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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 2017
Several contested races are
Clatsop Care Health District
set for college, school boards has two contested races
Filing deadline
ended Thursday
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
Clatsop County’s education
boards feature several con-
tested seats in the May special
district election.
On the Clatsop Commu-
nity College Board, newcom-
ers Pamela Mattson McDon-
ald and Mary Beth Cottle are
challenging incumbents Pat-
rick Wingard and Rosemary
Baker-Monaghan.
Mattson McDonald is an
author, artist and former mer-
chant marine who has taken
the college’s maritime sci-
ences and business programs.
Wingard, a land use planner
with the state, was appointed
to the board in 2012.
Cottle, a former K-12
teacher with a focus in bilin-
gualism who moved from
Portland to Cannon Beach in
July, said that while she has
no background with college
governance nor any specific
issues to push, she was raised
to embrace public service.
Baker-Monaghan
was
appointed to the college board
in 2000 and is now on her fifth
election cycle.
School boards
On the Astoria School
Board, incumbent Jeanette
Sampson, a sales executive at
a local radio station, is facing
a challenge from newcomer
Andrew Davis, a data analyst
with Greater Oregon Behav-
ioral Health, Inc. Incumbents
Wunderlich, owner
Grace Laman, a clin-
of Seaside Coffee
ical dietitian and
Roasters, has filed to
health instructor, and
replace Tom Maltman,
David Oser, the Craft3
another
departing
chief financial offi-
incumbent. Retired
cer, are running unop-
physician and incum-
posed.
Incumbent
bent Hugh Stelson
Jenna
Rickenbach,
Mary Beth
faces a challenge from
a community volun-
Cottle
retired teacher Karen
teer, faces a challenge
Custer.
from Bob Goldberg,
In Knappa, incum-
a former teacher and
bents Tammy Goo-
volunteer with Coast
zee, Craig Weaver and
Community Radio.
Cullen Bangs are run-
The
Warren-
ning unopposed.
ton-Hammond School
In Jewell, incum-
Board includes mul-
bent and bookkeeper
tiple
newcomers.
Melissa Cokley faces
Oregon Department
Pamela
a challenge from land-
of
Transportation
Mattson
scaping store manager
employee
Michael
McDonald
Michael Wammack.
Atwood has filed for
Incumbent
Bryan
the Position 3 being
Swearingen, with the
vacated by Kelly
Oregon Department
Simonsen.
Seaside
of Fish and Wildlife,
Police
dispatcher
is running unopposed.
and recent school
board appointee Sta-
cey Brown is run-
Transportation,
ning unopposed, as
parks districts
Patrick
are insurance agent
On the Sunset
Wingard
and incumbent Dar-
Empire Transportation
lene Warren and
District, incumbents
recent appointee Dan
Kevin Widener, Kathy
Jackson, manager of
Kleczek,
Pamela
a local storage unit
Alegria, Lylla Gaebel
complex.
and Jim Servino are all
On the Seaside
running unopposed.
School Board, Bruce’s
On the Sunset
Candy Kitchen pro-
Empire
Parks and
Rosemary
duction manager and
Recreation District
Baker-
incumbent Brian Tay-
Board,
newcomers
Monaghan
lor is running unop-
Kindwyn Hoge and
posed. Newcomers Andrea Veronica Russell are facing
Wahl, a test scorer and attor- off, along with newcomer Jer-
ney, and Lori Lum from emy Mills running unopposed.
Lum’s Auto Center have filed Incumbents Michael Hin-
to replace departing incum- ton, Edward Hassan and Alan
bent Lynn Ulbricht. Michelle Evans are running unopposed.
Incumbents on Cannon Beach
fire board seek re-election
By R.J. MARX
The Daily Astorian
CANNON BEACH —
Garry Smith and Mark Meke-
nas will run for re-election to
the Cannon Beach Rural Fire
Protection District Board of
Directors.
Smith will run unopposed
for Position 3 and Mekenas
is unopposed in his Position 4
bid.
Smith is
a firefighter
with
35
years experi-
ence and six
years on the
board. “I am
running for
Mark
re-election to
Mekenas
continue to
help maintain
an effective
and profes-
sionally run
fire depart-
ment for the
residents and
Garry Smith visitors in our
area,” Smith
said.
Mekenas, owner of Can-
non Beach Surf and the Beach
Store since 1998, filled a vacant
board seat in 2015. “I’m look-
ing to keep improving our fire
department here in town,” Mek-
enas said. “I have never been a
firefighter, but I have been for-
tunate to have these guys teach
me about firefighting through
all the things they do.”
The board was in the news
from the fallout over the fir-
ing of former Fire Chief Mike
Balzer, who settled a civil
rights lawsuit against the dis-
trict. Smith was one of three
board members who survived
a recall last year motivated by
Balzer’s dismissal.
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By ERICK BENGEL
The Daily Astorian
The Clatsop Care Health
District Board has two con-
tested and two uncontested
races.
Mindy Stokes, a former
district employee, is chal-
lenging incumbent and board
chairwoman Karen Burke for
Position 1 in the May special
district election. Both live in
Astoria and have backgrounds
in health care.
Stokes worked for the dis-
trict for four years, serving
as the social services director
at Clatsop Care Center, then
administrator at Clatsop Care
Memory Community in War-
renton. Burke, a nurse and
educator, is also vice chair-
woman of the Clatsop Com-
munity College Board.
Roy Little, of Astoria, is
running unopposed for Posi-
tion 2, a role he has kept since
1995. He ran a private prac-
tice in town, and is now a
physician at Clatsop County
Jail and conducts child abuse
assessments at The Light-
house for Kids.
Michael Aho, a Warren-
ton resident who ran a gro-
cery store, is looking to
remain in Position 3; the board
appointed him last year to fill a
vacancy. He faces competition
from Jacqueline DeVaney, of
Astoria, who works in home
health care and a medical and
surgical step-down unit.
And for Position 7, Alli-
son Sansom, the director of
nursing at the college, is run-
ning unopposed for a two-year
unexpired term. The Astoria
resident is a former adminis-
trator at Clatsop Care Center
and Clatsop Care Retirement
Village.
The special district election
comes during a delicate time
for the health district.
This month, the board voted
unanimously to hire a Salem-
based private management
firm, Aidan Health Services,
Inc., to replace CEO Nicole
Williams and help salvage
Clatsop Care Center, Asto-
ria’s oldest nursing home that
has faced reductions in census,
staff and public funding.
The approval of Aidan’s
contract was met with appre-
hension, even among com-
munity members, like San-
som, who support the decision
but find the circumstances
regrettable.
The Clatsop Care Health
District manages three facil-
ities — Clatsop Care Center,
Clatsop Care Retirement Vil-
lage and Clatsop Care Mem-
ory Community — and offers
in-home care throughout the
North Coast. The district cov-
ers the entire county except
Gearhart, Seaside and Cannon
Beach.
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is one, that is always the best option!
Outside of routine prevention care, I
especially enjoy ophthalmology and
surgery cases.
Why did you choose to become a
veterinarian?
I was working in research after
finishing my undergraduate degree and thinking about what I
wanted to do with my career long term. I determined that I enjoyed
the spontaneity of working with animals much more than laboratory
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