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Pastor celebrates 20 years
Church of the Nazarene clergyman defies trend by
staying with the same congregation over long term
Christena Brooks
Special to Salem Statesman Journal
USA TODAY NETWORK
In a small church in Silverton, Pastor Dominic Car
low is part of a greater trend among pastors through
out the United States.
He’s stayed.
Carlow, 54, has stayed at one church longer than his
Nazarene predecessors, longer than most other pas
tors in Silverton, and much longer than even he ex
pected.
This year, he celebrated 20 years of service at Sil
verton Church of the Nazarene. Others like him,
who’ve served one congregation longterm, include
pastors Rob Barnes at Silver Creek Fellowship, Steve
Knox at First Christian Church and Breck Wilson, of
Oak Street Church, who just retired after 30 years of
service.
However, new research shows that Carlow is among
a growing group of church leaders serving longer in a
single location. The Californiabased polling company
Barna Group reported last year that pastors are staying
an average of 11 years at a church before moving on.
That’s more than double the average fouryear stay
last reported by Christian pollsters in 1992.
See CHURCH, Page 3A
Pastor Dominic Carlow at a recent baby dedication at
Silverton Church of the Nazarene.
SILVERTON CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Women making an
impact by winning
Gates man goes
from write-in to
mayor in 3 weeks
Bill Poehler
Salem Statesman Journal
USA TODAY NETWORK
City Council-elects Paige Hook (left) and Jordan Ohrt will join the city council.
MICHAELA ROMÁN/STATESMAN JOURNAL
Roots in community run deep for victorious candidates
Bill Poehler
Salem Statesman Journal
USA TODAY NETWORK
STAYTON – Paige Hook and Jordan Ohrt didn’t
know each other a year ago, and they were virtually
unknown to voters.
They became acquainted at city council and com
munity meetings and discovered they had a lot in
common – they are women who have roots in the
community, are parents of young children and about
the same age.
Ther opinions differ on some subjects, but Ohrt
and Hook decided to run for city council in Stayton in
the same election and formed a bond, often canvass
ing homes together.
Ohrt and Hook are leading in votes for three Stay
ton city council positions in the Nov. 6 election and are
among nine women in Marion County – many of them
firsttime candidates – defeating men or winning
elections to replace a man on a city council or as may
or in the midterm election.
“Why should leadership only be held by men?” said
Jacqueline Leung, who is winning election for Salem
See WOMEN, Page 2A
Oregon strike teams help battle
deadly Camp Fire in California
GATES – Daniel Tucker was in the moment.
In front of the largest meeting of the Gates City
Council in years and testifying about proposed zon
ing for shipping containers on personal property,
Tucker noted no one was on the ballot for mayor in
the Nov. 6 election. He turned to the passionate
crowd and said, “I’ll take your votes.”
That quickly, Tucker declared himself as a mayor
al candidate.
Running a successful writein campaign is diffi
cult, but to do it three weeks before the election – af
ter the ballots were mailed and some people already
voted – is something that could only work in a city
like Gates.
Tucker holds a commanding lead in the race for
mayor of Gates and his compatriots Carol Anne Boni
face, Tom Smith and James Hensell lead the race to
fill the three available city council positions.
No one filed for the Nov. 6 election to run for mayor
or the three open city council positions in Gates, a
quirky city of 500 about 30 miles east of Salem.
Current Mayor Jerry Marr said he intended to run
for office again, but missed the Aug. 28 filing dead
line. Marr said he would serve again if he was elected
as a writein candidate.
Instead, it appears the city will have a new mayor
in Tucker, who has never run for or held a public of
fice.
“I’m interested in learning the job, learning what it
entails,” Tucker said. “I kind of get the feeling myself
that the present council and mayor don’t really listen
to the things that the citizens want or don’t want.
“They do it regardless of what people think. I’m
more interested in trying to work with people who
live here in the city.”
In Marion County returns through Thursday,
Tucker was leading the race for mayor with 75 votes;
Marr had 45 votes. Super Man had one vote.
For city council, Carol Anne Boniface had 55 votes,
Tom Smith had 49 and James Hensell had 40. Cur
rent councilors who declined to run for reelection
Sandy Cutsforth, Sandy Cooper and Ruth Higgs had
between 15 and 13 votes each. Captain America, Snow
White and Bat Man each had one vote.
Those votes don’t include the seven writein votes
for mayor from Linn County, which hasn’t published
its writein votes individually, or its 14 votes for city
council.
Gates city recorder Traci Archer said she won’t get
official results until the elections are certified, which
likely will take place Nov. 26, though it could take
longer as Gates is in Marion and Linn counties and
votes from both counties will be combined.
And Archer must verify those with the most votes
are eligible to hold the office and are willing to take
the unpaid positions.
See GATES, Page 3A
Virginia Barreda
Salem Statesman Journal
USA TODAY NETWORK
The Oregon Department of Forestry deployed two
strike teams Nov. 11 to help battle wildfires in Califor
nia that have claimed more than 30 lives.
While on route, the Oregon teams received orders
to help suppress the 111,000acre Camp Fire near Chi
co in northern California. California officials originally
requested the Oregonians come to the southern por
tion of the state.
Both strike teams arrived at the Camp Incident
Command Post Nov. 11 and were on the front line Nov.
12.
As the Camp Fire burns nearby, a scorched car rests
by gas pumps near Pulga, Calif.. NOAH BERGER/AP
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The leading vote getter for mayor, Daniel Tucker,
stands by his shipping container in front of his
house on Nov. 15 in Gates. The city council of Gates
considered bringing an ordinance to ban shipping
containers which inspired Tucker to run.
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