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‘Goonies’ backdrop and a hiker’s paradise to boot
O
ne of my favorite places to
hike is at Ecola State Park.
Unfortunately, another
landslide has closed much of this
trail and made Tillamook Head
trail challenging. This isn’t the fi rst
slide, or the last. Ecola State Park
has the best view of the Tillamook
Rock Lighthouse. The location is
so beautiful that a number of major
fi lms have been shot there. Goonies,
hello! It has hosted countless
weddings, boasts over 150,000
hikers per year, and is visited by
numerous surfers, photographers,
bird watchers and botanists.
Not just a great place to sojourn
when in the northern part of Oregon,
Ecola State Park also has some pret-
ty interesting history. In 1806 Clark
and several members of the Corps
of Discovery traversed the southern
slope of Tillamook Head to Indian
Beach, the primary purpose of their
trek to trade with the Clatsop Na-
tives for blubber from a whale that
had washed ashore. They learned the
Clatsop word for whale — ekoli –
and named the area Ecola after trad-
REFLECTIONS
ELAINE TRUCKE
ing with the “handsome and terrible”
natives. While Clark complained
about the diffi culty and incline of
the trail, he was stunned by the view
from atop Ecola, “the grandest and
most pleasing prospects which my
eyes ever surveyed.”
The original 450-acre center of
the Ecola State Park was fi rst deeded
to the Oregon State Parks on Febru-
ary 11, 1932. Most of the land and a
few summer homes were donated by
some of Cannon Beach’s most well-
known families. Rodney L. Glisan,
Florence G. Minott, and Caroline
and Louise Flanders owned just 49
percent of the original 450-acres of
Ecola State Park.
Over 229-acres of the park was
purchased by the state from L.A.
Lewis for $17,500. This was a
big to-do at the time. Many critics
scoffed at the project of building a
state park during such rough eco-
nomic times. The stock market had
crashed just a few years earlier, in
1929. The years following the crash,
referred to as the Great Depression,
were tough times for the country. It
made it that much more diffi cult for
many to justify funds being allocat-
ed for recreation purposes. However,
Oregon State Park Superintendent
Samuel Boardman strongly sup-
ported the idea. Boardman received
a considerable amount of backlash
for his ideas, in an Oregon Daily
Journal article dated 1947 Boardman
states: “Before I could explain why
Ecola Park should be accepted one
of the commission jumped to his feet
and proceeded to give me one of the
most complete verbal tongue-lash-
ings my august person has ever been
decorated with.”
In spite of confl icting view-
points, the commission did vote to
accept the park. Unbeknownst to the
commission, their decision created
several hundreds of much needed
jobs during the Roosevelt admin-
istration. The job
of constructing the
park fell to the Civil-
ian Conservation
Corps, a program of
Franklin Roosevelt’s
that was to create
jobs and combat the
Samuel
economic crisis. A
Boardman, camp was estab-
state super- lished at Ecola State
intendent of Park in the summer
parks.
of 1934.
The corps
worked to improve roadways, build
water systems, construct picnic
areas, and lay stonework that is still
evident today. They received room,
board, and a livable wage that went
back to their families. Work on
Ecola State Park was completed in
1936, taking just under two years to
complete.
Boardman was instrumental in
Short Sand Beach, Cape Meares,
Cape Lookout, and Saddle Mountain
parks, but Ecola held a special place
in his heart. In 1948 he negotiated
the purchase of just over 300 more
acres from Crown Zellerbach for
$46,063.
Years after becoming the state
park we know and love, Ecola
State Park experienced what was
called “earth slippage.” A land-
slide removed parking area, parts
of a roadway, and even damaged
stone buildings that once occupied
the upper portion of the park. The
slippage occurred in March 1961
and caused the park to be closed for
a period of time. Due to this slide
many safety precautions where set in
place to keep the park from sliding in
the future. The damage that occurred
during this slide is probably one of
the reasons that there are no longer
buildings at the top of the park. It
seems that each year the road to In-
dian Beach washes out here or there.
The trails have become muddy mess-
es that seem to only get worse each
year. Despite this, this is still one of
my favorite parks and I encourage
visitors and locals alike to spend time
there. Ecola State Park is not only a
surfer’s dream, it’s a hiker’s paradise
and the perfect place for a picnic.
A sensory visit to Cannon Beach — and hold the Play-Doh
eople fl ock to Cannon Beach
for any number of reasons.
They drive clear across the
country or fl y across the Pacifi c
Ocean to take selfi es at Haystack
Rock. They come for the craft beer,
to hike Ecola State Park. They love
wandering the delightful downtown,
browsing the fi rst-rate bookstores,
sampling fudge, nibbling crepes,
getting ice cream, tarrying awhile
at their favorite independent coffee
shop. Increasingly visitors come for
fi ne dining, exploring sophisticated
menus created by highly regarded
chefs. They come for Mo’s clam
chowder and to run their dogs on
the beach. They come for the art
and the great galleries. They come
for the Birkenstocks.
Personally I come to Cannon
Beach to satisfy my yen for home
décor and build up my little luxuries
closet. That’s why Sesame and
Lilies is my favorite CB store, in no
small part because they carry a good
selection of Tokyo Milk fragrances
and infused shea butters.
A few weeks ago I realized I was
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VIEW FROM
THE PORCH
EVE MARX
out of my current Tokyo Milk scent,
Vie La Mort, an intoxicating blend
of cardamom and hibiscus, blos-
soming sweet fl owers, white tube-
rose and jasmine. The scent puts
me in mind of Morticia Addams of
“Addams Family” fame.
“The next time we’re in Cannon
Beach,” I said to my spouse, “I
have to stop in Sesame and Lilies
to pick up some cologne.” I had
already decided not to repeat the
same scent, in part because the
company has so many I’d like to
try, and also because I like seasonal
change. A 1.6-ounce bottle takes me
through one complete season, which
coincides with the time I’ve gone
nose-blind to whatever I’ve been
wearing.
The selection of Tokyo Milk
fragrances available at Sesame and
Lilies is rather grand. An obnoxious
person with a lot of time on her
hands could easily hang out at the
tester area spritzing herself all day.
I’m not that person. I like to shop
fast.
“What do you think of this?” I
said, inviting my husband to sniff
my wrist. I sprayed on Honey and
the Moon, a spicy Oriental fra-
grance.
“Hmmm,” he said in that passive
aggressive way meant to indicate he
didn’t much care for it.
“I like this one,” he said, busy
doing his own sniffi ng. He likes to
have a say in my choice of perfume,
which sometimes irks me. The scent
he waved under my nose was, quite
honestly, a bit juvenile for my taste
and sweet. It had strong notes of va-
nilla, which I enjoy in a milkshake,
but less so on my skin.
“I don’t know, it reminds me of
a scent I wore in high school called
Love’s Baby Soft,” I said. If you
are of a certain age, you may recall
the fragrance which launched in
the early ’70s. It was — and how
LETTERS
Aff ordable Housing
in Cannon Beach
In the 1990s, Cannon
Beach was a leader in provid-
ing affordable housing. The
Community Development
Corporation, of which I was
a member, developed the Elk
Creek Terrace apartments,
and then the 12 unit subdi-
vision on Elk Creek Road
where many local residents
were able to afford their fi rst
homes. A private company
built the Shorewood apart-
ments east of City Hall (de-
spite the efforts of the City
Council at the time to block it).
Unfortunately, this momen-
tum petered out, and no other
effort has been made to build
affordable housing since then.
There are a number of reasons
for this: the lack of available
land is a large factor. Without
the assistance and generosity
of the Cannon Beach Confer-
ence Center, Elk Creek Ter-
race and the 12 houses would
never have been built. No oth-
er organization stepped up to
build affordable units after the
CDC disbanded. Before the
2007 crash, apartments were
converted to condominiums,
limiting the availability of
housing for low and moderate
income households. Today,
even families with incomes
of $60,000 annually and high-
er can’t fi nd rental housing,
much less houses to buy.
should I say this? — reminiscent of
a freshly powdered baby bottom.
Described as a “sensory relic,” the
brand today boasts 15,000 Face-
book fans. A drugstore scent, I
remember keeping a bottle close at
hand in the summer to refresh my
armpits.
I made an executive decision to
purchase the very next Tokyo Milk
scent I sprayed on. I was running
out of fl esh to test. I pretty much
OBITUARIES
In 2014, the City Coun-
cil agreed to begin a housing
program, starting with the
development of a housing
study which identifi ed options
including the development of
a portion of the RV park with
small houses and more perma-
nent rental housing elsewhere.
I applaud the City Council
and staff, Brant Kucera and
Mark Barnes, for their efforts.
The RV park option is still vi-
able, and I hope fi ve or more
units can be available soon. I
guarantee there will be a long
waiting list when it happens.
However, if Cannon
Beach is to be other than a gat-
ed community where workers
come in early and leave late,
we must fi nd other options for
lower cost housing, or even
housing that middle or higher
income folks can fi nd to rent.
The 1 percent excise tax is a
good start, but continuing ef-
forts must be made to identify
potential sites and to subsi-
dize the infrastructure to de-
velop the land. The Northwest
Oregon Housing Authority
needs to allocate resources
to Cannon Beach, as it has
done in North County. Private
developers, some in our busi-
ness community, need to step
up and recognize that we need
a diversity of income levels to
be a real community.
Mike Morgan
Former Mayor, City of
Cannon Beach
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Lottie Holden
March 12, 1962 — June 22, 2017
Lottie Holden, 55, passed
away June 22.
Holden, a graduate of Dart-
mouth College, moved to Can-
non Beach in the mid-1990s to
help care for her parents and
four grandparents. She worked
as a journalist for New West
and other magazines in Cali-
fornia.
When Lottie moved to the
area, she wrote for the Can-
non Beach Gazette, which was
managed and edited by her fa-
ther, the late Don L. Holden.
Holden is survived by
her mother, Joan, and many
friends.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
Tuesday, Aug. 1
Cannon Beach City Council, 7 p.m.,
City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Tuesday, Aug. 8
Cannon Beach City Council, 5:30 p.m.,
work session, City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Tuesday, Aug. 15
Cannon Beach Public Works Commit-
tee, 9 a.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Thursday, Aug. 17
Cannon Beach Parks and Community
Services Committee, 9 a.m., City Hall,
163 E. Gower St.
Cannon Beach Design Review Board,
6 p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
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EVE MARX/FOR CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Essentials of the home cabinet, in-
cluding a scent you can love.
love the whole line, so I fi gured
what the heck. Outside on the side-
walk, I offered my spouse my neck
to sniff.
“Yum, this is nice,” he said. “It
reminds me of Play-Doh. It’s got
that perfect sweet and salty mix.”
I was aghast.
“I do not want to smell like Play-
Doh,” I said. I turned around and
marched back to make an exchange.
“Don’t worry,” the saleswoman
said soothingly as I blithered my
lame apology. “Can I recommend
our best-seller? It’s called Dead
Sexy. Everybody loves it.”
I didn’t even try it on. I just
made the exchange. Ten minutes
later in the car, I opened the bottle
and sprayed Dead Sexy on my arm.
The enclosed space was immedi-
ately redolent of ebony and white
orchid, topped off with vanilla.
I blinked back my frustration. It
smelled just like Love’s Baby Soft.
“That’s the one I liked!” my
husband said happily.
Am I wearing it?
You bet I am.
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July 22 • Angel Vine
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