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JULY 28, 2017 • VOL. 41, ISSUE 15 WWW.CANNONBEACHGAZETTE.COM z L ost Art A A L q Local museum celebrates the ‘lost art’ of nursing By Nancy McCarthy For Cannon Beach Gazette T See Nursing, Page 7A What makes a good city manager? Community weighs in at public forum By Brenna Visser Cannon Beach Gazette After interviews with city councilors, staff and the community, the City of Can- non Beach has outlined what they are look- ing for in the next city manager. Living in town, respecting citizen in- volvement and being “present” in the com- munity were some of the top values featured in the proposed job profi le, which is set of professional requirements and preferences that will be listed when the job is advertised early August. The job of the city manager is to implement policies passed by the city councilors, as well as manage the city staff. Jensen Strategies, the recruiting fi rm in charge of replacing former city manager Brant Kucera, wrote the profi le after hold- ing a community forum earlier this month to learn what more than 50 community mem- bers want to see in the next city manager, as well as in-depth interviews city department heads and councilors. “Community involvement was some- thing we heard across the board,” Erik Jen- sen, found of Jensen Strategies, said at a city council work session July 24. Every corner and surface in the home’s fi rst fl oor contains a nursing memento he artwork in Melodie Chenevert’s home doesn’t refl ect the sea or the forests surrounding Cannon Beach. She doesn’t display crafts by local artisans or books by Oregon authors — except the books Chenevert herself wrote. But the home is devoted to art, neverthe- less – a lost art. The Lost Art of Nursing Museum is en- tirely contained in Melodie and Gary Chen- evert’s Tolovana Park home. From the historic posters, magazine cov- ers and paintings of nurses that consume nearly every inch of wall space, to the dolls and stuffed animals (including Miss Piggy) dressed in nursing outfi ts on every surface, Melodie’s living and dining rooms and the entrance hall is, indeed, a museum. In a corner of the dining room is an early 20th century wheelchair. In another corner of the living room is a cape worn by a for- mer nursing school director who once lived in Arch Cape. Beneath the glass in the cof- fee table lies Marybel, surrounded by leg and arm casts, crutches and measles spots; she is the “doll who gets well,” according to the original 60-year-old box. “Most people who come here look at ev- erything and try to absorb it. There’s always something they’ve never seen before,” Mel- odie said. When she graduated from high school in Iowa in the late 1950s, Melodie, who real- ly wanted to be a writer, found that more practical career opportunities for young women were limited: She could become a teacher or a nurse. Since she could “dissect things without throwing up and was good at math,” she earned a nursing diploma from Methodist-Kahler School of Nursing in Rochester, Minn. She then received bache- lor’s and master’s degrees from the Univer- sity of Washington, where she met Gary, a nuclear physicist. Melodie worked as a nurse for several years as she followed her husband’s career. In 1982, she was asked to create a nursing program at Clatsop Community College. COMPLIMENTARY COPY See City, Page 6A PHOTOS BY NANCY MCCARTHY/FOR CANNON BEACH GAZETTE A painting showing a compassionate nurse bandaging a dog also in- volved in medical services is among the abundant artwork found in the Lost Art of Nursing Museum on South Hemlock Street. Downtown space may house second pot store Cannabis retailer, other buyers pursuing Hemlock Street Location By Brenna Visser Cannon Beach Gazette In addition to writing books for nurses seeking to further their careers, Mel- odie Chenevert also created coloring books for students interested in be- ing nurses. Th e book has Spanish and French translations. Melodie Chenevert, a former nurse, has turned the main fl oor of her Tolovana Home into a museum dedicated to nursing. The Purple Moon Boutique has plans to move out of its location on Hemlock Street, with the possibility of a marijuana dispen- sary taking its place. The women’s clothing store has been operating at 215 N. Hemlock Street for 14 years. Store owner Abbas Atwi said he put his business up for sale a couple of months ago and is moving with his family to Port- land. “We have been here 14 years, and like anything in life there are pros and cons to living here,” Atwi said. “I think it is time for a new venture for us.” For now, Atwi does not have a solid closing date in mind, but he does have three PAID PERMIT NO. 97 ASTORIA, OR PRSRT STD US POSTAGE See Pot, Page 6A Bringing brushes, brooms to the academy Cannon Beach Academy volunteers help clean up school site for fall opening By Brenna Visser Cannon Beach Gazette About 25 volunteers from around the community came out Saturday, July 15 to help clear brush, rake leaves and trim foliage at the new site of Cannon Beach Academy expected to open this fall. This the fi rst work party since the charter school secured the lease to the former Preschool and Chil- dren’s Center from the city earlier this month. The immediate goal was to prepare the exterior to be power washed and stained before moving into interi- or renovations, Executive Director Amy Moore said. Marcia Zegar, a Cannon Beach local with a leaf-blower in hand, said she has been a longtime supporter of introducing a charter school to Can- non Beach, and that if she could help get it started by clearing leaves with the leaf-blower out of the parking lot she would. “I was an educator myself for many years,” Zegar said. “Small towns need elementary schools. You have to maintain your young population.” Janet Patrick, also a long time educator in Port- land, owns a home in Cannon Beach and decided to contribute by trimming the bushes along side the front of the building. Like Zegar, she said she val- ues investing in early childhood education in small communities. “I’m so glad this community is investing its tal- ents into this project,” Patrick said. The academy has until Aug. 15 to complete nec- essary renovations to the interior of the building to secure an occupancy permit, according to the school’s charter. If the school can secure occupan- cy by this time, the city has negotiated a three-year lease with the academy. The original Cannon Beach Elementary School closed down in 2013 due to budget shortfall and tsunami inundation safety concerns. Although es- tablishing the academy in Cannon Beach has been in the works for more than four years, securing this location at 3781 S. Hemlock St. has only been in BRENNA VISSER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE Volunteers help sweep up leaves at a clean up event for the new site of Cannon Beach Academy July 15. the works since May. The new location came when the board received an estimate of $150,000 over the $90,000 budgeted for construction costs at the origi- nal location on Sunset Boulevard.