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Left: Two people cosplay as X-Files characters at the UFO Festival May 20
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College looks for Board of ed. election
new president
brings new face
C la ck am as C o m m u n ity C o lle g e P re sid e n t
If you never subm itted th e Clackam as County special
Joan n e T ruesd ell an n o u n ce d th a t s h e w ill
retire in spring 2618. B etw een n o w and then,
district electio n b allot, it’ s too late now; M ay 16 w a s
the college is making an effort to fill the shoes
o f th e soon to be ex-p resid en t.
The Oackam as Community College’s Board of Education
representative, serve for four years. Each person is from
C la ck am as h e ld m u ltip le e v e n ts fo r th e
a diffèrent area and there are seven zones in the college
public, students and s ta ff give in p u t to help
create a profile fo r th e n e xt president.
district.
h as ju st begun.
“ W e are at the very beginning o f th e process
th e Clackam as County area, Rob W heeler w as elected as
and quite fa r fro m lo o k in g at ca n d id ates,”
has served on th e Board for the, past 11 years.
said tra n sitio n lia iso n A m a n d a C o ffe y , an
In zone three, th e Gladstone area, Dave H unt w as re
elected.
a representative and h e is replacing Jean Bidstrup, who
A ccording to Co ffey, th o se involved in th e
Then, for zone six, th e east Clackam as County area,
process gathered w ith Dr. P reston Pulliam s,
th e c o lle g e ’ s c o n s u lta n t fr o m G o ld H ill
Jane Reid was also re-elected and she has been on the
Zone seven w as the only one w ith two people running,
P o rtla n d C o m m u n ity C o lle g e , to b u ild a
Irene Konev and her opponent M ichael D. McNichols.
success p rofile in a board m eeting;
Konev has lived in Canby for m ore th an 11 years and has
previously àttended Clackam as Com m unity College as
a student.
n o t atten d th e forum s, to p articipate in th e
Konev cam e ahead w ith 2,687 votes and McNichols
c o lle g e ’ s se a rc h fo r th e n e x t p re sid e n t to
lost w ith only 2,093 votes. Now, Konev w ill be replacing
replace Truesdell.
Richard Oathes, w h o had th e Board position since 2007.
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A s s o c ia te s a n d th e fo r m e r p re s id e n t o f
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This year, there w ere four zones that ended up on th e
ballot for voters. In zone two, the central north part o f
A lo n g w ith th e fo ru m s, th e co lle g e h ad
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T h ese forum s h ave ended, but th e process
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