homes in town are not prop-
erly lit, which homeowners
can remedy by putting timers
on lights to help illuminate
the house.
Cannon Beach police have
dealt with several recent bur-
glaries, but nothing different
from previous years. Bur-
glars have broken into Can-
non Beach homes through
garages and entered hotel
rooms through sliding glass
doors that were left open,
allowing perpetrators to take
easily accessible items such
as a wallet, keys, phones or
purse, Schermerhorn said.
Phone scams are another
seasonal crime to watch out
for. Scammers have been
calling local hotels to ask
guests for their credit card
information.
Through Facebook, Can-
non Beach police are remind-
ing hotels to not put callers
through to rooms without
verifying that the caller
knows the party, and remind-
ing guests to not give out
personal information over
the phone.
“If you have any financial
or personal business with the
front desk, do it in person
and not via the phone,” the
Police Department posted
Saturday.
According to the Oregon
Department of Forestry, de-
bris settled and was mostly
contained on the slope with-
in the 250-foot-wide forested
stream buffer. Because of con-
tinual movement of the debris
Pot shops in Cannon Beach
Pot from Page 1A
In all, more than 50 cities
and counties across Oregon
considered banning marijua-
na sales on Election Day.
In Cannon Beach, man-
ufacturing and processing
remain prohibited since the
city has no industrial zoning,
Kucera said.
Residents may grow a
specified number of plants
on their own properties in
accordance with Oregon Li-
quor Control Commission
licensing guidelines.
Cannon Beach council-
ors must take up one more
aspect of the law by modify-
ing its business license.
“Currently our business
license states if you’re not
in compliance with state and
federal law, you will be de-
nied your business license,”
Kucera said. “Now that the
voters have spoken on the
initiative, we need to change
that business license so we
don’t have that federal reg-
ulation in there.”
“We’re going to try to get
the business license changed
by about the new year,”
he added. “Once that’s
changed, they’ll be able to
move ahead. Typically, I’d
want to say a business that
started out now with the
process, if they’re not build-
ing, if they’re just opening
a shop, they’ll probably be
open by spring, summer.”
during rainstorms throughout
the winter and the remote lo-
cation of the slide, no action
will be taken.
As a result of the landslide,
ODF is reviewing aerial data
which indicates a history of
Nov. 3
3:51 a.m., Spruce and Wahanna:
Welfare check. Officers made con-
tact with a male subject who was
sitting on the curb with his head
lowered into his knees. The subject
was upset over breaking up with
his girlfriend. The subject’s mother
came to talk to her son. Officers
cleared.
11:25 a.m., Highway 10/Milepost
27: Assisted citizen with vehicle
stalled out at the top of the north
hill on Highway 101. Subject was
out of gas and a friend brought
some for him.
Oct. 31
11:53 p.m., 2300 Block Beach
Drive: Assisted Seaside Police
Department with domestic dis-
turbance. Stood by ascover. De-
termined to be verbal in nature
and male subject left.
Nov. 1
4:43 a.m., 900 Block Third Avenue:
Assisted Seaside Police Depart-
ment with a report of a male with
a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
1:27 p.m., 100 Block West Taft
Street: Short-term rental code vi-
olation; no rental permit or busi-
ness license.
Landslide on Mill Creek leads to motorcycle trail closing
ARCH CAPE — A rapid-
ly moving landslide has shut
down a motorcycle trail along
Arch Cape Mill Creek after a
rapidly moving landslide trig-
gered by a record 26 inches of
rain this fall.
Oct. 30
10:20 p.m., Highway 101/Sunset:
Motor vehicle accident
ground movement in the area.
This information will be help-
ful in future planning efforts.
Re-routing or re-opening
the trail is pending future sur-
veying and planning of the
site.
Nov. 2
12:48 p.m., Elk Court/Glenwood:
Driving while suspended.
1:01 p.m., 1200 Block Evergreen:
Civil landlord and tenant issue.
10:08 p.m., 3300 Block South Hem-
lock Street: Traffic complaint. Re-
port of vehicle crossing the center
line and failing to dim headlights.
Made contact with driver, who was
not impaired, and advised them
of complaint.
11:00 p.m., 700 Block Oak Street:
Suspicious circumstances. Report
of possible gunshots. Spoke with
neighbor who observed what ap-
peared to be fireworks. Unable to
locate.
Nov. 4
6:46 a.m., 100 Block West Gower
Avenue: First-degree burglary.
Purse stolen from motel room.
1:24 p.m., Second Street men’s
restroom: Third-degree criminal
mischief.
Nov. 6
11:02 a.m., 3500 Block Ocean:
Complaint of a vehicle parking in
a private driveway. Officer arrived
on scene and made contact with
the vehicle owner, a neighbor.
The vehicle was moved and offi-
cer cleared.
Pot shops may carry on in Manzanita
Prohibition fails
by wide margin
By Lyra Fontaine
Cannon Beach Gazette
MANZANITA — Recre-
ational marijuana is still legal to
sell and buy in Manzanita.
While Cannon Beach cit-
izens brought the marijuana
question to voters, the Manza-
nita City Council decided to put
a measure on the ballot asking
voters whether recreational
marijuana sales and processing
businesses should be prohibited
within city limits.
The ban failed, with 308
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Manzanita voters said no to
a proposed marijuana retail
sale prohibition.
Manzanita voters, about 67 per-
cent, against it and 149 votes in
favor of prohibition.
Manzanita is part of the Pine
Grove precinct, which voted in
favor of marijuana legalization
in 2014. However, it was un-
clear how many of those who
voted “yes” were Manzani-
ta residents, which led to the
council to bring the question
to voters, said Kristin Grasseth,
city of Manzanita administra-
tive assistant.
There have been no mar-
ijuana business applications
since the recent failing of the
ban.
If the ban had passed, Or-
egon Coast Cannabis would
have only been able to sell
medical marijuana, not recre-
ational. The Manzanita shop
has been selling both.
“That was all just pending
on what the city’s final decision
was, whether they would be
able to continue selling the rec-
reational or if they would have
to cease,” Grasseth said.
While the two cities had
similar proposals, Manzanita’s
margin of victory surpassed
that of Cannon Beach.
“I wasn’t surprised,” Can-
non Beach City Manager Brant
Kucera said. “We had a very
engaged citizenry behind the
initiative. If you look at Man-
zanita, they had a similar (mea-
sure). The council put it on the
ballot, and it went down by a
far, far greater margin than ours
did.”
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