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BONE APPETIT
A lesson in the eclipse
Pup-friendly bistro in Cannon Beach
Kids prepare for
once-in-lifetime
experience
The Bistro offers
fine dining for
Fido and friends
By Katherine Lacaze
For Cannon Beach Gazette
“I see it! I see it!” sever-
al children exclaimed, peer-
ing skyward through special
glasses at the sun from the
parking lot outside the Sea-
side Public Library.
The kindergarten through
fifth-grade children, as well
as their parents and guard-
ians, were gearing up for
the impending Aug. 21 solar
eclipse through a series of
games and activities hosted
by the library July 27.
Through June and July,
as part of its 2017 summer
reading program, the library
offered preschool story times
on Wednesdays; a handful
of special performances and
events for families; Teen
Tuesday events; and six
Thursday afternoon events
for elementary-aged children.
The most recent, and final,
was themed “Solar Eclipse:
Moon and Sun Experiments,”
and about 60 people attended.
During the event, students
decorated cookies with frost-
ing and sprinkles to resemble
suns, watched informational
videos, and explored how far
away the moon is from the
sun to cast an umbral shadow,
considering the significant
size difference.
During a question-and-an-
swer period led by youth ser-
vices librarian Marian Rose,
one young attendee accurate-
ly noted how a solar eclipse
involves the moon’s shadow
passing over the planet. Rose
further informed listeners
the North Coast does not fall
in the path of totality — in
which the sun will be com-
pletely obscured by the moon
— but rather the path of a
partial eclipse. The National
Aeronautics and Space Ad-
ministration estimates view-
ers in Seaside will experience
the sun being covered about
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
It may not be the Viet-
namese-style caramel chick-
en or the pear-brined pork
chop, but at The Bistro, dogs
can now get more than table
scraps.
Jack Stevenson has intro-
duced a gourmet dinner op-
tion for dogs to his upscale
menu. The “Bistro Dog Food
Offering” lists an entree of
chicken, brown rice, sweet
potatoes, carrots, peas, toma-
toes, olive oil and salt all gar-
nished with a sprig of parsley
for $4.50.
Cannon Beach is already
known as dog-friendly, the
restaurant owner said, but he
thought he would take it a
step further.
“What can we do for
dogs? Businesses around here
all have snacks, so I decided
to do what I hadn’t seen yet:
to make dog food,” he said.
Stevenson said he has
been surprised by the buzz
the new menu item has cre-
ated since he unveiled it last
week. Already he has had
30 dogs order the meal, with
more emails and calls coming
in every day asking about it.
“I’ve gotten a lot com-
ments like, ‘Are you kid-
ding?’ and, ‘Oh, my gosh!’
from customers when they see
COLIN MURPHEY/EO MEDIA GROUP
Patrons of The Bistro restaurant in Cannon Beach who bring their dogs with them now
have a new menu to choose from after owner/chef Jack Stevenson decided to offer gour-
met dog food as an option in the already canine-friendly community.
the menu,” he laughed. “But
so far it has been very well re-
ceived. People who love their
dogs really love them, so they
like the idea of feeding them
healthy, nutritious food.”
Gary Hayes brought his
Wheaten terrier mix, Gracie,
to try the new dish when it
was first introduced. He’s a
regular at The Bistro, partly
because there is dog-friendly
outdoor seating, so the idea
his dog could join him for
dinner as well was exciting.
“It’s the only restaurant
that I know of that actually of-
fers a meal for a dog,” Hayes
said. “It was great. I came
down right from work and
didn’t have to worry about
feeding Gracie.”
With popularity growing,
Stevenson said he plans to
expand by working with lo-
cal dog shops to sell his dog
dinner to-go in refrigerated,
compostable cups.
“When people go to the
beach, they aren’t thinking
about bringing dog food. So
owners could benefit from
the convenience of having an
on-the-go dog meal they can
buy,” Stevenson said.
Stevenson hopes to re-
search more dog-friendly
dishes to diversify the menu.
But, for now, it seems like the
dogs are loving everything
about the dish except for one
thing.
“Gracie cleaned the bowl,”
Hayes said, “but she left the
parsley garnish.”
Picnic at the barn with the land conservancy
Pack a picnic and join
friends and supporters of
North Coast Land Conser-
vancy at Circle Creek Con-
servation Center in Seaside
on Thursday, Aug. 24, for the
2017 Summer Picnic at the
Barn. The first summer pic-
nic was held last year to com-
memorate the conservancy’s
30th anniversary; it was such
a success that staff and volun-
teers decided to make it an an-
nual event. No admission fee;
everyone is welcome.
Guided walks on the trails
at Circle Creek will begin at 4
p.m. Bring chairs or a blanket
to relax on the lawn outside the
big barn and listen to live mu-
sic beginning at 5 p.m., while
a silent auction with lodging,
wine, fine art and other offer-
ings is held inside the barn.
Bring a pie or other dessert for
the dessert table. The picnic
will wrap up around 7 p.m. Cir-
cle Creek Conservation Center
is at the end of Rippet Road in
Seaside; look for it on the west
side of U.S. 101, north of the
junction with U.S. 26.
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“We will see the moon
pass over the sun,” Rose told
the students. “It’ll be pretty
cool.”
Observers within the path
of totality, she said, will be
able to see the sun’s coro-
na, the outermost part of the
sun’s atmosphere that nor-
mally is hidden by the bright
light of the sun’s surface.
In all phases of the eclipse
besides totality, however,
viewers need to wear special
eclipse glasses when looking
directly at the sun.
“Only when the moon has
completely blocked the sun is
it safe to look,” Rose said.
The last time a total so-
lar eclipse passed across the
continental U.S. from coast
to coast was June 1918. Af-
ter the 2017 solar eclipse,
the next total eclipse visible
over the continental U.S. will
be April 8, 2024, according
to NASA. As the library’s
event drew to conclusion,
each attendee was given a
pair of eclipse glasses and led
outdoors to experiment look-
ing through them at the sun,
much to the delight of the
young observers.
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During an event at the Sea-
side Public Library, about
60 children, parents and
guardians attended the
event, Solar Eclipse: Moon
and Sun Experiments,
which was put on in con-
junction with the 2017
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