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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2017
College board member resigns for job move Herman appointed to
Wingard served
for fi ve years
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Daily Astorian
The Clatsop Community
College Board is looking to
replace Patrick Wingard, who
resigned after taking a new
position in Eugene.
Wingard, a land use plan-
ner and North Coast represen-
tative with the state Depart-
ment of Land Conservation
and Development, took a
similar position covering the
southern Willamette V alley
and tendered his resignation to
the college Sunday.
He was appointed in 2012
to replace Stephen Berk, who
resigned to resume teaching
at the college. He ran unop-
posed for election in 2013
and defeated Pamela Mattson
McDonald for re-election in vote last year against selling
May. He is from Zone 2 cover- the Performing Arts Center,
ing Astoria and unincorporated a popular community perfor-
communities in John
mance space the col-
Day, Lewis and Clark
lege owns but no lon-
and Olney-Walluski.
ger uses academically,
“It was incredi-
to an undisclosed hous-
bly eye-opening and
ing developer. He had
educational for me in
previously voted with
regards to how import-
a majority of the board
ant community col-
to declare the adjacent
Patrick
leges are to the local
Josie Peper Building
Wingard
economy,” Wingard
surplus property, a fi rst
said of his fi ve years on
step for a public entity
the college board.
looking to sell property.
“I wanted to bring an
“How to ensure those prop-
open mind, and one that erties serve the community in
placed the community’s val- the highest and best use” will
ues front and center in my be a major issue for the college
decision-making.”
moving forward, he said.
Wingard helped oversee
Another big issue Wing-
the hiring of President Chris- ard pointed to is the potential
topher Breitmeyer, along with acquisition of the Marine and
the college’s bond measure last Environmental Research and
year to rebuild Patriot Hall.
Training Station campus at
Wingard was part of a South Tongue Point from the
unanimous college board Department of State Lands.
“Accreditation is coming
up,” Wingard said of the full-
scale evaluation of the col-
lege by the Northwest Com-
mission on Colleges and
Universities.
The college has been
accredited since 1965 and
was last re-accredited in
2011. Staff have been contin-
ually preparing for the com-
mission’s accreditation teams
returning in 2019.
The college will accept
letters of interest and resumes
through November from can-
didates in Zone 2 who are reg-
istered voters and have been a
resident within the district for
one year. Submit applications
to the president’s offi ce on the
main campus at 1651 Lexing-
ton Ave. in Astoria.
The college board will
review
applications
in
December and potentially
make a decision Dec. 12.
Longtime state senator warned not to touch women
Senate president
sent a warning
letter on Friday
By ANDREW SELSKY
Associated Press
SALEM — A longtime
state senator has been warned
bluntly by the Senate presi-
dent not to touch any women
following complaints of inap-
propriate contact.
“Let me very clear,” says
a letter from Senate President
Peter Courtney to Sen. Jeff
Kruse, a Republican. “Women
in the Capitol do NOT want
you to touch them.”
Courtney’s letter to Kruse,
written on Friday and released
to the media on Tuesday, came
as aftershocks from movie
mogul Harvey Weinstein’s fall
from grace due to numerous
allegations of sexual harass-
ment hit an unexpected place:
the Oregon State Capitol.
Gov. Kate Brown noted
Tuesday that a national dia-
logue has been stoked over
sexual harassment and abuse.
“It is all too clear that no
workplace or community is
immune to them — sadly
even in our state Capitol,” the
Democratic governor said in
a statement. “It is long past
time for these issues to be
openly discussed and directly
addressed.”
Courtney told Kruse in the
letter that he had been pre-
viously instructed by offi -
cials in the Legislature not to
touch women, and that he was
removing the senator from the
committees he sits on because
of two new alleged incidents.
The committees are important
because that’s where bills are
shaped and either move ahead
for a vote on the Senate fl oor
or wither.
Courtney, a Democrat, also
said he was having the door
to Kruse’s offi ce removed
because he has continued to
smoke there — despite warn-
ings doing so is against the
Timothy J. Gonzalez/Statesman-Journal
State Sen. Jeff Kruse, R-Roseburg, has been accused of
inappropriately touching female colleagues at the state
Capitol.
law and exposes the Senate to
“public scorn and charges of
hypocrisy.”
Kruse has denied any inap-
propriate contacts and says he
is being denied due process,
although he acknowledged the
smoking.
Courtney, Oregon’s lon-
gest-serving current lawmaker
with 33 years in offi ce and
14 as Senate president, called
his actions “an unprecedented
step for me.”
“I have never taken this
kind of action before but I
am left with no other options
at this time to protect our
employees, members of the
Legislature and the public,” he
wrote.
Senate Republican leader
Ted Ferrioli said in a state-
ment that “we take seriously”
an ongoing investigation into
the allegations against Kruse,
but added that he knows of no
formal complaint fi led against
the senator.
Courtney said he has
reported the two new alleged
incidents of Kruse’s behav-
ior toward women to the
Legislature’s lawyers and
human resources. He wrote
that Kruse was instructed in
March by those departments
“not to touch women at work.
Period.”
Legislative Counsel Dexter
Johnson clarifi ed to reporters
Tuesday that the instruction to
Kruse was in March 2016, not
this year.
Kruse said in an email
Monday that he has been
“denied access to any of the
specifi cs of the allegations and
actually I am being denied due
process in this whole thing.”
He said he’s learned more
from newspapers than from
the Senate about his situation.
Kruse said that what he’s read
suggests this is more about
boundary issues than any-
thing of a sexual nature, The
News-Review, the newspaper
in his hometown of Roseburg,
reported.
“I’m assuming at this point
you cannot touch a woman on
her shoulder, or you cannot
whisper in her ear, or anything
like that,” Kruse said.
Sen. Sara Gelser, a Demo-
crat from Corvallis, had com-
plained that a senator was
making unwanted physical
contact with her. On Mon-
day, she identifi ed him as
Kruse. She said she had fi led
complaints with the Legisla-
ture’s human resources and
attorneys.
Senate Majority Leader
Ginny Burdick said Tues-
day that a second female state
senator has accused Kruse of
inappropriately touching her
at the Capitol, The Oregonian
reported. The identity of the
senator has not been publicly
disclosed.
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Planning Commission
Former teacher,
local radio
board member
By KATIE FRANKOWICZ
The Daily Astorian
A new but familiar face
will join the Astoria Plan-
ning Commission.
Mayor Arline LaMear
appointed retired English
teacher, local radio board
member and frequent city
meeting attendee Joan Her-
man to the Planning Com-
mission Tuesday. Herman
will fi ll a seat left vacant
after former C ommission
P resident David Pearson
announced he was resigning.
Pearson, the deputy direc-
tor of the Columbia River
Maritime Museum, is leav-
ing Astoria to take a job as
the executive director of
World of Speed, a motor
sports museum in Wilson-
ville. He had been on the
Planning Commission since
2012.
It is the second time this
year that LaMear has had
to appoint a new person to
the Planning Commission.
Brookley Henri joined the
commission in July after
former C ommissioner Frank
Spence was elected to the
Port of Astoria Commission.
Herman already attends
many of the City Council
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SEATTLE — Two hikers
who found themselves stranded
on the Pacifi c Crest Trail due to
whiteout conditions were res-
cued thanks to their emergency
beacon.
KOMO-TV reports that
Dylan Zitawi and his hiking
partner were rescued on Mon-
day. They were 156 miles away
from fi nishing the more than
2,600-mile trail when snow and
rain hit them.
They dug a snow cave and
used their tent to hunker down.
But by Saturday morning, the
weather was even worse. They
then activated their emergency
beacon.
Search and rescue offi cials
said activating the beacon was
the right move.
A search helicopter was
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They were near Indian Pass on
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line.
The Snohomish County Sher-
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were uninjured and able to walk.
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and Planning
Commis-
sion
meet-
ings. When
a
position
opened up on
Joan
the Planning
Herman
Commission,
she decided to
apply. It will be her fi rst time
holding public offi ce.
“I love Astoria and feel
compelled to contribute in
any way I can to our beauti-
ful community,” she said.
Herman, a native of
Salem, moved to Astoria
in 1986 and worked at The
Daily Astorian covering
county government, police
and history. She co-founded
the bicycle shop Bikes &
Beyond with her former hus-
band, the late Richard Fenc-
sak. She later taught English
at Lower Columbia Col-
lege, a community college
in Longview, Washington .
When she retired, she moved
back to Astoria.
She serves on Coast Com-
munity Radio’s Tillicum
Foundation Board of Direc-
tors and runs two radio pro-
grams, a short fi ction show,
“Literary
Landscapes,”
and a public affairs show,
“Perspectives.”
Herman said she knows
being a planning commis-
sioner can be challenging.
But, she added, “I am com-
mitted to doing my best and
being fair.”
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