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FEBRUARY 24, 2017 • VOL. 41, ISSUE 4 Heavy rains drive rockslide WWW.CANNONBEACHGAZETTE.COM COMPLIMENTARY COPY ‘WE ARE ONE BIG FAMILY’ After fi re, city rallies Geologist, scalers secure scene By R.J. Marx Cannon Beach Gazette For Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Court Carrier, Wednesday’s 5-mile commute became a 50-mile commute af- ter a rockslide closed Highway 101 at Milepost 34, 5 miles south of Cannon Beach. “I didn’t mind it, because I had a cup of coffee, but it started my day off a little bit rocky and I’m hoping I R.J. MARX/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE won’t have to do Perry Browning de- it for an extended tours traffi c just north period of time.” of the area of Wednes- Carrier, who day’s rockslide. lives in Arch Cape, wasn’t the only one impacted by the rock- slide, which occurred at about 4:30 a.m. Wednesday morning. The slide brought closures in both directions as the Ore- gon Department of Transportation sought to remove rock and debris from the road. Residents of Arch Cape and Manzanita heading north were advised to travel Ore- gon Highway 53 around the closure, in ef- fect throughout the day. Rocks fell from about 30 to 40 feet to the ground, the department of transportation’s spokesman Lou Torres said. See Rockslide, Page 6A County praised for opting out of lawsuit ‘Speak up and stay involved,’ lecturer urges audience CANNON BEACH FIRE AND RESCUE Interior of the Cannon Beach home aft er the blaze. Charitable eff orts aid those displaced by blaze By R.J. Marx Cannon Beach Gazette By Nancy McCarthy For Cannon Beach Gazette Clatsop County may have pulled out of a $1.4 billion lawsuit that calls for more har- vesting of state forests, but residents can do even more to protect the state-owned acre- age within the county’s boundaries. Bob Van Dyk, Oregon and California policy director for the Wild Salmon Center, told those attending the “World of Haystack Rock” lecture series Feb. 8 that they need to “speak up and stay involved” if they want to preserve their forests. “You already have 50,000 acres of Clat- sop County state forest that can’t be clear cut (due to slopes and stream buffers),” Van Dyk said. “You’re in a desirable position to say ‘Let’s keep what we have.’ Cannon Beach hearts and pocketbooks are turn- ing outward as residents seek to assist those dis- placed from the North Larch Street apartment build- ing destroyed by fi re Sunday, Feb. 12. A GoFundMe account and fundraising efforts by the Cannon Beach Community Church are each gathering donations for those who lost their homes and belongings. “We’re trying to raise as much as we can to help them out,” Emmas Lindsay, owner of Dogs Allowed, said Thursday, after creating an online fundraising appeal. “It’s a very small town, especially in the winter months. We are one big family. Everybody’s got everybody’s back. The three people that were displaced, everybody knows them, they know every- body. They just make what the town’s about.” See Fire, Page 9A CANNON BEACH FIRE AND RESCUE Fire consumed 124 N. Larch St. in Cannon Beach on Sunday, Feb. 12, leaving three residents displaced. PAID PERMIT NO. 97 ASTORIA, OR PRSRT STD US POSTAGE See Lecture, Page 10A Poet laureate refl ects on our human condition Elizabeth Woody at the Tolovana Arts Colony By Rebecca Herren Cannon Beach Gazette REBECCA HERREN/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Elizabeth Woody and Watt Childress, chairman of the Tolovana Arts Colony board. Keep it simple, embel- lish a lot and write from the heart with humor and honesty. That was how poet laureate Elizabeth Woody’s message came across as she spoke to a crowded audience at the Tolo- vana Arts Colony in Cannon Beach on Friday, Feb. 17. Woody is of Navajo Na- tion and Yakama Nation descent and is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs. Her poetry refl ects her close ties with her family and her rela- tionship to the natural world, incorporating language that is rhythmic and inspirational — full of history and culture. Her writings intertwine nature’s imagery with thoughtful ob- servation and she uses ances- tral experiences and contem- porary issues to express the voice of native communities today. Woody is open about her family and her background, a group she portrays with hu- manity and sympathy. Raised by her grandparents, the wis- dom of her ancestors was ev- ident as she spoke about the importance of words, voice, family and nature. “I was raised in a family that always had me think about other peo- ple,” she said. Woody likens the theory of quantum science and quantum society with the oneness of family units, noting that hard research on the foundation of love shows how family hearts syncopate when people truly love one another. Her writings express her understanding of the human condition as she weaves an- cestry with community. Her See Poet, Page 10A
