AUGUST 11, 2017 • VOL. 41, ISSUE 16
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Fifth-annual fundraising event brings thousands
Weed rules
lead to
unintended
outcomes
City votes to keep
marijuana out of
mixed-use facilities
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
Hundreds of corgis and their owners gathered in Cannon Beach for the fi fth annual Oregon Corgi Beach Day.
The event started with just a few dozen corgis and their owners and has ballooned in size in recent years.
PHOTOS REBECCA SPRENGELER
In a 3-2 vote, city councilors affi rmed an
ordinance Tuesday that forbids marijuana
retailers from moving into buildings that
can house both residences and businesses.
Reevaluating the ordinance that dictates
retail marijuana dispensaries cannot be lo-
cated in mixed use buildings in Cannon
Beach was brought to the city after Matt
Ennis, a resident at 140 S. Hemlock, told
city councilors at a July council meeting
his landlord planned to evict him to rent the
commercial space under him to the marijua-
na retailer Five Zero Trees.
The change would have allowed mari-
juana stores to apply for permits in build-
ings that also have residences, a setup that
is found often in downtown Cannon Beach.
The vote affi rms that future applica-
tions from marijuana retailers will not be
considered at mixed use locations, which
follows the community’s desire to keep
marijuana out of residential areas. The vote
also means the landlord will evict the three
tenants currently living at 140 S. Hemlock
St. to comply with the ordinance and allow
the Five Zero Trees to rent the commercial
space below.
See Weed, Page 6A
Former CEO
steps up to
protect puffi n
population
Species decline spurs
fundraising for research
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
H
ordes of corgis and their
owners inundated Cannon
Beach Saturday, July 29,
as a part of the fi fth Corgi
Beach Day .
The short-legged dogs with faces
that seem to be perpetually smiling
came in all shapes and sizes, with
some even dressed up as dog-sized
tacos, sushi rolls and mermaids .
W hat started out fi ve years ago as a
group of 30 friends from Portland with
a shared passion for corgis now at-
tracts more than 1,200 owners and 500
corgis from all over the country, event
organizer Jennifer Robinson said.
“I’m blown away by how fast it
has grown,” she said.
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
Th e Ore-
gon Corgi
Beach Day
raised funds
to support
the Oregon
Humane
Society .
PAID
PERMIT NO. 97
ASTORIA, OR
PRSRT STD
US POSTAGE
See Corgis, Page 9A
Family at the farmers market
Cannon Beach farmers
market sees new
hours, new faces
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
With summer in full swing, the Can-
non Beach Farmers Market is back with
new hours and a few new faces.
More than 20 vendors from all over the
region served one of the largest opening
day crowds in June, jumping from around
800 to 1,200 this year, Farmer’s Market
coordinator Philomena Lloyd said.
Unlike past years, all vendors are open
from 1 to 5 p.m. — not just prepared food
booths and musicians, Lloyd said.
With the new time comes a few new
vendors, one of whom is Tami Peterson.
Peterson sells all things cranberries from
See Market, Page 9A
COLIN MURPHEY/EO MEDIA GROUP
Christine Cayot and Krista Bennet keep a close eye on the grill as
they prepare food for customers at the Cannon Beach Farmer’s
Market.
John Underwood has been coming to
Cannon Beach with his family for the ma-
jority of his life. For the past 10 years, ev-
ery time he and his wife, Ann, would take
a walk on the beach they would approach
the observer tasked with counting seabirds
on Haystack Rock and ask the same ques-
tion.
How are the puffi ns this year?
Every year, the answer he received was
grim. But this year, when the observer said
he’d seen only seven that day, Underwood
and his wife walked back to their house
and decided something needed to be done.
“I remember coming down to Cannon
Beach as a kid to look at the rock, and re-
member hundreds of puffi ns,” Underwood
said. “We can’t let this icon of Cannon
Beach just disappear. We felt like we had
to get engaged, to raise awareness.”
‘Protect our Puffins’
Haystack Rock still is home to Ore-
gon’s largest tufted puffi n colony. But
research has shown a signifi cant decline
in the population of the small, black bird
with golden plumes on its head and a
bright orange beak .
After some brainstorming and a meet-
ing with Haystack Rock Awareness Pro-
gram coordinator Melissa Keyser, Under-
wood decided to donate $10,000 to launch
the “Protect our Puffi ns” campaign this
summer.
Soon, visitors and residents will see
“Protect our Puffi ns” sweatshirts for sale
at local businesses, Underwood said. All
of the proceeds will go to fund informa-
tional brochures, research and an event
next summer to raise awareness of the
“puffi n problem.”
“Hopefully it will have an impact on
the birds,” said Underwood, a Bainbridge
Island, Washington, resident and retired
CEO of Darigold. “Each of us need to
contribute in our own way, but we need
to make people aware of what’s going on
fi rst.”
See Puffi ns, Page 6A