THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, MAY 20, 2015
Port board stays
same; Hazen wins
Health District race
By EDWARD
STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Three Port of Astoria
commissioners up for elec-
tion or re-election faced no
competition in the special
district election Tuesday.
Bill Hunsinger of
Astoria, a commercial
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longshoreman, retained
Position 3 with nearly 87
percent of the votes. Thir-
teen percent went to the
write-in candidate section.
Hunsinger is serving his
third elected term since
defeating Oregon State
University Extension Sea
Grant agent Jim Bergeron
in 2007.
Former sheriff and
Clatsop County com-
missioner John Raichl of
Astoria, appointed to Po-
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Gerttula’s remaining year,
retained his seat with 95
percent of the votes. So
did Robert Mushen of
Cannon Beach, a retired
doctor appointed to Posi-
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remaining year, with more
than 93 percent of the
votes.
Gerttula resigned from
Position 5 of the Port
Commission in May 2014,
as did Bland from Position
4.
Jeff Hazen
Other countywide
races
The Clatsop Care Cen-
ter Health District featured
possibly the most compet-
itive race in Clatsop Coun-
ty.
Jeff Hazen defeated
Janet Miltenberger 1,487
votes (55.5 percent) to
1,184 (44.2 percent).
Nancy Winters in
Position 3, Paul Radu
in Position 5, Heath-
er Reynolds in Position
6 and William “Mitch”
Mitchum in Position 7
all ran unopposed, with
at least 97 percent of the
votes.
In the Union Health
District, Elaine Norling,
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Edgar all ran unopposed
and received at least 98
percent of votes.
For full election results,
visit
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All other
races were
uncontested
other positions on the board
had no candidates.
Colleen Dohrn, Norma
Painter and Karen Hurd
each ran unopposed for the
Hamlet Rural Fire Protec-
By ERICK BENGEL and
tion District. Each received
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at least 96 percent of the
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vote. One position had no
and The Daily Astorian
candidate.
Sharon Clyde
Christopher Wilbur
Ronald Larsen, Stan
Only one rural fire dis-
Johnson and John Jolley
trict race in Tuesday’s spe- district. Each received at con Cove and includes the both ran unopposed for the
cial district election was least 94 percent of votes.
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contested.
Fire Protection District.
Wilbur, also a Cannon County.
In the Cannon Beach Ru- Beach resident, said he will
The board has a vacancy Each received 100 percent
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Board, Sharon Clyde re- DURXQG³,¶OONHHSWU\LQJWLOO president, Alfred Aya, re- no candidates.
Dale Webster and Su-
tained Position 5.
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signed late last month. Clyde,
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votes, or 65.5 percent. Her Clyde said, “I’m just happy. I cally became president; the unopposed for the Knap-
challenger, Chris Wilbur, ORYHWKH¿UHGLVWULFWDQG,UH- board voted member Garry pa-Svensen-Burnside Ru-
ral Fire Protection District.
received 102 votes, or 33 DOO\OLNHEHLQJRQWKHERDUG´ Smith vice president.
percent.
She said, however, that
Clyde said she hopes Each received at least 99
“Not too bad for my first Wilbur “would have done a Wilbur will apply for the percent of votes.
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political contest,” Wilbur good job.”
vacancy.
IV and Ted Warila all ran un-
said, smiling. “Sharon’s
The five-member fire
Other fire districts
opposed for the Lewis and
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time. I have nothing but lars that come from the pro-
positive thoughts.”
tection district’s residents Truax, Lawrence Pfund and District. Each received at
He added he is happy for and helps set the policies Ashley Kraushaar all ran least 99 percent of votes.
Larry Boxman, Joan Jones
&O\GH DQG NQRZV VKH ZLOO of Cannon Beach Fire and unopposed for the Gearhart
Rural Fire Protection Dis- and Barbara Smith all ran un-
“continue to serve the com- Rescue.
munity well.”
Formed in 1947, the fire trict. Each received at least RSSRVHGIRUWKH0LVW%HUNHQ-
feld Rural Fire Protection
Clyde, a Cannon Beach protection district covers 99 percent of the vote.
Sandra Lerma, ran un- District. Each received at
resident, has been on the approximately five square
board since 1996.
miles and runs from the opposed for the Elsie-Vine- least 89 percent of votes.
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Bob Carelli and Linda U.S. Highway 101 and U.S. maple Rural Fire Protection
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Election: Clatsop Community College
board is entering a new era of leadership
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Clatsop
Community College
Clatsop
Community
College’s Board of Direc-
tors is entering a new era.
Paul Gillum, the board’s
longest-tenured member,
did not file for re-election.
Gillum joined the college
board in Zone 2, Position
4 in 1999. Five-sevenths
of the college board was
up for election. Each can-
didate ran unopposed, re-
ceiving at least 97 percent
of votes.
Anne Teaford-Cantor of
Astoria, who ran for Gil-
lum’s position, is the lone
new candidate for the col-
lege board. She is a mem-
ber of the steering commit-
tee for the Lower Columbia
Diversity Project.
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pa, the retired head of the
college’s nursing program,
was appointed in April
2014 to fill the remainder
of Clatsop County Com-
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term in Zone 1, Position
1. Rohne, a Brownsmead
resident elected in 2007 to
the college board, said he
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toria was appointed in De-
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Satterwhite in Zone 2,
Position 3. Satterwhite re-
signed after 16 years on the
board.
Tessa James Scheller of
Warrenton was appointed
to Zone 3, Position 6 in
2010 and elected in 2011.
Seaside Public Library
director Esther Moberg
was appointed to Zone 3,
Position 7 in December to
replace Larry McKinley,

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