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Beach from Page 1A
“This is a celebration about
saving the beach,” Chamber of
Commerce Executive Director
Carrier said. “What if the beach
would have been privatized?
Can you imagine not being
able to walk along the beach?
This bill is probably the reason
why this visitor economy exists
on the coast.”
Brown intends to ride on
horseback to the beach for the
event as a way to replicate the
actions of McCall without the
carbon footprint of a helicopter,
Carrier said. Because the state
Legislature is still in session,
however, Brown won’t be able
to confirm until very close with
the event, he said.
Otherwise, the plan is to
have a former governor attend
the event.
The event sprung out of
a brainstorming session with
Debbie Nelson, one of the main
organizers of Sandcastle Day,
Carrier said. The two realized
it was the 50th anniversary of
the bill, and decided that since
the governor chose to come to
CANNON BEACH HISTORY CENTER AND MUSEUM/SUBMITTED PHOTO
Oswald West at 15.
Cannon Beach it should war-
rant its own celebration outside
of Sandcastle celebrations.
Other activities include
a beach bike demo, a guid-
ed hike to Silver Point and a
campfire with s’mores on the
beach and a performance from
“The Weather Machine,” a
band that will perform songs
inspired by travels up the en-
tire Oregon Coast.
All events are free.
The debate started in 1966
when a hotel wanted to rope
off a section of sand in front the
hotel for guests after finding a
loophole in the 1913 legislation
that declared Oregon beaches
were public highways, accord-
ing to Oregon State Archives.
Carrier said he doesn’t think
Cannon Beach could be what it
is today without this bill.
“People established homes
and businesses because of
beach access,” he said. “We’ve
all been the beneficiaries [of
this bill].”
While some details remain
to be ironed out, the overall
goal will remain the same,
Carrier said.
“The purpose is to educate
and celebrate,” Carrier said.
“It’s a milestone. This has
stood the test of time, and we
continue to see the benefits to
now.”
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Road to Ecola State
Park closes again
BRENNA VISSER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
The road to Ecola State Park faces periodic closures.
Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
A hole in the recently-re-
paired entrance road has
forced Oregon State Parks
to once again close Ecola
State Park.
The park just reopened
Thursday, April 20, after
contractors removed dam-
aged asphalt sections and
replaced them with com-
pacted gravel from heavy
rains. Park Manager Ben
Cox said he was hopeful the
temporary repair would last
through the summer, but
landslides continue to dam-
age the road.
“We expect intermittent
closures will be the norm
moving forward because
the landslides upon which
the road is built seem to
be more active lately,” said
Cox. “The road has devel-
oped problems suddenly
in areas that weren’t previ-
ously noted to have issues,
meaning that it is impracti-
cal to simply go in and do
the work all at once. We
simply do not know where
the next problem will oc-
cur.”
Bob McEwan Construc-
tion will be working on the
repairs and the closure is
expected to last two weeks.
Oregon history presentation
comes to Cannon Beach
The creator of “Kick
Ass Oregon History,” Doug
Kenck-Crispin, offers his own
unique presentation of former
Oregon Gov. Oswald West
at the Cannon Beach Histo-
ry Center and Museum on
Thursday, May 11, at 7 p.m.
Originally from Spokane,
Kenck-Crispin
graduated
from Lincoln High School
in North Portland. He earned
his bachelor of arts degree in
history from Portland State
University before earning his
master of arts degree in histo-
ry. He is the recipient of the
2009-10 Sara Glasgow Cogan
Scholarship.
Kenck-Crispin is the resi-
dent historian for the podcast
“Kick Ass Oregon History.”
He has been featured in Im-
bibe and Portland Monthly
magazines, OPB’s “Oregon
Experience,” “Think Out
Loud,” “Weekend Edition”
and the season premiere of
Esquire TV’s “Best Bars in
America.”
He has written for Port-
land Monthly, Street Roots
newspaper and the Willamette
Week. He describes his style
as “not boring history like
high school, rigid and terse.
This is PG-13 history, even
rated R.”
At the history center and
museum, Kenck-Crispin will
be talking about Oswald West,
who served as Oregon’s 14th
governor from 1911-15. West
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who worked for him.
The museum is a private
nonprofit located at the corner
of Sunset and Spruce in Can-
non Beach. This event is free
and open to the public.
On Friday, May 26, soul-
blues diva, Beth Willis and
guitarist, Todd Chatalas per-
form at the history center.
Willis and Chatalas perform
both rock, acoustic, and blues
music. Willis, who has played
in Cannon Beach before, is
a local favorite who is well
known for her smoky voice
and stage presence. Tickets
are $15; doors open at 6:30
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Cannon Beach adopts inclusivity resolution
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By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
The Cannon Beach City
Council’s decision to adopt
an inclusivity resolution to
support the town’s immigrant
and refugee community was
met with a standing ovation
Tuesday.
The resolution, which
“embraces, celebrates and
welcomes its immigrant and
refugee residents and their
contributions,” is not the
same as becoming a sanctuary
city. Cannon Beach joined the
North Coast trend after As-
toria and Warrenton passed
similar resolutions earlier this
year.
The resolution was draft-
ed after several citizens ap-
proached Cannon Beach
Police Chief Jason Schermer-
horn about wanting Cannon
Beach to become an inclu-
sivity city like Astoria did in
March.
“I know there is a lot of
fear growing,” Schermerhorn
said in April. “We want peo-
ple to know we’re not actively
seeking to deport undocu-
mented folk.”
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Residents give the Cannon Beach City Council a standing ovation after adopting an inclu-
sivity resolution.
Ann Fontaine was one of
those concerned citizens, and
she thanked the council per-
sonally on Tuesday for adopt-
ing the measure.
“I’m an Episcopalian
priest, and our church has
been very proactive about
accepting immigrants,” she
said. “When it comes down
to it, it’s about family. Immi-
grants are a part of our church
family.”
Fontaine has been a re-
ligious leader on the North
Coast for more than 20 years,
and said the issue to her is
about the core tenet of treat-
ing everyone with respect
and dignity. She said she was
pleased that Schermerhorn
was so receptive to the idea,
and thinks it is significant that
this message come directly
from law enforcement.
“I hope this sends a mes-
sage out to the immigrant
community that we care,”
Fontaine said. “It’s symbolic,
but symbols can speak loudly
with an issue like this.”
The string of inclusivity
resolutions came after Presi-
dent Donald Trump’s push for
a nationwide crackdown on
illegal immigration. In Janu-
ary, the president also signed
an executive order that would
withhold federal grant mon-
ey from sanctuary cities — a
general term describing cities
that seek to protect undocu-
mented immigrants from fed-
eral immigration policies.
Inclusivity resolutions al-
low cities to support immi-
grants and refugees without
running the risk of possibly
losing federal money by not
cooperating with federal im-
migration agents. The resolu-
tion also does not change any
current policies or procedures
of the Cannon Beach Police
Department.
The final draft clarifies that
“except as required by federal
or state law, no city of Can-
non Beach services or benefits
shall be used to detect or ap-
prehend persons whose only
violation involves federal im-
migration law.”
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