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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, AUGUST 12, 2016
Former newspaper
Former port deputy director seeks slot
editor runs for council Florer also has
McCarthy led
Cannon Beach
Gazette and
Seaside Signal
By LYRA FONTAINE
The Daily Astorian
lessness, business, real estate
and more.
Between writing for pub-
lications, McCarthy was an
aide to the Oregon Legisla-
ture in 1979.
In 2007, McCarthy began
living in Cannon Beach full
time and became the Cannon
Beach Gazette editor. In 2008,
she became the South County
reporter for The Daily Asto-
rian, and in 2013 was named
editor of the Gazette and Sea-
side Signal.
McCarthy served on the
Friends of Haystack Rock
committee and the farmers
market committee for several
years. S he is on the Coaster
Theatre board and volunteers
at the farmers market infor-
mation booth.
CANNON BEACH —
Nancy McCarthy hopes to
have a say in decisions at
Cannon Beach City Coun-
cil meetings after nine years
of covering them as an editor
and reporter.
From living in Cannon
Beach and covering local
news, she said she has a “deep
background of knowledge”
about the city.
“I know the issues in
town and I thought I would
Finding a balance
If elected, McCarthy
try to contribute my exper-
hopes to address
tise,”
McCarthy
affordable
hous-
said. “I’ve proba-
ing and the needs
bly attended more
of both tourists and
meetings
than
residents.
almost
anyone
“I’d like to see
around, not to men-
Cannon
Beach
tion having written
retain its village
in great detail over
atmosphere,
as
most issues.”
“I know a lot of
much as possi-
people here and I
ble, and still have
know a lot of their Nancy McCarthy a healthy business
concerns,”
she
sector,” she said.
added.
“To do that, I think
The City Council will have we have to work together a lot
two open seats this fall, when more closely.”
Wendy Higgins and Melissa
A balance between being a
Cadwallader term out. New destination resort and a com-
councilors will replace them munity village is needed,
in January.
McCarthy said, with town
Herb Florer and Brandon forums one potential way to
Ogilvie are competing with address community concerns.
McCarthy for the two slots.
“There needs to be a lot
The fi ling deadline for candi- more discussion between
dates is Aug. 30.
year-round residents that deal
with the tourism industry and
Long career before
businesses,” she said. “I’m
coming ‘home’
not sure that the great infl ux
After retiring from full- of tourists helps businesses as
time newspaper work in 2015, much as people think.”
McCarthy now has the time
McCarthy is interested in
and ability to participate in examining how tourism and
local government without a arts money is spent.
confl ict of interest.
“I think we need to take a
McCarthy has 50 years look at how we’re distribut-
of journalism experience, ing the money, in terms of the
including covering state, organizations receiving it and
county and local politics . She some things the city can do
also wrote about education, with that money under state
health, immigration, home- law,” she said.
Clatsop County Sheriff’s
Offi ce corrections deputy Eli-
jah St. Helen is among 37
offi cers and deputies across
the state to graduate from
the Oregon Department of
Public Safety Standards and
Training’s basic corrections
training.
The graduation of Basic
Corrections Local #BCL023
PORTLAND — The Ore-
gon Health Authority is tell-
ing beachgoers they can head
back into the water at Rock-
away Beach in Tillamook
County and Seal Rock State
Park near Newport.
The health authority had
issued health advisories
Wednesday after water sam-
ples showed higher-than-nor-
mal levels of fecal bacteria,
which can cause diarrhea,
stomach
cramps,
skin
rashes and upper respiratory
infections.
Offi cials said Thursday
those levels have subsided.
Increased bacteria levels
in the ocean can come from
both shore and inland sources,
including animal waste,
stormwater runoff, sewer
overfl ows and failing septic
systems.
Offi cials still recommend
staying out of large pools on
the beach that are frequented
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CANNON BEACH —
Local volunteer and former
Port of Astoria deputy direc-
tor Herb Florer is running for
a spot on the Cannon Beach
City Council in November.
A Cannon Beach resident
for 12 years, Florer served on
the city’s b udget c ommittee
and Planning Commission for
eight years.
“It was interesting, educa-
tional and rewarding to hope-
fully be a constructive part
of helping Cannon Beach be
a great place to live,” Florer
said.
He is now on the emer-
will be held at 11 a.m. Aug.
19 at the Oregon Public Safety
Academy in Salem. A recep-
tion will follow the ceremony.
Lane County Sheriff Byron
Trapp will be the guest speaker.
The state Department of
Public Safety Standards and
Training provides training to
more than 25,000 students
each year through the state
at the Oregon Public Safety
Academy in Salem.
by birds, and runoff from
those pools, because the water
may contain increased bacte-
ria from fecal matter.
teaching, and was deployed
for six months in Twentynine
Palms, California.
He graduated with a bach-
elor’s degree in political sci-
ence from Reed College in
Portland.
No quick fi xes
Florer would like to see
Cannon Beach “continue to
be Cannon Beach,” though
he said there are no quick
fi xes for maintaining the
community’s livability.
“There are two sides to
every story,” he said. “It’s
important to listen and not
leap to conclusions.”
Florer said his family
background and work and
volunteer experiences infl u-
enced his decision to run for
council.
“If I have the ability
to contribute, I should,”
he said. “I think my back-
ground and experiences
might be useful.”
Former planning commissioner enters the race
Ogilvie serves
on affordable
housing
task force
By LYRA FONTAINE
The Daily Astorian
CANNON BEACH —
Brandon Ogilvie, a former
Cannon Beach Planning
Commission chairman and a
member of the city’s afford-
able housing task force,
will run for City Council in
November.
Ogilvie is a self-employed
carpentry contractor, a career
that has helped him grasp
land use .
“My job as a builder helps
me understand certain land
use issues,” he said.
While
serv-
“Even if it’s just
ing on the Plan-
a letter, it gets put
ning
Commis-
into the record.”
sion, Ogilvie said
Affordable
he enjoyed “the
housing is one
process of civic
issue that inter-
participation.”
ests him, though
Ogilvie said it
he said there
is important for
are “no simple
residents to speak
answers.”
out on issues that Brandon Ogilvie
Before Ogil-
affect them.
vie became a
“I’m a cham-
carpenter
and
pion of civic participation builder, he was a bar-
on both sides, not just the tender at local restaurants
people that are in city gov- like Bill’s Tavern for more
ernment but actual citizens than a decade.
that live here,” he said.
“It was a good way to
meet people,” he said.
Drawn to the beach from
the Seattle area, Ogilvie
has lived in Cannon Beach
for 24 years. He has raised
his daughter in town.
“I think I have appreci-
ation for parents and their
needs,” he said. “We no
longer have a school here,
which is a shame.”
There will be two open
seats on the council. Ogil-
vie and two other residents,
Herb Florer and Nancy
McCarthy, have filed to
run . The filing deadline for
candidates is Aug. 30.
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gency preparedness commit- ria. He represented the port at
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Florer and two
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other
residents,
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Nancy McCarthy
helped contribute
and Brandon Ogil-
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vie, are vying for
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Florer has also
candidates
have
been a U.S. Marine
run unopposed.
Corps offi cer, U.S.
“I thought it
was important for people to Naval Academy instruc-
be given a choice,” Florer tor trainer, paralegal repre-
senting veterans for VISTA
said.
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Port director
manager for a small sailing
Florer spent about seven business.
years working in marina
As a Marine, he under-
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erty manager and deputy receiving lessons in leader-
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