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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2016
Fulton de¿es call to resign from CREST council
Woman arrested
twice for arson sent
to state hospital
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
her currently unable to aid
and assist in her defense,”
Kaino wrote in a court ¿ling.
A report from the county
jail
details
Engelson’s
behavior, which is consistent
with someone suffering from
signi¿cant mental health
issues. The report describes
By KYLE SPURR
her throwing a milk box,
The Daily Astorian
bread and clothing through
The part-time employee the food slot on her cell door.
at Clatsop Community She also appeared to be talking
College who was arrested to shadows of herself as if
for arson twice at the college they were a person and was
throwing her food
in the past two
around the cell.
months is being
Engleson was
sent to the Oregon
arrested
earlier
State Hospital for
this month for
treatment.
attempting to start a
Clatsop County
bon¿re outside the
Circuit
Court
art building on the
Judge
Cindee
college campus.
Matyas found Erin
She
reportedly
Jaynel Engelson,
used pieces of
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wood
pallets,
Wa s h i n g t o n ,
Engelson
wood shavings and
unable to aid
other items to try to
and assist in her
criminal case and ordered her start the ¿re.
At the time, she was out
to be transported to the state
of jail on a release agreement
hospital.
The court ruling is based that prohibited her from
off of a request from defense being at the college. She was
lawyer Kris Kaino, observa- arrested in December after
tions and reports from Clatsop police found ¿re damage,
County Jail staff and a consul- estimated at 0, on the Àoor
tation report from Clatsop area of the college’s science
lab. The arrest followed a
Behavioral Healthcare.
Engelson will be evaluated police investigation into a
within 60 days at the state report by the college.
She is being charged with
hospital to determine whether
she will have the capacity to ¿rst-degree arson, ¿rst-degree
attempted arson, second-de-
stand trial.
“Defense counsel has gree burglary and second-de-
met with the defendant at gree criminal trespass for the
the Clatsop County Jail two incidents.
A status hearing to address
and believes she clearly
is suffering from a mental the results of her evaluation is
disease or defect that makes scheduled for late March.
Judge found
her unable to
assist in her
defense
Oser ¿lls out school board
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
David Oser, the chief
¿nancial of¿cer for Craft3
lending company in Ilwaco,
Washington, is the newest
member of the Astoria School
Board.
Oser, 66, replaces Martin
Dursse, who resigned in
November. The term runs until
2019.
Oser was voted in
unanimously on Tuesday
by board members Jenna
Rickenbach, Shawn Helligso,
Grace Laman and Jeanette
Sampson.
“Public education, K-12, is
the single most critical service
that a city provides to its
residents,” Oser said.
Oser said he hopes his
¿nancial expertise can help the
Astoria School District, along
with his prior experience on
boards. He has served on the
Clatsop Community College
Foundation Board for four
years, the Columbia Memorial
Hospital Board for two years
and the Astoria Public Library
Board for four years.
Oser moved to Astoria
from the Chicago area ¿ve
years ago with his wife, Patsy,
a former teacher and librarian
known for reading several
days a week to kids at Astor
Elementary School. The two
have raised four kids who
range in age from 25 to 40,
which Oser said also provides
him with a unique perspective.
“I do not have any
speci¿c agenda items that
I’m pushing,” Oser said. “I
want to do everything I can to
strengthen the school system.”
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The Columbia Estuary
Study Taskforce’s council
of governments held its
quarterly meeting Thursday,
and Stephen Fulton was
still representing the Port of
Astoria Commission.
Scott Lee, the chairman
of both the Clatsop County
Board of Commissioners and
the environmental group’s
governing council, has asked
for Fulton’s resignation and
said late last year he would
make a motion to that effect if
Fulton was still on the council
by Thursday’s meeting.
But Lee made no motion
Thursday, saying afterward,
“I’m waiting for the Port to
solve this.”
Lee claimed in a letter
last year that Fulton has been
noncollaborative, threatening
and aggressive to the envi-
ronmental group and its staff.
His concerns centered around
opposition by Fulton and his
employer, Warrenton Fiber
Co.-Nygaard Logging, to
CREST’s replacement of a
said he wanted the
dam with a bridge
post, arguing he
on the Skipanon
has the expertise in
River at Eighth
wetlands mitigation
Street in Warrenton.
issues.
Mushen
Sitting next to
eventually agreed
Fulton Thursday
to let Fulton stay
was John Nygaard
on the council,
Jr., a lawyer and
cautioning him to
co-owner
of
be more cognizant
Warrenton Fiber.
about
potential
Sitting near the
Stephen
conÀicts of interest.
periphery
were
Fulton
F u l t o n
Robert
Mushen,
attempted to add
the chairman of the
an
undisclosed
Port Commission,
agenda item at
and Jim Knight,
the
beginning
the Port’s executive
of
Thursday’s
director. There was
meeting, but was
confusion
about
blocked by Lee.
whether Mushen
“I’m not going
or Fulton, who
to allow him to
both made motions
ambush the staff
during the meeting
Scott Lee
or the board with
Thursday, was the
an agenda item,”
of¿cial representa-
Lee said after the
tive for the Port.
At an August meeting meeting. “I don’t know what
of the Port Commission, the agenda item was, but I
Mushen and Fulton sparred won’t allow that, based on the
over who would represent the previous behaviors.”
Lee called for public
agency on CREST’s council.
Mushen said he needed a year comment at the end of the
on the group’s council to help meeting Thursday, but nobody
repair the relationship. Fulton spoke. On his way out, Fulton
handed Lee a business card, in
case he wanted to talk.
Fulton
declined
an
interview after the meeting,
but sent a statement via email
Thursday evening saying the
agenda item he had hoped to
add was about Lee’s memo
regarding his actions:
“I was surprised that
the issue of Commissioner
Lee’s memo was not on the
CREST agenda for today’s
meeting, and Commissioner
Lee did not allow it to be
added to the agenda,” Fulton
wrote. “This is especially
troubling,
since
Lee’s
memo was discussed at the
last CREST meeting, even
though I had notified the
Director (Denise Löfman)
that I was on vacation and
could not attend.”
Fulton wrote that he is
concerned about the impacts
of several CREST projects,
including the Otter Point
Estuarine Restoration in Lewis
and Clark National Historical
Park, the Eighth Street Dam
removal in Warrenton and the
Vera Slough project next to
Astoria Regional Airport.
County manager ¿nalists meet community
The Daily Astorian
Three ¿nalists for the vacant
Clatsop County manager
position visited with community
members Thursday evening
for a meet-and-greet event at
the Barbey Maritime Center in
Astoria.
The candidates met and
spoke with local residents.
Comment cards were available
for residents to provide their
input.
The ¿nalists are:
• Bryant Baehr, the chief
information of¿cer for the Oregon
Judicial Department. He was a
former trial court administrator in
Clatsop County Circuit Court.
• Peter Troedsson, the
assistant city manager in Bothell,
Washington. He previously
served in the U.S. Coast Guard
and was group commander at
Air Station Astoria.
• Cameron Moore is the
chief executive of¿cer of the
Champaign County Regional
Planning Commission in
Illinois.
A fourth ¿nalist, Steve
Franks, of Brea, California,
announced this week he is
dropping out of consideration.
On Friday, the three
candidates will be interviewed
by three panels — the county
Board of Commissioners;
department heads and labor
representatives; and elected
of¿cials and community stake-
holders. The Board of Commis-
sioners will decide who to hire.
Finalists announced for college president
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Clatsop Community College
announced the four ¿nalists for
president selected to come to
Astoria for interviews.
Christopher
Breitmeyer
is the vice president for
academic and student affairs
at St. Charles Community
College in Missouri, where he
has also been dean of math,
science and health. Breitmeyer
earned a bachelor’s degree
in biology education from
Illinois State University and
a master’s degree in zoology
from Arizona State University.
He is expected to complete the
educational leadership doctoral
program at the University of
Nebraska in the fall.
Christopher Dyer is CEO
and president of the University
of New Mexico-Gallup. He
was previously chief academic
of¿cer at Missouri State
University–West Plains. He
earned bachelor’s degrees
in anthropology and ¿shery
biology from the University of
Arizona, a master’s degree in
biology from the University of
Alabama, a master’s degree in
anthropology and a doctorate
in anthropology from Arizona
State University.
Ron Liss is vice president
and special advisor for
workforce, community and
economic
development
at Cuyahoga Community
College in Ohio, where he
was previously president of
the college’s western campus.
He earned a bachelor’s degree
in engineering from the State
University of New York, a
master’s degree in instructional
systems development from
the University of Maryland
and a doctorate in philosophy
in education, leadership and
management from American
University in Washington, D.C.
Glenn Smith is vice
president for student affairs
at Concordia University
in Portland, where he
was previously executive
vice provost. He earned a
bachelor’s degree in commu-
nicology, a master’s degree in
college student development
from Azusa Paci¿c College in
California and a doctorate in
educational leadership from
Portland State University.
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