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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 2016
Brown taps agriculture director to lead administrative services
Coba will also
serve as chief
operating offi cer
gon and Eastern Oregon Michael Jordan, the chief
were influential as well,” operating officer under for-
Grainger said.
mer Gov. John Kitzhaber,
Grainger said the state’s announced his resignation .
budget development pro-
Clyde Saiki, who now
cess will likely be a focal heads the state Department
point for Coba in her new of Human Services, also
position.
served as interim director
A news release from of the department before
the Governor’s Office also he was appointed to lead
cited Coba’s experience as human services in Novem-
part of the Enter-
ber. At that time,
prise Leadership
Naughton stepped
Team, a group of
in again to lead
state agency lead-
administrative ser-
ers that advises
vices in an interim
the governor and
capacity.
chief
operating
Coba said she
officer.
wanted to be an
The
Depart-
“ambassador for
ment of Agri-
public service” in
culture’s
dep-
her new role.
Katy Coba
uty director, Lisa
Outreach and
Charpilloz Han-
recruitment
son, will serve
She said she intends
as interim director starting
Oct. 1, until a successor to to focus on outreach and
Coba is appointed, accord- recruiting new, diverse
employees to state agencies
ing to the news release.
George Naughton has to replace the state’s retiring
been the interim director of workforce.
She also said another
the Department of Adminis-
trative Services since March priority during her ten-
2015 . He will continue to ure would be addressing
be the department’s chief Gov. Brown’s intention
to improve accountability
financial officer.
Naughton was appointed and transparency in state
interim
director
when government.
By CLAIRE
WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Katy Coba,
the director of the Ore-
gon Department of Agri-
culture, has been appointed
the state’s chief operat-
ing officer and director of
the Department of Admin-
istrative
Services,
the
state’s overarching admin-
istrative agency, Gov. Kate
Brown’s office announced
Wednesday.
Coba’s appointment is
effective in October but
requires confirmation by the
state Senate in September .
Coba, who has been agri-
culture director since 2003,
started working in state
government in 1985.
Kriste n Grainger, a
spokeswoman for the gov-
ernor, said Coba, a Pendle-
ton native, was a “proven
leader”
and
“commit-
ted to excellence” in state
government.
“Her roots in rural Ore-
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She said there are a num-
ber of complex challenges
facing the agency, and
although they are somewhat
familiar territory thanks to
Coba’s role on the Enter-
prise Leadership Team, she
said, she plans to begin her
new role by meeting with
other state agency directors,
legislators and “other lead-
ers around the state” and lis-
tening to their feedback .
Coba said she also
wanted to inform Orego-
nians about state govern-
ment and its purpose and
functions.
“The Department of
Agriculture is really a great
role model,” Coba said. “We
focus on education and out-
reach and providing techni-
cal expertise to the people
we interact with, and that
is our first goal in the work
that we do.”
‘Interesting time’
She said that it was an
“interesting time” in public
discourse around state gov-
ernment, citing the distrust
of government displayed by
protesters during the occu-
pation of the federal Mal-
heur National Wildlife
Refuge in Harney County
earlier this year.
Although the occupi-
ers were protesting what
they characterized as fed-
eral overreach, Coba said
the underlying message of
a “regulatory burden” was
one shared by other state
residents.
Coba said she had been
approached previously by
the Governor’s Office about
the position, but said she
indicated at the time that
she was not interested.
But the governor’s office
persisted, Coba said, and the
first “serious conversation”
about Coba taking over the
job as head occurred less
than a month ago .
State Sen. Betsy John-
son,
D-Scappoose,
described Coba as a quali-
fied leader with the “char-
acter,” “smarts ” and “bona
fides” to lead the agency.
“With as many agencies
as have problems right now,
the ( Department of Agri-
culture) is not one of those
that my constituents call
me about, and I represent
a rural and agricultural dis-
trict,” Johnson said.
Although Coba will
be leading what Johnson
describes as “huge bureau-
cracy,” the state senator said
Coba would quickly gain the
trust of other agency direc-
tors because of her experi-
ence as an agency head.
“ If anybody is up to the
task of trying to wrestle
with the issues at DAS, it’s
Katy,” Johnson said . “She’s
a seasoned professional.”
Oregon Senate President
Peter Courtney, D-Salem,
echoed Johnson’s statement.
“If I know anything
about Katy Coba, she’ll get
the job done,” Courtney
said in a statement .
Something of a family
business
State service is some-
thing of a family business
for Coba.
Coba’s husband, Mar-
shall Coba, is a lobbyist,
and her parents served in
state government.
Her father, Mike Thorne,
was a state senator from
1973 to 1991, going on to
serve as director of the Port
of Portland until 2001 and
as the chief executive of
the Washington State Ferry
System from 2002 to 2004.
Coba’s mother, Jill Thorne,
was an aide to former Gov.
Neil Goldschmidt.
According to Coba’s biog-
raphy on the state Depart-
ment of Agriculture website,
she was raised on a wheat
farm and attended Whit-
man College in Walla Walla,
Washington , earning a bache-
lor’s degree in economics.
The Capital Bureau is a
collaboration between EO
Media Group and Pamplin
Media Group.
OBITUARY
Lucille Matthews Summerfi eld
Seaside
Dec. 25, 1926 — Aug. 14, 2016
ALMANAC
REGIONAL WEATHER
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ASTORIA
56/81
Astoria through Wednesday.
Temperatures
High/low ....................................... 85°/51°
Normal high/low ........................... 69°/53°
Record high ............................ 86° in 1964
Record low ............................. 45° in 1992
Tillamook
52/83
Precipitation
Wednesday ....................................... 0.00"
Month to date ................................... 0.40"
Normal month to date ....................... 0.79"
Year to date .................................... 40.74"
Normal year to date ........................ 37.98"
Sep 1
Full
Sep 9
Last
Sep 16
Source: Jim Todd, OMSI
TOMORROW'S TIDES
Astoria / Port Docks
Time
2:59 a.m.
2:44 p.m.
Low
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City
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Honolulu
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Memphis
Miami
Nashville
New Orleans
New York
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Francisco
Seattle
Washington, DC
Klamath Falls
43/87
Lakeview
43/85
Ashland
57/98
REGIONAL CITIES
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Bend
Brookings
Eugene
Ilwaco
Klamath Falls
Medford
Newberg
Newport
North Bend
Hi
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TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER
NATIONAL CITIES
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Hi Lo
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Burns
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Tonight's Sky: Due south, Mars just above Antares
of Scorpion.
High
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8.1 ft.
Ontario
52/88
Roseburg
59/100
Brookings
49/61
Sep 23
Baker
37/84
John Day
52/88
Bend
47/84
Medford
57/101
UNDER THE SKY
Time
9:16 a.m.
8:53 p.m.
Prineville
50/88
Lebanon
56/99
Eugene
53/98
Sunset tonight ........................... 8:07 p.m.
Sunrise Friday ............................. 6:29 a.m. Coos Bay
Moonrise today ......................... 12:05 a.m. 52/74
Moonset today ........................... 3:00 p.m.
First
La Grande
47/86
Salem
59/98
Newport
52/73
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53/89
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CLATSOP
POWER
EQUIPMENT, INC.
SALES • SERVICE • RENTALS
Lucille Matthews Summerfield was born
She is survived by her daughter, Jan Mat-
in Cottage Grove, Oregon, on Christmas thews (Seaside); grandchildren Jenna Mur-
phy (Eugene), Erin Matthews (Los Angeles),
Day, 1926.
She was a proud graduate of St. Mary’s Jason, Anthony and Mari Matthews (Califor-
nia), Taylor Donnelly (Portland),
Academy in Portland, and married
Carson Donnelly (New York City)
Robert Matthews of Newport in
and Walker Evans (Chicago); as
June 1945. They were blessed with
well as four great-grandchildren.
three children, Kirk, Robert Jr. and
There will be a small family
Jan. Bob Sr. died in 1972, after 27
gathering later in the year to cele-
years of marriage.
brate Lucille’s remarkable life.
Later, Lucille married Jack
In lieu of flowers, the fam-
Summerfield, and they resided in
ily requests donations to SMART
Arlington, Virginia, but returned
or the Seaside Downtown Devel-
to the Northwest after Jack’s
opment Association to provide
retirement.
Lucille
funds for the flower baskets in the
Lucille loved to travel and vis-
Summerfield
summer.
ited many far-flung locales, includ-
Hughes-Ransom Mortuary &
ing South Africa and Brazil, but
always considered herself a tried-and-true Crematory in Seaside is in charge of the
Oregonian. Her wit, curiosity and generos- arrangements. Visit www.hughes-ransom.
ity kept everyone around her engaged and com to share memories and sign the guest
book.
delighted.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
LOTTERIES
OREGON
Wednesday’s Pick 4:
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Wednesday’s Megabucks:
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Estimated jackpot: $9.2
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Wednesday’s Powerball:
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million
THURSDAY
Cannon Beach Emergency
Management, 8 a.m., City Hall,
163 E. Gower St.
Sunset Empire Transportation
District Board, 9 a.m., meeting
and public hearing on Long
Range Comprehensive Trans-
portation Plan, Astoria Transit
Center, 900 Marine Drive.
Clatsop County Recreational
WASHINGTON
Wednesday’s Daily Game:
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Wednesday’s Hit 5: 08-12-
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Estimated jackpot: $130,000
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Wednesday’s Match 4: 06-
07-17-20
Theft
• At 3:53 p.m. Friday, Asto-
ria Police arrested Daniel Joel
Phillips, 28, of Astoria, for
third-degree theft and interfer-
ing with police after Phillips
allegedly stole four beers from
the Astoria Mini Mart.
Assault
• At 6:41 p.m. Monday,
Astoria Police arrested Gary
FRIDAY
Cannon Beach Emergency
Preparedness Committee, 10
a.m., City Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
ON THE RECORD
Neil Schurgin, 51, of Asto-
ria, for attempted fi rst-de-
gree assault, unlawful posses-
sion of a weapon with intent
to use, felon in possession of
a restricted weapon, carrying
a concealed weapon, menac-
ing and second-degree disor-
derly conduct after a reported
dispute that involved a knife at
Burger King.
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