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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2016
Recount for Warrenton
race to be held next week
Ackley still
leads by 5 votes
By ERICK BENGEL
The Daily Astorian
An automatic recount of
the ballots cast in the War-
renton City Commission race
between incumbent Pam Ack-
ley and challenger Ryan Lampi
will take place next week.
The current tally for the
Position 1 contest shows 1,120
votes for Ackley and 1,115
for Lampi — 49.65 percent
to 49.42 percent, according to
the final official results. There
were 21 write-in votes, and
379 people who didn’t vote in
that race (aka “undervotes”).
“The five-vote difference
is within the threshold of one-
fifth of 1 percent that, under
state law, requires an auto-
matic hand recount of the bal-
lots from that contest,” accord-
ing to a release.
Two pairs of election work-
ers will conduct the recount
starting at 9 a.m., Dec. 1 at the
Judge Guy Boyington Build-
ing in Astoria. The public may
observe the recount from afar.
Clatsop County Clerk Val-
erie Crafard said the recount will
most likely be completed and
the results announced that day.
The first unofficial results
on Election Day put Ackley
one vote ahead of Lampi.
Since then, the county has
received and tallied more than
800 outstanding ballots.
Some ballots came in from
other counties where Clatsop
County voters turned them in.
Others had to be duplicated
and reprocessed because of
damage or unclear markings
on the original ballots. And
some overseas and military
voter emailed their ballots,
according to the county.
A number of ballot showed
discrepancies, where the sig-
natures were missing or didn’t
match voter registration cards.
Tuesday was the deadline for
voters to resolve these issues.
Last week’s amended
results also showed a five-vote
spread, with Ackley at 1,119
votes, Lampi at 1,114. Each
candidate has since received
one additional vote.
“Pretty crazy,” Ackley said.
“It’s been a tight race, and I
respect the process, and I’m
looking forward to enjoying a
relaxing weekend with family
and friends.”
Ackley, 55, is a Realtor
with Windermere Stellar, and
Lampi, 26, serves on the War-
renton Planning Commission
and is a project manager at Big
River Construction in Astoria.
Both candidates ran on pro-de-
velopment platforms.
Ackley is “really anxious
to continue in my position,”
she said. “There’s a lot of great
things happening, and to be part
of that has been my aspiration,
and that’s why I ran again.”
Lampi said that “anyone
that knows me for a second
knows that I don’t give up till
‘The five-vote
difference is
within the
threshold of
one-fifth of 1
percent that,
under state
law, requires
an automatic
hand recount
of the ballots
from that
contest’
it’s over. But this is kind of a
unique situation, because it’s
obviously out of my control,”
he said with a laugh. “I guess
we’re just going to hang tight
and hope there’s an error.”
“Weirder things have hap-
pened,” he added.
Lampi reiterated that he
would consider running for the
City Commission in the future.
“The support and feedback
I’ve received from everyone in
the community has been over-
whelming,” he said, “so I’d just
like to thank everyone for that.”
According to the new
results, 19,988, or 80.21 per-
cent of registered voters,
participated in the general
election.
Police ask for help to track elk poacher
The Daily Astorian
The Oregon State Police’s
Fish and Wildlife Division
is asking for help to identify
the person(s) responsible for
poaching two elk in Columbia
County Monday.
Around 7 a.m. Monday,
troopers began an investi-
gation after a cow elk and a
five-point bull elk were shot
and left to waste on private
property along Smith Road
between Robinette Road and
Dart Creek Road near St. Hel-
ens. Police were able to sal-
vage and donate the elk to
charity.
The police are offering a
reward of up to $1,000 for
information leading to an arrest
and conviction in the case. The
Oregon Hunters Association’s
Turn-In-Poacher (TIP) pro-
gram is providing $500 of the
donation, with another $500
coming from the Columbia
County Chapter of the Oregon
Hunter’s Association.
Anyone with informa-
tion can contact Trooper Jus-
tin Morgan at 503-396-2408
or
justin.morgan2@state.
or.us. The hunting associa-
tion’s hotline can be called
any time at 800-452-7888.
Information may be left
anonymously.
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The deteriorating condition of Seaside schools drove a yes vote for a $99.7 million
bond plan.
Clock is ticking as Seaside
gets to work to move schools
District must act
quickly to avoid
interest costs
By KATHERINE
LACAZE
For EO Media Group
SEASIDE — The pass-
ing of the $99.7 million bond
was necessary for the school
district to move forward with
relocating three of its schools,
but a considerable amount of
work lies ahead.
District staff is meeting
with bond advisers and pre-
paring a request for proposal
to hire a project manager. The
district also must approach
City Council with an urban
growth boundary expansion
proposal for the schools to be
built at an 80-acre location in
the city’s East Hills adjacent
to Seaside Heights Elemen-
tary. Traffic and civil engi-
neering reports are being pre-
pared in the process.
The district is required
to expend 85 percent of the
bonds within three years to
avoid paying taxes on the
Submitted Drawing
Site plan for proposed Seaside campus.
funds. If the groundbreak-
ing does not happen prior to
spring 2018, it may create a
cramped timeline, but Super-
intendent Sheila Roley said
at the November meeting of
the district’s board of direc-
tors she is confident they can
pull it off.
Not all the bonds have to
be issued immediately and
the district can purchase var-
ious equipment and furniture
and keep it in storage until the
buildings are completed.
On Election Day, 65 per-
cent of residents endorsed the
plan to replace deteriorating
schools at an 80-acre location
in the city’s East Hills adja-
cent to Seaside Heights Ele-
mentary School. The district
will add another $4 million
from the state’s Department of
Education Office of Finance
and Administration, which
brings funding to more than
$103 million. The district was
required to pass the bond to
receive the state funds, which
match up to $4 million of a
district’s bond levy.
The district plans to cre-
ate a advisory team of 15-20
members to gather data and
help guide the project.
Public Meeting
Columbia River System
Operations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation and Bonneville Power
Administration invite the public to help identify issues that the agencies will analyze in
the Columbia River System Operations Environmental Impact Statement. The agencies
will use this EIS to assess the eff ects and update their approach to operations of 14
federal dams and related facilities in the interior Columbia River basin.
The agencies welcome your comments, suggestions and information to help inform
the scope of issues, potential eff ects and range of alternatives evaluated in the EIS.
Thursday, December 8, 2016
4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
The Loft at the Red Building
20 Basin Street
Astoria, Oregon
For more information about the Columbia River System Operations EIS, please visit
this website: http://www.crso.info
Information is also available by calling 800-290-5033.
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