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needed and will take more time
to complete, Moore said. The
building was not equipped with
any fire safety system when it
was operating as a children’s
center.
While the charter school
has enough students enrolled to
operate, the academy is still re-
cruiting to fill more seats before
fall, Moore said. Earlier this
year, the academy had as many
as 40 students. Moore said she
has no concerns about meeting
the goal, however, and attri-
butes fluctuating numbers to
the fact the status of the school
has been up in the air because
of the late location change.
“I think there are a lot of
families who were waiting for
this day to happen,” Moore
said.
Academy gets help from firefighters
A gift of life
By R.J. Marx
Cannon Beach Gazette
With workers hammering and sanding
in the background, members of the Can-
non Beach Fire Department presented a
gift of an automated external defibrillator
Aug. 8 to the Cannon Beach Academy’s
Director Amy Moore and President Kellye
Dewey.
The defibrillator will be stored at the
academy’s new location on South Hemlock.
“Anybody with some basic training can
save a person’s life,” said Lt. Brian Smith,
a firefighter and president of the Cannon
Beach Fire and Rescue Association. “Any
time you have a heart issue, time is life.”
Proceeds from the association’s annual
ham dinner and other fundraising events
raised the $2,000 to purchase the device,
used in first aid and cardiopulmonary re-
suscitation.
“Hopefully we’ll never use it, but if we
do need to, we’ll save lives,” Dewey said.
“And every time somebody walks by and
asks about our fire department, we can brag
about it.”
“It’s fully automatic,” Fire Chief Matt
Benedict said of the defibrillator. “If the
staff has a heart issue, this is the first thing
they have to do. All they have to do is
hook up the pads and it does everything for
them.”
Benedict said the academy staff is abid-
ing by all state fire safety mandates. The
hydrant will be located most likely on the
road by the driveway. “They’re just wrap-
ping everything up right now. They’ve
got the exit signs up, the doors are up, the
emergency lighting.”
Moore said she expects temporary oc-
cupancy to begin Tuesday. Teachers arrive
Aug. 21 and the academy’s first year of op-
eration begins Sept. 5. More than 40 first-
and second-graders are enrolled in the new
charter school.
The academy has two teachers, Dawn
Jay and Theresa Dennis.
R.J. MARX/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Lt. Brian Smith presents an automatic electronic defibrillator to
Cannon Beach Academy Director Amy Moore.
Bike and Build: Pedaling for a purpose
Nationwide
fundraiser lands
in Cannon Beach
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
Thistle and Rose
Hootenanny hits the Coaster
The Coaster Theatre Play-
house presents an evening
of music and merriment on
Saturday, Aug. 26, with a
Cannon Beach Hootenanny.
The evening will showcase
local musicians Adams and
Costello, Floating Glass
Balls, Maggie and The Katz
and Thistle and Rose, blend-
ing unique sounds of folk,
blues and a little bit of rock
’n’ roll.
Julie Adams and Michael
Costello are a guitar and vo-
cal duo.
The Floating Glass Balls
can be found at Bill’s Tavern
most Thursday nights. Gui-
tarist Joel Marshal and fid-
dler Gary Keiski, both orig-
inal members of the band are
joined by Dave Quinton on
upright bass and Brad Gris-
wold on banjo.
Maggie and the Katz
Adams-Costello
formed five years ago cre-
ating a gumbo of eclectic,
bluesy and soulful, R&B
tunes. Joining Maggie is
songwriter, vocalist and gui-
tar player Richard Thoma-
sian.
Thistle and Rose spice it
up with two guitars and four
voices in harmony.
Tickets are $15 and can be
purchased online at coaster-
theatre.com or by calling the
box office at 503-436-1242.
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Word & Image pairs writers and artists.
Hoffman Center in Manzanita
offers Word & Image exhibit
MANZANITA — Word
& Image is a summer exhib-
it at the Hoffman Center for
the Arts in Manzanita, which
pairs artists and writers to
create original work, each in
response to the other’s.
The event is at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 26, at the
Hoffman Center for the Arts,
594 Laneda Ave.
Twelve artists and 12
writers drew names, and
have created art and writing
in response to each other’s
creative work.
View original art, lis-
ten to original readings and
have a chance to purchase
broadsides of the collabora-
tions along with a keepsake
book of all the creative re-
sults. Suggested donation
for the event is $5.
The exhibit will run 3-5
p.m. every Friday and Satur-
day in September.
Further information is
available at hoffmanblog.
org .
Families from the East
Coast huddled together in
front of Haystack Rock, hold-
ing welcome signs and bottles
of champagne.
The excitement in this
group started building three
months ago when their friends,
siblings and children all made
the decision to ride 3,856
miles across the United States,
ending their journey Saturday,
Aug. 5, was the end of their
journey.
Mary Savarese flew from
Connecticut to meet her
daughter Katie with a poster
with the names of all 36 partic-
ipants mapped along the route
they rode from Virginia Beach.
“We just find it amazing,”
she said. “When she told us, it
was a surprise — but the de-
cision did make sense. She is
outgoing and always up for a
challenge.”
That challenge is a program
called Bike and Build, where
college-aged people have the
opportunity to raise money
for and help build affordable
housing all while biking across
the country. Founded in 2002,
the program and those who
apply for it have donated more
than $6.2 million to affordable
housing causes throughout the
United States, which each rid-
er contributing to the construc-
tion or renovation of 3.6 new
homes.
There are multiple routes
riders can take, but the central
route has historically always
landed in Cannon Beach. Gabe
Planas was one of the 36 riders
celebrating in the surf of the
Pacific Ocean.
“It was awe-inspiring,” he
said. “The impact of what we
did probably won’t hit for a
while.”
Before hitting the road,
Planas and the other riders
started preparing in January
with 500 miles of training, 10
hours of volunteer work with
affordable housing groups and
raising $4,800.
Planas, a 25-year-old mid-
dle school science teacher in
Charlottesville, Virginia, said
he was inspired to take on the
challenge after hearing of the
experience from many of his
BRENNA VISSER/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
Mary Savarese waits for her daughter to arrive in Cannon Beach with a sign that details her
nearly 4,000-mile bike ride.
LEFT, Families of Bike and Build participants in Cannon Beach. RIGHT, Families of Bike
and Build participants popped champagne upon the arrival of 36 riders who biked across
the Untied States to build affordable housing.
friends from University of Vir-
ginia.
“There’s a really strong
Bike and Build community,”
he said. “I like the cause, and
the age cut-off is 26, so it was
now or never.”
Before this, the most bik-
ing Planas had ever done con-
sistently was his commute to
work.
“You could count number
of people on one hand with
extensive bike experience on
this trip,” he said. But after
500 miles of training in the
Blue Ridge Mountains and
some trial-by-fire riding on the
route, he said everyone ended
“on a level playing field.”
On the days they weren’t
riding an average of 60 to 100
miles a day, the team would
work with local affordable
housing affiliates, helping
them paint and build struc-
tures.
While riders receive a
unique view of the American
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countryside, one of the most
notable aspects of the land-
scape are the people he met,
Planas said.
“You come in with precon-
ceived notions. Like Kansas
— you hear it’s flat and bor-
ing. But east Kansas was one
of my favorite parts, partly
because it was beautiful and
also the people were friendly,”
Planas said.
Planas’ parents were one of
the many waiting for their in-
trepid riders, one of the many
impressed and proud of their
accomplishments.
“What a great way to ob-
serve this country,” Suzanne
Planas said. “At first we were
kind of nervous, but if any-
thing, it showed us through
him there are still a lot of gen-
erous people in this country.”
Planas’ journey with Bike
and Build may be over be-
cause of the age limit, but his
younger sister plans to do it as
well. So, the Bike and Build
experience may be in the Pla-
nas family for a while longer.
“It’s one thing to say you
biked across the country, an-
other thing to say you helped
build affordable housing, but
it’s pretty cool to be able to
say you did both in one sum-
mer,” Planas said.
Dining on the
North Coast
PIG ‘N PANCAKE
223 S Hemlock
503-436-2851
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From hashbrown potatoes ground fresh
daily and award-winning sourdough
pancakes to homemade soups and
clam chowder, you’ll find delicious family friendly dining
at the Pig ‘N Pancake. Over 35 breakfast varieties and a
complete lunch menu, too. Our dining area overlooks a
beautiful wetland area and downtown Cannon Beach.
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