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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2015 142nd YEAR, No. 165 ONE DOLLAR After decades in politics, Kitzhaber’s career came to a quick and abrupt end 866HQDWHVHDWKHKHOGIRUDOPRVW 27 years on accusations of sexual misconduct. ALEM — The swift fall of John ,Q 3DFNZRRG¶V FDVH WKH SUHV- Kitzhaber and the slow rise of VXUHV WRRN QHDUO\ WKUHH \HDUV WR UH- Kate Brown to Oregon’s governor- sult in his resignation. ship will intersect Wednesday, when In Kitzhaber’s case, the pressures Brown will be sworn in to succeed WRRN OHVV WKDQ ¿YH PRQWKV ² DQG Kitzhaber. culminated only a month after he /DVW ZHHN 'HPRFUDW .LW]KDEHU was sworn in for a record fourth EHFDPH WKH ¿UVW JRYHUQRU LQ 2UH- term as governor. gon history to resign under political Kitzhaber’s political career pressure, amid three separate inves- VSDQQHGGHFDGHVIURPKLV¿UVWHOHF- WLJDWLRQVRILQÀXHQFHSHGGOLQJDOOH- tion from a Roseburg-area district to JDWLRQVDJDLQVWKLPDQGKLV¿DQFpH the Oregon House in 1978, when he Cylvia Hayes. was an emergency room physician. :KLOH RWKHU HOHFWHG RI¿FLDOV LQ He was in the Oregon Senate 12 Oregon have lost their jobs under years, eight of them as its president, pressure, the only comparable mag- and served two terms as governor, nitude in recent times was the 1995 from 1995 to 2003. He won a record UHVLJQDWLRQRI5HSXEOLFDQ%RE3DFN- See KITZHABER, Page 10A wood, who faced expulsion from the 2+68OREE\LVWZLOOEHQHZ S governor’s chief of staff By PETER WONG Capital Bureau SALEM — Brian Shipley, who’s been in and out of state government for 20 years, will return to Sa- lem as chief of staff to incoming Gov. Kate Brown. 7KH QHZV ZDV ¿UVW UHSRUWHG E\ :LOODPHWWH :HHN Brown will be sworn in Wednesday after John .LW]KDEHU¶VUHVLJQDWLRQWDNHVHIIHFW Shipley, 39, is the top lobbyist for Oregon +HDOWK 6FLHQFH 8QLYHUVLW\ LQ 3RUWODQG DV DV- sociate vice president for government relations. See BROWN, Page 10A Kate Brown By PETER WONG Capital Bureau Gosia Wozniacka/Associated Press Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber an- swers questions during a news conference Jan. 30 in Portland. The end of his political career came only five months after ques- tions surfaced about the private business activities of first lady Cylvia Hayes. Another $90,000 for Knappa schools’ coffers Dianne Widdop Signatures submitted for recall of Gearhart mayor By KATHERINE LACAZE EO Media Group 7KH&ODWVRS&RXQW\&OHUN DQG (OHFWLRQV 2I¿FH LV YHUL- fying signatures on a petition circulated by Gearhart resi- dent Harold Gable in an ef- fort to remove Mayor Dianne :LGGRSIURPRI¿FH Gable submitted 114 sig- natures Wednesday to Gear- hart City Administrator Chad Sweet, who serves as the city HOHFWLRQV RI¿FLDO 6ZHHW FRQ- ¿UPHG WKH QXPEHU RI VLJQD- tures and that the forms were completed correctly. The in- formation then went to Clat- VRS&RXQW\HOHFWLRQVRI¿FLDOV who will verify the signatures. Gable needed to submit YHUL¿HG VLJQDWXUHV ² RU 15 percent of the total votes cast for governor in Gear- hart’s district during the most recent election — by next ZHHN¶V GHDGOLQH WR FRQWLQXH the recall process. If the required number of VLJQDWXUHV DUH YHUL¿HG RI- ¿FLDOV ZLOO QRWLI\ :LGGRS ZKRWKHQZLOOKDYH¿YHGD\V to submit her resignation or a VWDWHPHQW RI MXVWL¿FDWLRQ QR more than 200 words to be in- cluded on the election ballot. &RXQW\ HOHFWLRQV RI¿FLDOV informed Sweet they intend WRKDYHWKHVLJQDWXUHVYHUL¿HG See RECALL, Page 10A JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian State Sen. Betsy Johnson, Knappa Schools Foundation co-founder Shawn Teevin and auctioneer Max Stewart share a laugh during the foun- dation’s auction. By EDWARD STRATTON The Daily Astorian K NAPPA — Knappa Schools Foun- dation had another fruitful auction Saturday, estimating more than $90,000 raised from the more than 300 attendees Valentine’s Day in the Knappa High School gym. The auction employs silent and live DXFWLRQVDVZHOODVUDIÀHVDQGGLUHFWSOHDV for money by state Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose. The money raised, which is still approximate and being tabulated by the foundation, included: • More than $30,000 from state Sen. Betsy Johnson’s annual plea to bidders. • $29,500 from the live auction so far. • $11,000 from the silent auction. IURPWKH³%HVWRI/LYH´UDIÀH LQZKLFKELGGHUVERXJKWXSUDIÀHWLFN- ets for $100 apiece and a chance to win a live auction time of their choice. $ERXW IURP RWKHU UDIÀH items. 7LFNHW VDOHV DQG FDVK GRQDWLRQV E\ JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian attendees and those who could not attend. “We’re feeling very comfortable that Auctioneer Max Stewart auctions off one of two giant, student-made salmon signs during the Knappa that’s where we’re going to end up,” said Schools Foundation auction at Knappa High School Saturday. Both were purchased by commercial foundation Secretary Jeanne Windsor. The real estate developer Terry Lowenberg. foundation, she said, hires K & M Catering each year for the salmon and prime rib din- ner, while the Logger Restaurant, owned by foundation co-founder and KHS grad- uate Shawn Teevin, donates the appetizers and hors d’oeuvres. Big ticket The highest-selling item was $5,900 IRUDWZRWLFNHWSDFNDJHWRWKH8QLYHUVLW\ RI 2UHJRQ2UHJRQ 6WDWH 8QLYHUVLW\ &LY- il War football game Nov. 27 at Autzen Stadium, along with a football signed by 0DUFXV0DULRWD7KHWLFNHWVZHUHGRQDWHG by Teevin, and the football was donated by Johnson. “It was nice to have student participa- tion,” said Jeanne Windsor about the large, painted, aluminum salmon signs and paint- ings created by students for the auction. See AUCTION, Page 10A Bidders filled the Knappa High School gym during the dinner and auc- tion. JOSHUA BESSEX The Daily Astorian