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ary, hiring a private company to con-
duct the nationwide search and net-
ting nine applicants just as the coun-
try closed down.
Suddenly, all the usual tools for
evaluation were off the table. Mt. An-
gel’s council typically brings candi-
dates to town to meet the community
and staff at City Hall before a final de-
cision is made. But this year, phone
calls and Zoom meetings had to suf-
fice.
“I was skeptical going into a virtual
search because that isn’t how you do
it,” Wall said. “I’m a big believer in non-
verbal communication, and all you get
online is facial expressions.”
“It was a weird feeling for all of us,
not just me as a candidate,” Cronin
said. “I would much rather have come
in person. We were trying to get
through this virtual hiring process to-
gether, just like we’re all trying to get
through this tough time together.”
After spending a full Saturday in
May virtually interviewing the top sev-
en candidates, Mt. Angel’s search
committee narrowed its picks to three.
These were “qualified and talented
people, which made it difficult for us,”
Wall said, but Cronin finally emerged
as the leading choice.
His specialty is community devel-
opment. Among his other jobs, he
spent nine years working to revitalize
the Lents District in northeast Port-
land. His employer, now dubbed Pros-
per Portland, promotes housing, eco-
nomic development and other im-
provements in the city’s 11 urban re-
newal districts.
“Working in city planning, I’ve been
allowed to work on the thing I love,” he
said. “I knew I wanted to work on im-
proving the environment from the time
I was young.”
Cronin grew up on the East Coast, in
a borough 25 miles north of Philadel-
phia. The county seat, Doylestown, re-
mains a small town today, with a pop-
ulation just over 8,000. As a high
school student, he still remembers be-
ing excited when curbside recycling fi-
nally arrived in his town.
“I was one of those kids who was
saving up glass bottles when I heard a
statewide recycling initiative had
passed,” he said.
He went on to earn a bachelor’s de-
gree in environmental studies from
Penn State, moved to Oregon in 1996,
and was awarded a master’s degree in
Community and Regional Planning
from the University of Oregon. Over the
years, he’s worked mainly in the Port-
land area, with the last five being on the
Oregon Coast.
Working in Mt. Angel now allows
him to live full-time in Portland, where
he owns a home and his children live.
“Even though the commute is now
80 miles per day, I can sleep in my own
bed at night,” he said.
Cronin replaces Gene Green, interim
city manager since last October, who
was hired to fill in for City Manager Am-
ber Mathisen, who resigned last fall af-
ter three years on the job.
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A Stayton man was charged Tuesday for connection
with several thefts and burglaries in Marion and Linn
counties – including a hydroelectric plant near Sweet
Home and the Santiam Ski Lodge near Hoodoo.
Linn County Sheriff ’s detectives served a search
warrant Tuesday in the 700 block of Virginia Street in
Stayton, where they recovered nearly
200 items they believe were stolen from
both counties.
Anthony Fennimore, 30, and Brittany
Davidson, 32, were arrested and taken to
the Linn County Jail.
Officials said thousands of dollars
worth of items were stolen during these Fennimore
thefts, including a firearm.
The investigation began in early May
when the sheriff ’s office received sever-
al reports of a man using a face covering
to steal from remote areas in Linn Coun-
ty.
Deputies responded to a hydroelec-
tric plant east of Sweet Home where Davidson
multiple items were stolen from the
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In June, officials took a burglary report at the San-
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broke into the ski lodge.
A Nissan Pathfinder was used at both locations.
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The agency isn’t totally opposed to tree removal and
will look at options once river flows begin to drop in
July. But they also don’t want to create the false im-
pression that the river is ever that safe for inner tubes.
“As flows drop and the channel condenses, it could
also become more hazardous because there may be
less water around the obstructions and you’ll be
pushed right into them,” Henry said. “Sometimes low-
er water helps, sometimes it makes it worse.”
Where are the hazards?
Signs have been placed at Greens Bridge access
warning floaters about the danger on the North
Santiam River due to downed trees.
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Luckily, there have been no deaths this year, despite
a number of close calls. That prompted the Marine
Board and local sheriff ’s offices to look at removal.
“There are just so many trees in the river, and be-
hind them are many more waiting to come down. It’s a
minefield of fallen trees and root balls that are very dif-
ficult for floaters to avoid,” Henry said. “Removal
would require heavy equipment getting access to, and
going out in the river at relatively high flows. I would
want to engage ODFW and other agencies before put-
ting heavy equipment in the river like that and remov-
ing that many trees.
“Some trees could probably be trimmed by people
with chainsaws in drift boats lining down to the trees
and cutting from the boats, but this can be quite dan-
gerous.”
The Marine Board has some options for removing
blockages in exceptional circumstances, but they
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Deputies were able to identify the male associated
with the vehicle as Fennimore.
On June 28, deputies investigated several reports of
vehicles that had been broken into in the Marion Lakes
area of Linn County. That same day, deputies also in-
vestigated a report of a vehicle stolen from the Pacific
Crest Trailhead off Highway 20 near Hoodoo.
On Tuesday, deputies found the Nissan Pathfinder
and the vehicle stolen from the Pacific Crest Trailhead,
parked at a residence on Virginia Street.
Deputies served a search warrant and recovered the
stolen vehicle, in addition to nearly 200 items believed
to be stolen from both Marion and Linn counties.
Fennimore faces charges of possession of a stolen
vehicle, unauthorized use of a vehicle, second-degree
burglary, unlawful entry into a motor vehicle, two
counts of first-degree theft, first-degree theft of a fire-
arm and two counts of second-degree criminal mis-
chief.
Brittany Davidson was charged with second-degree
burglary and second-degree criminal mischief.
Officials said additional charges are expected as the
investigation continues.
The Stayton Police Department and the Marion
County Sheriff ’s Office assisted Linn County Sheriff ’s
office.
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There are two main hazard areas, both on the North
Santiam River, upstream of its confluence with the
South Santiam.
The first danger area is in a new channel, about
halfway between Greens Bridge and the confluence of
the two rivers.
“The water has created a new channel on the right
side of the river, and people are getting sucked into
that new channel that is filled with a bunch of root
wads and strainers,” Jefferson Fire division chief Louis
Gisler said. “We’ve had some very close calls there and
people have been very lucky to get washed through.”
The second dangerous area is just upstream of the
confluence. It often has downed trees, but recently at
least two large trees have fallen into the river while the
river carves new channels, creating more danger.
“The majority of people are not wearing life jack-
ets,” Gisler said. “There has also been a gentlemen out
there in a private boat warning people, even putting up
his own signs about the danger, telling people to get
out and walk around, and people are not listening, so
that’s been frustrating.”
The man in the private boat rescued a number of
people as well, Gisler said, meaning well over a dozen
needed help.
History of problems
This isn’t the first time the area just above the con-
fluence of the North and South Santiam Rivers has
been a problem.
Henry said there was at least one kayak fatality, and
a large number of inner tube rescues, in 2014 around
the same location. At the time, a local landowner pro-
vided access and a contractor who donated time and
heavy equipment helped remove a single log jam.
“The difference then was the largest problem was in
one concentrated area with land access,” Henry said.
“This year’s situation is much more scattered.”
So for now, the stretch of river should be avoided,
especially by those using boats without paddles. And,
he said, while this specific problem might improve
sometime in the future, the danger, especially near the
confluence, is unlikely to dissipate.
“I would expect this to remain dangerous for the
foreseeable future,” Henry said. “The North Santiam is
actively cutting into forested banks all the time, it’s
kind of the nature of the river. The bank adjacent to the
large grouping of fallen trees has a continuous supply
of large cottonwood trees that will continually fall into
the river with each high-water event.”
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ceiving this revenue to complete
this project.”
Perrydale uses its old gym,
which dates to the 1940s, as a cafe-
teria since building its new gym in
the early 2000s.
The district had a $3.4 million
bond in the May ballot, but it failed
after the district asked voters not
to vote for the bond after the CO-
VID-19 pandemic hit.
Now it will receive $2,342,562
for improvements to keep the old
gym usable.
“The grant itself will be a huge
deal for our school,” Perrydale
Principal Dan Dugan said. “When
we found out we got that money,
it’s just great. It’s exciting for our
school and our community.”
The Scio School District will re-
ceive $1,547,940 for improvements
on the Scio Middle School gym.
It also received a $2.4 million
grant in 2018 for seismic work on
its high school gym.
The Sheridan Fire District will
receive $2,092,758 for the Sheri-
dan Fire Station.
On many occasions when pub-
lic institutions are dealing with
older buildings and considering
putting out bonds, they frequently
choose to build new buildings as
it’s more financially feasible.
This grant assures those histor-
ic buildings will survive and serve
their intended purpose for decades
to come.
“You can’t go wrong,” Drill said.
“A ton of forethought goes into this
in partners that are looking at K-12
education. It’s safety for kids.
“Before we did the work with
Turner (Elementary School), that
was 100% coming down in an
earthquake. Now that building can
withstand a major earthquake.”
Bill Poehler covers Marion
County for the Statesman Journal.
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