June 15, 2018 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com • 7A
Home is their sandcastle
Sandcastles from Page 1A
Debbie Nelson, the chief or-
ganizer, attributes the low
number to the fact the contest
fell on the same weekend as
many school graduations and
the Grand Floral Parade in
Portland.
As the day unfolded,
crowds ebbed and flowed
on and off the beach as the
weather alternated from
bright sun to epic rain. De-
spite the chaotic weather,
builders remained steadfast,
peeling and putting on layers
of rain gear as they crafted.
One of those teams was the
Jessop family, a Masters Divi-
sion team who in their ninth
year is considered to be one of
the Sandcastle Contest’s lon-
gest-running competitors. The
team out of Monmouth placed
third this year with a full-on
miniature golf course replica
called “The Sand Trap,” with
windmill structures stacking
up past 6 feet tall.
But the Jessop’s success at
competitive sand sculpting is
rooted in a humble beginning.
“I just wanted something
to do with my kids when they
were little,” Yvonne Jessop
said.
As the mother of five, Jes-
sop found the contest on the
internet and decided to sign
the family up.
“I remember thinking,
‘We can build a sandcastle,’”
she said, “meanwhile having
no idea — none at all — of
what these kind of sandcas-
tles looked like.”
In their first year compet-
ing in the large group division,
the family was floored by what
they saw from other teams. So
they trained, bought books,
studied the tools other teams
used and eventually geared up
to compete in the Masters Di-
vision three years later.
The day of competition was
42 degrees and raining, caus-
ing everything they made to
slump and melt. Their spirits,
however, remained unaffected.
CANNON BEACH ARTS ASSOCIATION
Cannon Beach Arts Association presents a summer arts
camp in July.
Arts camp in July
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Corey Heikkila of Portland works on the finishing touches of his sandcastle for his team
Tie Dye in the Masters Division.
The Cannon Beach Arts
Association’s 16th Annu-
al Summer Art Camp takes
place July 9-13 for ages 3
years to adult in Cannon
Beach. Classes are from 10
a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m.
New this year is a two-
day music camp for ages 16
to 18 and an adult art camp
for ages 18 and older. A pop-
up exhibition displaying
camper’s creations will take
place at the Cannon Beach
Gallery Saturday, July 14,
with an open reception 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. Brochures
are available in English and
Spanish with class descrip-
tions, registration forms, and
camp location information
available online at cannon-
beacharts.org and at the Can-
non Beach Gallery, 1064 S.
Hemlock. Scholarships are
available. Questions may
be emailed to artcamp@
cannonbeacharts.org or visit
them on Facebook for week-
ly updates.
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BRENNA VISSER
Jonathan Jessop leads his team Rose Jacobsen, 9, builds a sandcastle in the small group
in a stretching exercise before division. Jacobsen came from Portland to compete for the
the Sandcastle Contest kickoff. first time ever at the Cannon Beach Sandcastle Contest.
‘To me, this means
family. It’s not
about winning, it’s
about the fun.’
Jonathan Jessop
“I didn’t know if my kids
would ever want to try that
again,” Jessop said. “But
when we got back to camp,
they said, ‘What are we going
to make next year?’”
And the kids — now most-
ly in their 20s — have kept
asking that question as they
each have made an annual
pilgrimage to Cannon Beach
to compete.
Jonathan Jessop, who
started building at 14, is now
25 and flies in from Hawaii
each year for the contest.
“To me, this means fami-
ly. It’s not about winning, it’s
about the fun,” Jonathan Jes-
sop said. “It’s definitely not
for the warm sunny beaches.
Hawaii has plenty of those.”
As the kids have grown, so
has the team as new in-laws
and girlfriends are roped into
the family tradition. No mat-
ter how they place, Yvonne
Jessop said after nine years of
competition the family has re-
ceived something greater.
“(Competing) has made
us work together better than
anything else. Like any team,
there’s conflict. But when it
comes all together in the end,
it’s good,” she said. “It’s re-
ally changed the dynamic of
the family. As the kids have
grown, we’ve learned how
to communicate and solve
problems differently than we
would have otherwise.”
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