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Jewell farmer files for
county commission seat
Gladwin
running for
Thompson’s
position
By Jack Heffernan
The Daily Astorian
Jewell farmer Susana
Gladwin has filed for a Clat-
sop County Board of Com-
missioners seat held by Li-
anne Thompson.
Gladwin, 71, has served
on the county Planning Com-
mission along with Thomp-
son, who has expressed her
desire to seek re-election.
Thompson represents Dis-
trict 5, which covers most of
South County — including
Cannon Beach, Arch Cape,
Elsie, Jewell and parts of
Seaside.
“I think I have a lot of
knowledge of that area —
Seaside, Arch Cape, Cannon
Beach — to be a good com-
missioner,” Gladwin said. “I
study things carefully. I like
being a team player. I have
a lot of background in a lot
of things, and I want to give
voters a choice.”
Gladwin, who has lived
in Jewell since 1971 and
owns 9 acres of forestland,
would like to focus on for-
estry issues should she be
elected, she said. She also
would prioritize the housing
strife, which she attributed
to soaring rent prices in a
booming economy. “Always
the people on the edge have
no hope and are getting de-
pressed and taking drugs,”
Gladwin said.
Issues
that affect
the Jewell
area have
not
been
properly
discussed at
the county
Susana
level, Glad-
Gladwin
win
said.
She added,
though, that Thompson’s
term hasn’t necessarily been
a detriment to the commu-
nity.
“I want to run so that the
Jewell area again is repre-
sented,” she said.
For example, Gladwin
was “shocked” that she was
the only person to offer pub-
lic comment at a hearing be-
fore commissioners passed
a vacation rental ordinance
in January. If elected, she
would use her connections
in the Jewell community to
inform people that a vote
— and the last opportunity
for public comment — was
coming, she said.
The five-commissioner
board will have three seats
up for election in May.
Medical data analyst
Andrew Davis announced
he will run for the seat oc-
cupied by board chairman
Scott Lee, who has said he
will not seek re-election. Pa-
mela Wev — an Astoria land
use planning consultant —
and Peter Roscoe — a for-
mer Astoria city councilor
and owner of Fulio’s Pastar-
ia — intend to run for Com-
missioner Lisa Clement’s
position. Clement said she is
not sure whether she will run
for a second term.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 28
Cannon Beach Business
Continuity and Emergency
Preparedness, 1:30-4 p.m.,
163 E. Gower St.
TUESDAY, March 6
Cannon Beach City Council, 7
p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Cannon Beach Design Review
Board Meeting, 6 p.m., City
Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
TUESDAY, March 20
Cannon Beach Public Works
Committee, 9 a.m., City Hall,
163 E. Gower St.
THURSDAY, March 8
Seaside School District Board
of Directors, 6 p.m., 1801 S.
Franklin, Seaside.
Cannon Beach Academy, 5:30
p.m. 3718 S. Hemlock St.
THURSDAY, March 22
MONDAY, March 12
Cannon Beach Rural Fire
Protection District, 6 p.m.,
188 Sunset, Cannon Beach.
TUESDAY, March 13
Cannon Beach City Council,
5:30 p.m., work session, City
Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
THURSDAY, March 15
Cannon Beach Parks and
Community Services Com-
mittee, 9 a.m., City Hall, 163
E. Gower St.
Cannon Beach Planning Com-
mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 163
E. Gower St.
TUESDAY, April 3
Cannon Beach City Council, 7
p.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Compassion, corruption, community
N
igel Jaquiss is a Pulitzer Prize-
winning investigative reporter
who writes for Willamette Week,
a Portland newspaper. He came to
Astoria to speak at the Columbia Forum
on March 7, 2017, about the need for
integrity, good judgment, and a rational
thought process in the conduct of public
affairs.
He also said something that’s been
bouncing around in my brain ever since.
“Corruption in Oregon doesn’t look like
envelopes full of hundred-dollar bills
being passed. Corruption in Oregon looks
like cronyism without accountability.”
Cronyism without accountability. What
does that mean? And why does it matter
to you?
It matters to you because it’s your
money, your tax dollars that are being
spent.
It might help to consider what ac-
countability looks and feels like.
It looks like having a plan. It looks
like having a vision and a mission and
goals. If the goals are SMART (specific,
measurable, achievable, reality-based,
and time-specific), so much the better.
One way to look at cronyism is that it
means using power or authority to treat
our friends differently, whether giving
Martin was
‘matriarch of
Cannon Beach’
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
Janice Kay Martin, who
co-founded Cannon Beach’s
Steve Martin Management Co.
with her late husband, died Sat-
urday, Feb. 10, at her home in
Palm Desert, California, after a
battle with cancer. She was 77.
The 40-year-old compa-
ny, which has been renamed
Martin North, manages sever-
al Cannon Beach properties,
including the Stephanie Inn,
Surfsand Resort and Wayfarer
Restaurant.
Snyder’s husband, Steve,
died from cancer in 2000. She
is survived by daughter Steph-
anie Snyder, Stephanie’s hus-
band, Ryan Snyder, and their
two children. Ryan Snyder and
his wife have operated Martin
North and its properties since
2004.
“Inspirational. That is the
word that sums up my feeling
for Jan and her impact on so
many,” Ryan Snyder wrote in
an email. “From the moment I
met her, I felt fortunate to expe-
rience a heart of integrity, and
commitment … a soul strong
Cannon Beach Rural Fire
Protection District, 6 p.m.,
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and courageous. And those
principles were inspiring as
you watched her approach life
and death. I will miss her, her
zest for friendships, her love
of family, her joy in being a
grandmother to our two kids,
and the love I felt as her son-
in-law.”
Jan Snyder was raised on
a North Dakota farm, where
she lived with her family be-
fore marrying Steve Martin in
1967. The couple was living in
The Dalles before purchasing
the Surfsand Resort in 1979.
Their portfolio expanded after
purchasing multiple Cannon
Beach properties, including
the Viking Motel, the Haystack
Resort, the Wayfarer Restau-
rant, the RV Resort and the
oceanfront property that be-
came the Stephanie Inn.
Dave Norstedt, the vice
president of operations at Mar-
tin North, knew Jan Snyder
for years and said between the
hard work ethic she learned on
the farm and her gentle spirit,
she was a natural in the hospi-
tality industry.
“She spent early years
cleaning guest rooms and
working the front desk,” Nor-
stedt said. “Jan became known
for exquisite taste in room de-
cor and interior design. Jan
later became the company
president. Jan treated me with
wineries pouring tastings
at art galleries, restaurants
and retail shops. A $40 tick-
et buys a souvenir glass and
free tastings at all locations.
A complimentary shuttle will
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and hotels. The festival kicks
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constant kindness and respect,
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The couple was often cred-
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hospitality in Cannon Beach,
with major renovation projects
to the Surfsand Resort reshap-
ing the resort town’s oceanfront
aesthetic. In 2009, Jan Snyder
was integral in the design work
behind the Stephanie Inn.
“She was kind of behind
the scenes, and Steve got a
lot of the attention. But they
were equals, and what they
accomplished was incredible,”
said Patrick Nofield of Escape
Lodging.
Nofield first met Jan Sny-
der when he took a job with
Martin North right out of col-
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Jan Martin
lege in 1986. His memory of
her is colored by her gracious-
ness, her kindness and her dis-
cipline, he said. He always ad-
mired her ability to speak her
mind when she thought you
were wrong.
But her coarseness was al-
ways paired with kindness in
the way she would give second
chances or advice when you
made a mistake, Nofield said.
“It felt like family working
there in that way. The story of
Jan to me is that she was the
matriarch of Cannon Beach
in a way,” Nofield said. “She
was a roll-up-your-sleeves and
make-it-happen kind of wom-
an. Escape Lodging wouldn’t
be what it is today without that
mentorship from Steve and
Jan. They were all about tak-
ing care of people, because the
money after that takes care of
itself.”
For the past 15 years, Jan
Snyder has been in retirement,
coming in and out of the com-
munity. But for many, her im-
pact on the hospitality industry
— and the town in general —
will linger.
“For many of us who work
at Martin North today, she was
our boss, but most importantly
she was our friend,” Norstedt
said. “A natural in the hospital-
ity industry, Jan was the con-
summate host.”
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5:30 p.m., work session, City
Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
them a job or looking at the methods and
results of how they do a job.
Accountability should be used as a tool,
not a weapon, I think. It involves commu-
nication, based on respect and affection.
And it empowers us, based on appropriate
rules, roles, and responsibilities.
But it’s embarrassing to be measured
and fail. It’s unpleasant and uncomfort-
able to talk about not meeting a goal, es-
pecially one that matters. No wonder I’ve
been as popular as a skunk at a picnic for
asking my fellow county commissioners
and the county manager to develop and
use accountability systems for our work.
On the other hand, if we approach
the questions with some compassion for
ourselves, some willingness to fail and re-
cover, some humor and some grace. What
might we be able to accomplish?
We might address our crying needs:
housing, ecologically sustainable eco-
nomic development, and resilience. Even
if you and I are OK in today’s economy,
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MONDAY, April 9
TUESDAY, April 10
GUEST COLUMN
LIANNE THOMPSON
many others are not, and they’re part of
our community. We need to care about
our people and our planet.
We need as many people as possible
to have stable and adequate income.
Manufacturing jobs can provide stable
and adequate income in a way that other
sectors often do not. Manufacturing also
provides a more stable tax base for the
rest of the services a healthy community
needs, like schools, health care, public
health, public safety, roads, and so on.
Mother Nature has blessed us with
a natural resource base, but we are not
adding as much value to the wood prod-
ucts as we might be able to do by devel-
oping cross-laminated timber and other
mass timber technology, as is already
done in Europe and Asia. Automation
can be our friend
Or, instead of building a dream of a
better use for our people and our planet,
we can attack those who ask for account-
ability as a way of moving us forward
together. If you want a world that works
for everyone, cronyism has no place.
Mutually respectful and compassionate
accountability does.
Lianne Thompson is District
5 member of the Clatsop County
Board of Commissioners.
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