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estate. She founded a property
company and took over man-
agement of an eight-unit apart-
ment complex in Seaside while
pregnant with her youngest of
three daughters.
After the birth, Sultana
left on maternity leave and a
sabbatical from Intel. Upon
returning in July 2016, Sultana
learned she was among the
hundreds of employees being
laid off during the company’s
recent restructuring.
“It kind of expedited my
business ventures,” she said
with a laugh.
Her husband, Masudur
Khan, had been in the hotel
industry for 12 years, first as an
investor and later as an owner
after buying the Inn at Seaside
in the summer of 2009. Khan
now runs four properties in
Seaside, including the River
Inn at Seaside, City Center
Motel and Coast River Inn.
Transition
The Simmons family
started their hospitality careers
in 2001 with the purchase of
the Blue Gull Inn, adding the
Inn at Haystack Rock two
years later and forming the
management company Hay-
stack Lodgings to run other
hotels. They bought the ocean-
front Inn at the Prom in 2011
and the Gilbert Inn, a historic
1892 Victorian, in 2014.
Antoine Simmons, also
a former employee of Intel
before his foray into hospital-
ity, said the properties in Can-
non Beach had been on the
market since last summer, as
his family sought to transition
out of the coastal hospitality
industry.
“It’s tough, because it’s
really about the employees,
being with them,” he said of
leaving the properties and
employees who grew to be
like family. “We’ve been with
many of them over 10 to 15
years.”
Sultana learned last sum-
transportation,
future discussed
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Taslema Sultana works the desk at the office of just one of the hotels she manages in
Cannon Beach. Sultana, who used to be an engineer at Intel, and her husband manage
several hotels in Cannon Beach and Seaside in addition to other real estate properties.
Several of the hotels man-
aged by Sultana and her
husband feature elaborate
landscaping, including a
wide variety of flowers and
other plants as well as foun-
tains and areas to relax for
patrons.
mer the properties were on
the market. Simmons wasn’t
ready to sell in February, she
said, but let her start manag-
ing the properties in Cannon
Beach and learning the ropes.
Late last month, multi-
ple LLCs owned by Sultana,
Khan and other family friends
as investors completed the pur-
chase of the Simmons’ four
South County hotels. The Inn
at Haystack Rock and Blue
Gull Inn in Cannon Beach sold
for nearly $3.6 million to SR
Lodging LLC, run by Sultana
and Sazzadur Rahman, with
whom she and Khan also man-
age other properties. The Gil-
bert Inn and Inn at the Prom
sold for more than $3.9 mil-
lion to Seaside Prom LLC, run
by Sultana, Khan and family
friend Bashir Mahmud.
Along with the four hotels,
Sultana now manages two
apartment complexes, com-
ing to the coast from Portland
several times a week. Despite
the travel, she said the posi-
tion is more relaxing and flex-
ible than Intel, allowing her
to spend more time with her
children.
The future
Sultana said that beside
some upgrades to the facades,
furniture and other ameni-
ties, no big changes are com-
ing to any of the properties,
which are still taken care of by
the same 25 or so employees
through Haystack Lodgings.
“They know what our guests
want, and they’re really good
people,” she said.
Antoine Simmons, who
last month pulled the plug on
a proposed 48-room luxury
hotel in Seaside after receiv-
ing an offer on the property,
is developing a new 37-unit
apartment complex in the cen-
ter of Warrenton. He is also
developing another apartment
complex in Utah and a branded
hotel in Sherwood.
“It just was a good fit for
both of us,” he said of his and
Rocio’s sale of the hotels. “I
really think they know what
they’re doing, and they’re
going to do a great job.”
He lauded Khan’s experi-
ence in the industry, and said
he was especially pleased that
all his existing staff could be
kept on. “They’re kind of like
the new us.”
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to future conversations about
seeking treatment.
“This was a controversy 20
years ago. The statistics and
the data are there that proves
it over and over and over
again,” Scott Lee, the board’s
chairman, said. “To me, this is
super simple.”
McNickle had been hop-
ing to implement the program
since he took over as public
health director last September.
“Public health needs to
step up and do our part,” he
said. “We’ve really been on
the sidelines looking at this
from afar.”
Prior to the work ses-
sion, McNickle approached
law enforcement officials to
inform them about the upcom-
ing program. Police chiefs,
Sheriff Tom Bergin and Dis-
trict Attorney Josh Marquis
expressed their concerns but
agreed to let the program
function, and some even rec-
ommended possible exchange
locations.
The first exchange ses-
sion is scheduled for Aug.
25, though locations have not
been finalized. More infor-
mation about times and loca-
tions will be shared through
social media and word of
mouth among those known to
use syringes to inject drugs,
McNickle said.
At the sessions over the
next few months, those par-
ticipating in the one-for-one
exchange will also receive
sharps containers, and nurses
will be available to answer
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Nurses
have
been directed to shut down
exchange sites if illegal drugs
or drug paraphernalia are
spotted.
Once the pilot program
concludes, the county will
evaluate whether to have a
permanent program based on
the number of needles col-
lected. McNickle said that,
in a recent poll at the Clatsop
County Jail, each inmate who
identified as an intravenous
drug user said they would par-
ticipate in the program.
Multnomah County, with a
population of nearly 800,000
people, holds weekly ses-
sions and exchanges tens of
thousands of needles each
time, McNickle said. Though
he is hoping for proportion-
ally similar results, McNickle
does not want to mirror Mult-
nomah’s practice of also hand-
ing out items such as cotton
and tie-offs.
The Public Health Depart-
ment, along with representa-
tives from Columbia Pacific
Coordinated Care Organiza-
tion and local nonprofit Jor-
dan’s Hope for Recovery,
have been working to secure
grants with other counties for
a permanent version.
At the work session in July,
Debbie Morrow — a member
of the Columbia Pacific CCO
Board of Directors — said
political support such as the
resolution Wednesday would
be helpful in those efforts.
“This body endorsing, sup-
porting, advocating on our
behalf, it’s huge,” Morrow
said.
When she heard her name
called, she said she felt over-
whelming joy. “I get to rep-
resent my community,” she
said. “It means I get to be
a role model to next year’s
court.”
During her speech, Pos-
tlewait spoke of the impor-
tance of industry. “Industry
is what motivates us to go
to work in the morning and
inspires us to work harder,”
she said.
Sydney Ordway, Rebecca
Sprengeler and Mackenzie
Strain are this year’s Regatta
princesses.
Ordway discussed arts
and culture. “I don’t know
what the future holds for art,
but I’m sure it’ll be a mas-
terpiece,” she said.
Strain spoke about influ-
ential women. She discussed
the gender pay gap and
mentioned women who she
believed are inspirational,
including 2016 Miss Oregon
Alexis Mather.
Sprengeler spoke about
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program expected
to build gradually
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increased fees. Those who
opt out can have the new
carts picked up and returned
at no additional charge,
according to Recology.
Recology General Man-
ager Fred Stemmler said the
company expects 10 to 20
percent of customers will
decline one or both carts.
But he also expects the pro-
gram to build gradually, say-
ing, “Most people are not
zero to 60 with participation
on this.”
As it becomes more
familiar, he believes more
people will participate.
“We are confident this
program will be widely
adopted throughout the area
and thereby result in a high
diversion percentage right
out of the gate,” Stemmler
wrote in a letter to City Man-
ager Brett Estes. “This would
mean less material treated as
trash and we love that.”
Recology has already
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the evolution and impor-
tance of transportation.
“Transportation is what
brought us here today and
is what is taking us into
tomorrow.”
During her farewell
speech, Aubrey McMahan,
last year’s Regatta Queen,
thanked everyone who
helped her.
“Over the last two years
I’ve been given one of the
best opportunities a teenage
girl could have,” McMahan
said.
She said her experi-
ence has been intense and
eye-opening. “I am so hum-
bled by the dedication shown
by these young women.”
After passing her crown
to Postlewait, McMahan
said the princesses “all had
so many amazing attributes.”
“It threw me back to
when they crowned me,”
McMahan said.
In her advice for Postle-
wait, McMahan said, “Be
the best leader you can be
and remember it has more to
do than just with yourself.”
introduced a similar program
in McMinnville. People there
have been particularly enthu-
siastic about the glass collec-
tion service, Stemmler said.
The biggest adjustment,
and where Stemmler expects
there will be some confusion,
will be with people’s ser-
vice schedules. That infor-
mation will be included with
the new carts. Anyone who
needs additional information
is encouraged to visit Recol-
ogy’s website or call the local
office at 503-861-0578.
Stemmler said some peo-
ple could end up saving
money with these new curb-
side collection options since
the yard debris option for
Type 1 compost — plants
and unprepared fruit and veg-
etable scraps — will likely
reduce the amount of trash
otherwise thrown into the
regular trash bin. Someone
with a weekly pickup sched-
ule and a larger garbage bin
could then downsize or go to
twice monthly pickup.
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