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Studying the
visitors to a
bluebird’s nest
L
ast weekend, instead
I put up the box several
of getting outside to
years ago.
bird, I sat at home
Maybe I should put up a
on my chair in front of my
few more boxes!
window reading a book.
Remember to come by
But soon my attention
the Necanicum Bird Day on
was taken away from the
April 1 at the Bob Chisholm
book by a bird in a tree
Center in Seaside and then
out the window. It was a
the Fifth Annual Birdathon
male English sparrow. He
Fundraiser for the Wild-
bounced from the branches
life Center of the North
to the nearby
bluebird nesting
box, going back
BIRD NOTES
and forth several
SUSAN PETERSON
times and then
disappearing. He
was soon back
with his mate.
Coast. We are opening it
They continued the ritual
up to a 24-hour period as a
of jumping back and forth
celebration. Starting at noon
from the tree, checking out
on April 8 and wrapping up
the opening and the insides
noon on April 9. Find all
of the nesting box and then
the details at the Wildlife
disappearing again.
I got a couple of pages
Center’s website at coast-
read when more move-
wildlife.org.
ment caught my eye and
Right after that, we’ll be
yet another bird was in the
celebrating more outdoor
branches of the tree bounc-
adventures with Cannon
ing back and forth between
Beach’s unique 12 Days of
the box and the tree. This
Earth Day, including lec-
time it was a black-capped
tures, plantings, clean-ups
chickadee. I couldn’t tell if
and a parade and street fair.
it was a male or a female. I
Details on the website at
don’t know the difference
twelvedaysofearthday.com
in that species. I enjoyed
And don’t forget the
watching this bird go
First Sunday Cannon Beach
through the same routine,
Bird Walk. The next one
from branch to nesting box
will be on April 2, join a
and back several times.
small group at 9 a.m. at
One difference was the
the Lagoon Trail on Sec-
chickadee took a few extra
ond Street. Bring binoculars
minutes in the branches to
and wear appropriate cloth-
pick the tiny fl ies it likes to
ing. Everyone is welcome!
eat. But alas after several
Susan has spent her life
moments this bird was
enjoying the great outdoors
gone as well. So back to the from the lakes and woods of
book. I may never fi nish it
northern Minnesota, Mount
at this rate.
Adams in Washington and
This may be the most
now the Oregon beach en-
popular spot in my back-
virons. After spending many
yard today because just now pleasurable hours driving
a pair of dark-eyed juncos
her avid birder parents
stop by to check out the
around, she has taken up
nesting box. I wonder who’s birding as a passion. She
going to end up nesting in
resides on Neawanna Creek
there this year? It’s been a
in Seaside, where her back-
pair of barn swallows since
yard is a birder’s paradise.
Georgiana F. Hay
OBITUARIES
Dorothy Mae ‘Dolly’ Hutchinson
April 1, 1926 — Feb. 8, 2017
I’m sorry to advise every-
one of the death of Hallmark
Inns & Resorts co-founder,
Georgiana F. Hay, on Feb. 8,
2017. Mrs. Hay was 90 years
old.
Mrs. Hay and her late hus-
band, Bill Hay, fi rst entered
the hospitality business when
they purchased property in
Cannon Beach, Oregon, in
1948. The property contained
a single house with a four-car
garage and, almost immedi-
ately, Bill converted the four
garage units into hotel rooms.
A year later Bill, with
help from his father, Glen
Hay, constructed another 18
units, and the Surfview Mo-
tel opened for business. This
property is the site of the cur-
rent Hallmark Resort & Spa
in Cannon Beach. With the
success of the Surfview Mo-
tel, other motel ventures fol-
lowed. Over the next 50-plus
years, over 40 hotels were
either newly constructed or
acquired and renovated.
Mrs. Hay was very active
with the business, and always
Georgiana Hay
traveled with her husband to
scout locations for new hotels,
or to look at existing hotels.
Bill Hay passed away in 2002.
Mrs. Hay is survived by a son,
Gary A. Hay; daughters, Lyn-
da J. Allred (William Allred)
and Pamla MacLean (Frank);
seven grandchildren; and six
great-grandchildren.
Per Mrs. Hay’s instruc-
tions, no funeral will be held,
but a celebration of life will
be held in mid-April when
everyone in her family, and
friends, can attend.
Natalia Fife Torres
Jan. 28, 1928 — March 3, 2017
Natalia Fife Torres (née
Galvani) passed away on
March 3, 2017.
She was born Jan. 28,
1928, in Seaside, Oregon.
Natalia (Pat or Patsy to her
friends) grew up in Seaside,
where her father, William H.
Galvani, was mayor.
She is survived by her chil-
dren Regan Lee, Alicia Torres,
Dorian Torres Mullnix and
Alan Mark Torres; and three
grandchildren, Gabriel and
Shannon Mullnix and Vivi-
anne Torres. She also leaves
behind her beloved dog Lucy.
Natalia loved the Oregon
Coast and moved to Newport
after living in California for
several years. She moved to
Long Beach, California, after
a stroke, where she was lov-
ingly cared for by her daugh-
ter, Dorian.
Natalia loved music, and
played classical piano, was
an avid reader and lover of
Natalia Torres
Sept. 26, 1926 — March 7, 2017
Dolly Hutchinson was
born in Akron, Ohio, to
R. Earl Hutchinson and C.
Evangeline Dye Hutchin-
son, who were originally
from Oregon City. She was
the last surviving grandchild
of Charles Henry and Eva
Emery Dye, early Oregon
historians and activists.
Soon after Dolly’s birth,
the family moved to South
Gate, California, where her
father worked at the new
Firestone Tire plant. Dolly
graduated from South Gate
High School, worked in in-
dustry during World War
II, then attended USC. She
graduated with a bachelor’s
degree in education in 1949,
and later earned her master’s
degree there.
She remained in South-
ern California, and retired
after 36 years as a school-
teacher in Montebello. She
loved the outdoors and spent
several summers running
Girl Scout camps at Big
Bear and Catalina Island.
She loved cooking, modern
design, art pottery, debating
politics and public policy.
Her lifelong love of Ore-
gon, where she spent many
childhood summers with
family, drew her back there,
and she spent most sum-
mers since 1973 in Cannon
Beach, where she purchased
a cottage with her friend
Mary Westmorland. She
became a devoted member
of the History Center there,
spending many hours vol-
unteering and contributing
some of her family’s ar-
chives and memories of old
Oregon. Her last three years
were spent living on the Or-
egon Coast, then Beaverton,
mystery books and crossword
puzzles, and loved dogs. She
worked hard raising four chil-
dren and became a registered
nurse to support her family. We
will miss our mother, who was
funny, irreverent and smart
and took care of her family
with hard work and sacrifi ces.
We will miss her very much,
but know she is now in a better
place, free of pain.
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MEETINGS
Of Interest...
APRIL 2017
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City Council Regular Meeting
City Council Work Session
Design Review Board
Planning Commission
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING, March
7, 2017
• Adopted Ordinance 17-03; for the pur-
pose of Adopting
Planning Commis-
sion Recommend-
ed Amendments
to the Zoning
Ordinance and
Comprehensive
Plan;
• Adopted Resolu-
tion 17-03, for the
purpose of Approv-
ing Increases and
Decreases to the
FY 2016-17 Budget
by Making an In-
trafund Transfer of
Appropriations
• Adopted Resolu-
tion 17-04, for the
purpose of Approv-
ing Increases and
Decreases to the
FY 2016-17 Budget
by Making an In-
trafund Transfer of
Appropriations;
• Adopted the 2017
City Council Rules
and Procedures;
• Voted to begin
enforcement of
Ordinance 17-02
at the beginning of
the new fiscal year;
July 1, 2017;
• Appointed David Doering to the Design
Review Board, to start his term April 1,
2017.
CITY COUNCIL WORK SESSION, March 14,
2017
• HRAP Coordinator Melissa Keyser intro-
duced this year’s staff;
• Discussed the Construction Excise Tax and
directed staff to present a draft ordinance
at the April meeting;
• Public Works Director Dan Grassick pre-
sented the Water/Wastewater Master Plan;
• Public Works Director Dan Grassick and
7:00 p.m.
5:30 p.m
6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
consultant Matt Wadlington, PE, of Civil
West Engineering Services, Inc. presented
the result of the utility rate study;
DESIGN REVIEW
BOARD – The Febru-
ary 16, 2017 meeting
was cancelled. At
their March 16, 2017
meeting the DRB
discussed:
DRB 17-02, Hospital-
ity First, LLC dba. Inn
at Cannon Beach, is
requesting approval
for construction of a
new 18-room addi-
tion to Inn at Cannon
Beach. Approved
with Conditions
The Design Review
Board is scheduled to
meet April 20, 2017
at 6pm.
PLANNING COM-
MISSION - At their
February 23, 2017
meeting the Planning
Commission dis-
cussed:
SR 17-01, Rich
Elstrom Construc-
tion Inc., on behalf of
the property owner,
Richard Hune et al,
request for a setback
reduction to permit a front yard setback of
thirteen feet and a south side yard setback
of four feet; in conjunction with founda-
tion repair under an existing structure
Approved
ZO 17-01, City of Cannon Beach request
for Zoning Ordinance text amendment;
revision of Municipal Code Chapter 17.77,
Short-term Rentals. The proposed amend-
ments address short-term rental permit
administration, enforcement, inspection,
revocation, and standards Referred to
Council
The Planning Commission is scheduled to
meet March 23, 2017 at 6pm.
where she passed away fol-
lowing a stroke.
She is survived by her
loving family: sister-in-
law Lynne Hutchinson of
Downey, California; neph-
ews Charles “Rick” Hutchin-
son of Clovis, California,
Kenneth Hutchinson and
Thomas Hutchinson, both of
Downey, and Charles Hos-
terman of Ramsey, Minne-
sota; nieces Nancy Brubaker
of Los Altos, California, and
Gretchen Cleveland of Rog-
ers, Minnesota; and many
great-nieces and nephews.
The family thanks Dol-
ly’s great friends, Amy and
Sharon, who helped her tre-
mendously in the past year.
Services have been held
at Rose Hills Memorial
Park, in Whittier, California.
In lieu of fl owers, dona-
tions can be made to: Can-
non Beach History Center,
P.O. Box 1005, Cannon
Beach, OR 97110 (http://
cbhistory.org); or the Mc-
Loughlin Memorial Associ-
ation, 713 Center St., Ore-
gon City, OR 97045 (www.
mcloughlinhouse.org).
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M U N I C I PA L M E M O
March 2017
Dorothy Mae “Dolly”
Hutchinson
• The Cannon Beach Recycle Center is open
Tuesday - Sunday, 8am - 4pm for residential and
commercial use;
CITY OF CANNON BEACH
BUILDING OFFICIAL
Job Announcement
The City of Cannon Beach is seeking qualified
applicants for the position of Building Official. The
position is under the direction of the City of Cannon
Beach City Planner and is a regular benefited
position with a yearly salary of $70,000-$80,000,
depending on qualifications. This position may
assist the City of Manzanita in the Building Official
capacity up to 15 hours per week.
Requirements: Possession of a State of Oregon
Building Official’s Certification, Residential
Plan Review Certification, “A” Level Plan Review
Certification, “A” Level Mechanical and Structural
Inspector, and Manufactured Home Certifications
are required for this position. Residential Plumbing
Certification and preferably “A” Level Commercial
Plumbing Certification and Fire Life and Safety Plan
Review. Must pass criminal background check post
job offer. Must possess a valid driver’s license and
have a safe driving record. Previous experience as a
building official desirable.
Duties include general department operation,
plan review and field inspection of construction
work within the City, issues permits, preparation
and reporting to State Building Codes Division,
support to the construction community, city and
state building code enforcement and cooperative
work exchange support to neighboring jurisdictions.
This position requires some crawling and climbing
as part of the field inspection work.
The successful candidate will exhibit a
professional attitude, enjoy working with the public,
and take pride in their work.
Download an application form and full job
description from our website: http//www.ci.cannon-
beach.or.us/jobs.html. Send application, cover letter
and resume to Jennifer Barrett, barrett@ci.cannon-
beach.or.us
Open until filled.
NOTICE OF VACANCIES CITY
COMMISSIONS, BOARDS &
COMMITTEES
The City of Cannon Beach is seeking
applications for the following vacancies:
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COMMITTEE:
ONE (1) vacancy to fill a four-year term. The
EPREP Committee meets regularly for the purpose
of providing evacuation planning and public
education regarding emergency preparedness.
The Emergency Preparedness Committee normally
holds its regular meetings on the last Friday of each
month at 10:00am. and may schedule work sessions
as needed.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION
MAYOR: Sam Steidel
COUNCILORS: Mike Benefield,
Nancy McCarthy, Brandon
Ogilvie and George Vetter
CITY MANAGER: Brant Kucera
PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE: TWO (2)
vacancies to fill four-year terms. The primary
responsibility of the Public Works Committee
is to review all public works projects and make
recommendations to City Council. The Public Works
Committee holds its regular meeting on the third
Tuesday of each month at 9:00am.
To be eligible to serve on a City committee,
applicants must have resided within the city or
its urban growth boundary during the one year
immediately preceding appointment; or at the time
of appointment, shall have owned real property
located within the city or its urban growth boundary
for at least one year immediately preceding
appointment. Council has implemented an interview
process consisting of a set of questions particular to
each committee/board or commission and written
answers must be submitted with the application.
Applications with questions are available at
City Hall, 163 E. Gower Street, Cannon Beach,
by email addressed to riggs@ci.cannon-beach.
or.us, or online at www.ci.cannon-beach.or.us. For
consideration at the April 4, 2017 City Council
meeting, applications must be returned to Colleen
Riggs, Assistant City Manager, Cannon Beach City
Hall, at P.O. Box 368, Cannon Beach, OR 97110 by
4:00 p.m., March 24, 2017. Late applications will not
be accepted. For more information, please contact
Colleen Riggs by email or phone at (503) 436-8052.
HAYSTACK ROCK AWARENESS
PROGRAM
Do you like to talk to people? Do you love
HaystaSk RoSk? What about Cannon BeaSh?
Show your SiviS pride and beSome a volunteer
for HRAP!
http://www.ci.cannon-beach.or.us/hrap/page/
become-hrap-volunteer
RoSky Shore Interpreter Volunteer Training
Event – April 8, 2017 9:30a-5:00pm @ Cannon
BeaSh City Hall
Please contact for more information or to R.S.V.P.
for the event: Lisa Habecker, Education & Volunteer
Coordinator 503.436.8064, habecker@ci.cannon-
beach.or.us
RED CROSS VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
The Red Cross is looking for volunteers to
train and respond to local, regional and national
disasters. Training is available for new and existing
volunteers. No previous experience necessary.
Learn about Red Cross services in our community.
How to get involved in local, regional and national
disaster responses. Complete volunteer registration
and sign up for training at the same time.
Date: April 27, 2017 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Location: Cannon Beach Chamber of Commerce,
Community Hall, 207 N. Spruce St., Cannon Beach,
OR 97110
For more information, contact Jenny Carver: 503-
528-5713 or jenny.carver@redcross.org