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4A • July 14, 2017 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com Views from the Rock Arts education, funds pay long-term dividends I met Sydney Ordway music venues, driving arts when she was wearing expenditures of $14 million. a tiara on her head. She The state and county pull in is an Astoria Regatta an additional $1.2 million princess, representing in revenue combined. Every one of the Northwest’s cultural visitor to Clatsop hallowed events. This year’s County spends an average of regatta, “Full Steam Ahead!” $68 or meals, refreshments, comes to Astoria from Aug. souvenirs, gifts, transpor- 9-Aug. 12. tation and lodging — and Each princess chooses a that’s not including the ticket topic to research and share price. with the community. Ordway, Governments, both local an incoming senior at Seaside and state, are also big win- High School, chose the arts. ners, drawing in more than “Art infl uences ideas, $1.2 million in revenue gen- instills values and translates erated from cultural events, SUBMITTED PHOTO experiences across space states the report. R.J. MARX/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Arts camp began Monday, and time,” she told a group Cannon Beach Arts As- Sydney Ordway, Regatta presented by the Cannon sociation Program Director of business and civic lead- princess and arts advocate. Beach Arts Association. ers gathered by the Seaside Cara Mico, now in her 30s, Chamber of Commerce. “My went straight to arts school story is about art and culture and how before college. that impacts our region. A huge part of Art was “something that kept me CANNON SHOTS culture is art.” sane,” Mico said. “It kept me grounded, R.J. MARX Ordway chronicled the impact of arts and I think that’s true for a lot of kids. programs in the region, recalling times When they don’t have a creative outlet past and present. The cities we know they tend to fi nd another outlet. It really now as Cannon Beach, Astoria, Seaside touches on all parts of childhood.” and Gearhart were once inhabited by 14 Art “made me a more professional tribes. “To this day, Indian artifacts are person,” Mico said, helping her to build being discovered,” Ordway said. confi dence and develop presentation Art can include diverse elements, from skills. “With this age of technology and architecture to storytelling and theater. the Internet, you can start a business and “The Clatsop Indians worshiped the be a billionaire before you’re 25. Ninety salmon,” Ordway said. “They were told percent of the Internet is graphic.” if they did not appreciate and honor the The web provides young adults the — HAYLEY ROLLINS salmon, the salmon would not come. The opportunity to go pursue an arts career stories were important to the tribe and in a realistic way, she said. taught right versus wrong.” Mico said she would like to see more of a focus allowing Today, Ordway described Cannon Beach as “the hub of art students to explore their own interests, including arts career in Clatsop County.” readiness and business skills. “On every corner you will fi nd an art gallery,” she said. Spreading wings “Cannon Beach holds many opportunities to express yourself At Cannon Beach’s Stormy Weather Arts festival, silent and watch others express themselves in almost every way auction proceeds brought scholarships for children attending imaginable.” the Coaster Theatre Kids Camp, the Sea Ranch Children’s Connections Summer Music Camp or the Cannon Beach Arts Association’s Seaside’s Hayley Rollins provided the spark for Oregon’s Arts Camp. The camp, for kids age 3 and up, began Monday Art Day, with support from her mother; her father, a teacher at for a fi ve-day session. Seaside High School; and the rest of the staff and administra- Are the arts education programs connecting with students? tion. As an eighth-grader at Broadway Middle School, Hayley “It’s something we take really seriously at Seaside,” Ord- conceived and promoted House Bill 3042. She was motivated way said. “The arts are very important and a lot of kids in our by a 2013 report by the Oregon Arts Commission, based on community have made it a passion of their own. fi ndings that almost one-quarter of the state’s schools did not The annual Tillamook Head Gathering, put on by a com- offer any arts courses. mittee of current and former Seaside arts students Art allows students to have fun and and held at Seaside’s Civic relax and “not have to follow as many and Convention Center, strict rules as math and science,” Roll- supports arts enrichment for ins, an incoming junior at Seaside High Seaside High School stu- School, said this week. dents. Last year’s gathering After her impassioned plea to the helped fund an arts day at the Oregon Legislature, Art Day is an high school, in which local annual tradition in Seaside. Heading artists gave workshops for the into its third year, North Coast artists entire student body. interact with kids in their chosen Rollins remains involved visual arts form. Workshops cover oil in Art Day. “When I graduate painting, cartoon portraits, printmak- I’m hoping to be able to pass ing, calligraphy, art therapy, pysanky it on to a new student, but I’ll egg art, culinary décor, wire sculpting, still come and help out,” she origami, photography and more. said. “Our goal is to continue “It’s like the quote ‘a picture is spreading this event to schools worth a thousand words,’” Rollins across the state. We talked said. “We all speak different languag- about going to other schools to es, but art can connect us all together show a presentation of our event despite the language barrier. Art in Seaside to inspire them.” connects us in ways words can’t.” Ordway intends to keep art in her life for years to come. Art as a career “In Clatsop County, we used A new economic study by the art for trade and stories of our Arts Council of Clatsop County people,” Ordway said. “Now- indicates there are 93 arts jobs adays, we use art to express in the county. More than 87,000 local ourselves, and view the world SUBMITTED PHOTO attendees and an additional 73,000 around us. In the future, I don’t visitor attendees bring 161,000 peo- Arts association students learn watercolors know what it will hold, but I know from Dorota Haber-Lehigh. ple to county galleries, theaters and it will be a work of art.” ‘Art connects us in ways words can’t.’ EVE MARX/FOR CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Always on the hunt for a great cup of coff ee. Turning ‘Guns’ into ‘Bonfi re’ onfi re’ just doesn’t have the same ring to it as ‘Guns & Gold,’” I lamented to my husband in the Insomnia Coffee Company located at the corner of Second and Larch in Cannon Beach. I discovered Insomnia a couple of years ago when a Seaside acquaintance brought me there. I already knew about Sea Level Bakery and Coffee on S. Hemlock (this is a special place), and Sleepy Monk, and was in fact already in the habit of buying Sleepy Monk’s Monastery VIEW FROM Blend to brew THE PORCH at home in my EVE MARX French press. The Seaside woman frequents Insomnia late mornings during the rainy season in part because she enjoys the coffee, but also for the cozy seating arrangements. Besides the excellently rendered 12-ounce Americano that is my favored beverage, Insomnia sells Dapper & Wise coffee, a Portland brand in the whole bean. The company has an amusing sense of humor bordering on the insouciant. A banner on their website homepage proclaims, “We’re putting the fun back in cofunfee,” a riff, obviously, on the President’s now-famous tweet “covfefe,” which I think is pretty clever. Dapper & Wise are best known for their Brazilian Rodomunho and Ethiopia Kochere; they also produce a nice Stag espresso and Mexico decaf. I’ve never under- stood the purpose of decaf coffee. In my book, coffee is for wakefulness. While I try to restrict myself to no more than 12 ounces a day, I realize there are people who drink 8 or 10 cups a day. While that’s good for the coffee busi- ness, I call it “wired for sound” or “never sleep,” which must be the reason, I suppose, for the name, Insomnia. My chosen whole bean blend to buy at Insomnia for a long time was Guns & Gold. (For the record, I am also a regular purchaser of Peet’s Major Dickason’s blend.) Guns & Gold was tough to get ahold of sometimes as it fl ew off the shelf. Then, one day, I noticed it was gone forever. “Where’s the Guns & Gold?” I asked the beautiful young woman working the register. That’s another thing about Insomnia. I don’t know if it’s the tats or the hair, but the people working at Insomnia strike me as particu- larly attractive. “Oh, they changed the name,” she said airily. I did a little research and indeed there has been a name change. “Formerly known as Guns & Gold,” Dap- per & Wise says, “Bonfi re is a darker roast than many of our other offerings.” They recommend serving it with cream and sugar as well as straight up. They say it tastes like Baker’s chocolate, tobacco, and merlot. That’s a heady mix. While I still love the coffee, I can’t say I’m in love with the new name. Bonfi re sounds like what people do at night on the beach; Guns & Gold sounds like Guns and Roses, the rock band. But, hey, even I think Axl Rose should retire. I bought the Bonfi re blend and brewed up a pot in my French press. Pouring it into my favorite coffee cup, it tasted just like Guns & Gold, which means it’s still fabulous. B Experience the joy of summertime bird-watching W elcome summer! My favorite things about this time of the year are sunshine, long days and dry binoculars! After work and chores, there is still plenty of time to go birding on the beach, in the forest and on my own back porch. For me, each season has a special event in birding. The fall has mas- sive migration and sometimes very rare birds. Winter has bare branches on trees and brush that make it easi- er to see birds. Springtime has more migration and all the birds in their fi nest colors and loudest songs for breeding (and easy location for bird- ers!). But summertime has babies! Although it’s been a bit fl aky this Publisher David F. Pero Editor R.J. Marx Sales/Advertising Manager Betty Smith Circulation Manager Jeremy Feldman Production Manager John D. Bruijn BIRD NOTES SUSAN PETERSON year, I have spent hours watching the Seaside osprey camera. Betty laid three eggs in early May and one has hatch (the others were sadly lost). It’s was fascinating to watch the chick eat bits of fi sh at just three hours old! There is something very satis- fying for me to know where birds are nesting and to hear the hungry chicks chirping for their meals as the parents visit. I have three nests Classifi ed Sales Jamie Ramsdell Advertising Sales Holly Larkins Chris Olson Staff writer Brenna Visser Contributing writers Rebecca Herren Katherine Lacaze Eve Marx Nancy McCarthy that I know about in yard this year and all of them have young ones! Two are barn swallows, between the rafters of the house, beautiful and amazing feats of building with mud and grasses. And the nest box that usually has tree swallows has house sparrows this year. It is so much fun to listen and watch the feeding pro- cess. The adults approach the nests with food in their beaks and the chicks start the soft hard begging of “feed me, feed me.” Soon these babies will fl edge and spend a few precarious days on the ground gaining strength to fl y. This is a very dangerous time for them as they are susceptible to attack from predators, mostly cats. That’s why CANNON BEACH GAZETTE The Cannon Beach Gazette is published every other week by EO Media Group. 1555 N. Roosevelt, Seaside, Oregon 97138 503-738-5561 • Fax 503-738- 9285 www.cannonbeachgazette. com • email: editor@cannonbeachgazette.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Annually: $40.50 in county, $58.00 in and out of county. Postage Paid at: Cannon Beach, OR 97110 I advocate keeping cats indoors for the months of June and July. This would help the bird populations very much. Sadly, I have seen no action at my martin houses this year. After having two scouts checked it out last year, I thought for sure I would have a whole community in 2017. Maybe next year! The beautiful Martin house at the Lagoon Trail in Cannon Beach has residents, but they are not martins. They are the smaller cousin, tree swallows. Experts think this hap- pens because the lodging is placed to early in the season. There are plans to remedy that next year. And remember to join us on the POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Cannon Beach Gazette, P.O. Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103 Copyright 2017 © Cannon Beach Gazette. Nothing can be reprinted or copied without consent of the owners. First Sunday Cannon Beach Bird Walks on Aug. 6 and Sept. 3. Meet at 9 a.m. at the Lagoon Trail on Second Street. We generally walk around the lagoons and along Ecola Creek, mostly level easy walking. Bring binoculars and wear appropri- ate clothing. Everyone is welcome! Susan has spent her life enjoying the great outdoors from the lakes and woods of Northern Minnesota, Mount Adams in Washington and now the Oregon beach environs. After spending many pleasurable hours driving her avid birder par- ents around, she has taken up bird- ing as a passion. Susan resides on Neawanna Creek in Seaside where her backyard is a birder’s paradise. THE NATIONAL AWARD-WINNING
