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7B THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, JUNE 16, 2017 Naselle superintendent can’t get enough of the outdoors By DAMIAN MULINIX For EO Media Group ‘I’m one of those mind over matter people, so if I think I can do it, I can do it.’ N ASELLE, Wash. — While she may spend her days in offices and classrooms, where Naselle-Grays River Valley School District Superin- tendent Lisa Nelson really wants to be is out in the forest. Nelson, a lifelong resident of Naselle who graduated from Naselle High School in 1984, earned a bache- lor’s degree in business administration from Western Washington University, though it wasn’t her original choice. “I went to Western with the full intention of being a teacher,” she said recently. But when she registered for classes, many of the required ones she needed were already full. “So I made an executive deci- sion right there on the spot,” she said. “’Nope, I’m going into business,’ because I could get those classes.” But her career selling fax machines right out of college in 1988 didn’t work out as she’d hoped. “I just had no passion for that,” Nelson said. “I just didn’t care if they wanted my fax machines. So that was short-lived.” Back to school She soon realized she wished she’d stuck with her original goal of becom- ing a teacher and went back to school, earning her master’s in education at the Vancouver campus of Washington State University. It wasn’t long before she had her first job in the Ocean Beach School District teaching lan- guage arts at what was then the Ilwaco Middle/High School at the Black Lake Campus. After working six years as a teacher, she was named principal at Ilwaco High, a job she kept seven more years. She left the area to work as princi- pal at the Adna Middle/High School, but only stayed for a year. She was commuting to her Naselle home every weekend when the job of principal at the Naselle Youth Camp opened up. “I liked my job there, but I’d always wanted to work for the Naselle school district,” she explained. “I was at the camp for five or six years. In the meantime, I did my superintendent’s program.” She spent a year as camp princi- pal and interim superintendent before being hired full time as the superinten- dent in 2014. 70 Help Wanted Warrenton fabrication shop hiring experienced Welder. Competitive wages and benefits package! Apply at www.careers.fish or call 503-861-8603. EEO and e-verify. Lisa Nelson Damian Mulinix/For EO Media Group Naselle-Grays River Valley School District Superintendent Lisa Nelson has always loved the outdoors, especially around her hometown. “I’m pretty much a lifer,” she said. “I’m one of those mind over matter people, so if I think I can do it, I can do it. I probably ask for a little more trouble than I need.” Q: In your professional career you’ve stayed local. And knowing your love of the outdoors, I won- dered if the environment here has kept you from looking elsewhere over the years? A: “Oh yeah, definitely. I’m just not a pavement pounder. I’m a rock climber. I like to just be out in the woods and wilderness. I’m not much a city fan. I don’t like the whole traffic/ people thing. I’m very much an intro- vert. People ask, ‘Why are you doing this job then? It’s political. It’s public.’ But the other side of me is not social. I’d just as soon be up on that highest hill looking over the top of the ridge, doing my thing.” Q: Were outdoor activities some- thing that was important to you growing up? A: “Oh yeah. We had the neighbor- hood crew, and we were either play- ing football in the yard or kick the can. Even when I was in Adna, which is still very rural, I was still here every weekend. I just couldn’t wait until Fri- day after the game was over so I could come home.” Q: At what age did you start hunting? A: “I was in my 20s. It wasn’t until my husband came along. I’d wanted to. My uncles hunted, and my dad. 100 Employment Information *ATTENTION READERS * Readers respond to mail/phone order ads at their own risk. If in doubt about a particular offer, check with the Better Business Bureau or U.S. Postal Service before sending any money. The Daily Astorian ASSUMES NO LIABILITY FOR MAIL ORDER ADVERTISERS. FOR QUICK CASH Use a classified ad to sell items around your home you can no longer use. 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If you are asked to render payment before receiving any of the preceding services, please contact the Federal Trade Commission at: 1-877-382-4357 If You Live In Seaside or Cannon Beach DIAL IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS about a Business or School Advertised, we advise you to call: The Consumer Hotline in Salem at (503)378-4320, 9 AM-1 PM, Monday-Friday or in Portland at (503)229-5576 But my mom wouldn’t let me do the gun-safety class — even though my brother got to. He’s three years older than me, so I’d just follow him around. Everything he did I was right there. But I was probably 25 and felt like I had a lot of ground to make up. My mom always said, ‘You’re one of those all or nothing people. You’re in it 110 percent or not at all.’” Q: I heard you were a bow hunter, too A: “Yeah, I started out as that, because that’s what my husband did. But then I decided that wasn’t really my passion and so I started rifle hunt- ing. Just for deer, elk and bear. But I do respect the animals. There’s a cer- tain sadness when you actually suc- ceed. I like the one-on-one. The quiet time. I like to hunt by myself for the most part. I try and get in a spot where no one else is, which is kinda hard. Usually you hike in but there’s other people who came from the other side. There’s nothing more discourag- ing than starting off on a road at 5 in the morning and you get up there and someone’s either already there or you can see them coming.” Q: Are these outdoor activities your way of getting your head out of your job for awhile? A: “Sure. I think it didn’t start that way. It started in the beginning as a hobby or challenge and now it’s mor- phed into that. Running is a stress relief. I thought I’d go for a jog and think, but I can’t think when I jog. I can think about not dying while doing it! How much thinking can you do when you’re doing that? I did a half marathon two Septembers ago, and that took a lot of work. But I like the physicality of things. Physical labor. And maybe it’s because I don’t have to do it all day long? I have so much ‘brain stuff’ throughout the day, that I need that. They say the reason that educators are so tired is not because 325-3211 FOR A Daily Astorian Classified Ad EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY Astoria. Large 1 Bedroom, $750/month. 270 3rd St. Finished Wood Foors. Fireplace. View. Offstreet Parking. 503-791-3519 230 Houses, Unfurnished the work is so physically demanding, but because you make so many deci- sions, and decision-making is exhaust- ing. I would much rather be tired from a jog than brain-drain.” Q: Do you have any funny or unusual stories from hunting trips? A: “Oh yeah. I’ve been lost in the place I call ‘the swamp.’ It’s not far from my house, which is really embarrassing. I had my husband drop me off, because he was going to Mon- tana and I was going to hunt back to the house. And I live just down the road. I get halfway back and I decide to head out to the swamp. It’s wet and there’s a lot of little tidal sloughs that come in there. I’ve been there many times. I only took three (shotgun) shells because the shots are gonna be close. It was deer season. I go out there and I get turned around. The tide was out at the time. I had my com- pass. I was prepared. I had my phone, but it was dying. I hadn’t eaten since lunch. So it’s like 6:30 (p.m.) and it’s October so it’s getting dark. I knew if I headed north I’d go back to the road. You have the river on one side and the highway on the other, but there are a bunch of little sloughs in between. So I decide to call for help.” Q: How far from home do you think you were? A: “Probably only a couple miles as the crow flies. Maybe even less. So I call my brother and I have no idea which way is north. So I say, ‘can you come get me?’ I’ll shoot my gun (so he can hear). So I shoot and he kinda knows where I am, but he’s never been out there. So he calls my husband, Darrell, and he’ll figure it out. 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CPSMANAGEMENT.COM (503)738-5488/ (888)916-RENT need one.’ So Darrell drove back and I shot my gun again. My brother was on the phone with me and they started walking out there. So pretty soon I can hear them hollering. I’m hollering, but they don’t hear me. We eventually reunited and I followed them out, and one of his friends had a couple cookies for me. Once we get home he leaves again for Montana that night. So the next day is Satur- day and I was going to hunt and my brother went with me. And we had this little game where he went ‘Point north,’ and I did. And I used my com- pass. He said, ‘That is not north!’ And he gave it look and that compass was put together upside down by the manufacturer. So there was no way I was going to get out. I had been tell- ing myself, ‘Rely on your tools.’ But clearly it was taking me farther and farther away. It kinda made me cry. I was not going to get out.” Q: You might still be out there A: “Right. It was after 8 by the time I got out that night. But some- body bought some of that property now, so I can’t go back. Which may be a good thing.” Q: If you could design a perfect day for you in the outdoors, what would it include? A: “I’ve thought about this a lot. First, you’re up at the crack of dawn.” Q: How early is early for you? A: “Four. It depends, you have to get to your spot before the next per- son. It would be a hunting day of sure.” Q: Do you have a favorite ani- mal to hunt? A: “I hunt elk and deer mostly. But as you get older, you get a lot softer. I like the challenge part. I like the physicality of it and I want to be successful, but then there’s that sad- ness of that animal is gone. But I know someone else’s objective is to get it if I don’t. I pass up deer every year that I don’t shoot because I want something big.” Q: And you want to be there before the next guy A: “And if the sun’s coming up and there’s a little fog, it keeps the animals in their feeding mode a lit- tle longer. It gives me enough time to get to my place and be successful. If it was a big one, that’d be a bonus. It would also have to involve some walking. I like to work for it. But I’m not the game cleaner, so sometimes I make a lot of work for others.” One of the Pacific Northwest’s great small newspapers Please leave a light on or install motion detector lights to make your carrierʼs job easier. Thanks! THE DAILY ASTORIAN ERROR AND CANCELLATIONS Please read your ad on the first day. If you see an error, The Daily Astorian will gladly re-run your ad correctly. We accept responsibility for the first incorrect insertion, and then only to the extent of a cor- rected insertion or refund of the price paid. 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