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THE ASTORIAN • THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019
IN BRIEF
Demonstrators
in Astoria on
Tuesday oppose
new state laws
restricting
abortion.
New Washington law changes
tax exemption for Oregonians
The days are numbered for Oregon shoppers who’ve
enjoyed an automatic sales tax exemption across the
Columbia River. Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill
into law Tuesday changing the way the tax break works.
“This will generate revenue to the state for essential
services and programs,” Inslee said.
Washington charges a 6.5% sales tax. With this new
change in law, Oregon residents will no longer be free
of sales tax at the cash register. Instead, they’ll need to
submit an annual application to Washington asking for
the reimbursement of sales taxes they’ve paid in excess
of $25.
— Oregon Public Broadcasting
Colin Murphey
The Astorian
Inslee signs sanctuary state law
SEATTLE — Washington is on track to become a
sanctuary state, adding to a West Coast wall of states
with such policies.
Gov. Jay Inslee, a Democrat, signed a bill on Tues-
day creating new rules.
Police offi cers in the state will be restricted from ask-
ing about immigration status except in limited circum-
stances, and the state attorney general will draw up rules
for courthouses, hospitals and other government facili-
ties aimed at limiting their use as hunting grounds for
federal immigration agents.
The rules expand on a 2017 executive order from Ins-
lee, which imposed similar requirements only on state
agencies, a move advocates said stopped short of other
sanctuary states, which include Oregon and California.
— Associated Press
Crew training defi ciencies played a crucial role in
the deadly 2017 Amtrak train derailment near DuPont,
Washington, according to a fi nal report from federal
investigators accepted Tuesday by the National Trans-
portation Safety Board.
NTSB board members also had sharp criticism for
a quartet of entities involved in the Amtrak Cascades
service: the train operator, Amtrak, the track owner,
Sound Transit, the rail service funder, Washington
State Department of Transportation, and the regulatory
agency, the Federal Railroad Administration.
— Northwest News Network
DEATHS
Ray Sr., 75, of Corona,
California, and Elsie,
died in Corona.
May 18, 2019
BENSON, Sue Ann,
69, of Gearhart, died in
Gearhart. Hughes-Ran-
som Mortuary is in charge
of the arrangements.
May 17, 2019
LINDSTEDT, John,
62, of Seaside, died in
Seaside. Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary is in charge of
the arrangements.
BIRTHS
May 13, 2019
HOLLO,
Saman-
tha and Neil, of Naselle,
Washington, a boy, Tan-
ner James Hollo, born at
Providence Seaside Hos-
pital. Grandparents are
Vern Hollo and Carolyn
Hollo, of Granite Falls,
Washington, and Sam
Walker Jr. and LeeAnna
Walker, of Bovill, Idaho.
Jan. 30, 2019
FRANSEN, Emilee
and Toivo, of Knappa, a
Meyer defeats Mazzarella in college board race
for 40 years.
Mazzarella, 38, a real
estate agent and former ser-
Challenger Sara Meyer vice-sector worker for more
defeated incumbent Andrea than 20 years, was appointed
Mazzarella on Tuesday in to the college board in Jan-
the race for Zone 2, Position uary 2018 to replace Pat-
2 on the Clatsop Commu- rick Wingard. She credited
nity College Board covering Meyer with running a strong
Astoria and outlying
campaign and, in a
neighborhoods.
nod to her platform,
Meyer had 70%
having more time as
of the vote to Mazza-
a retiree.
rella’s 29%.
“I think she’s
Meyer, 74, touted
extremely capable
her experience serv-
and she’ll do a great
ing on the college
job for the college,”
Sara
board from 1996 to
Mazzarella said.
Meyer
2000 and the Astoria
Mazzarella said
School Board from
she learned a lot
1976 to 1980. She came to about governing while on
Astoria in the 1970s with the college board. She still
her husband, Chuck, worked serves on the Astoria Bud-
at Tongue Point Job Corps get Committee and a county
Center and opened the Com- comprehensive plan com-
pleat Photographer with her mittee, as well as the board
husband in 1977, running it for the Astoria Arts and
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Astorian
Deadly 2017 train wreck
could have been prevented
May 21, 2019
WALKER, Linda Sue,
66, of Seaside, died in
Seaside. Hughes-Ransom
Mortuary is in charge of
the arrangements.
May 20, 2019
IRBY, Marie, 98, of
Portland, formerly of
Astoria, died in Portland.
Hughes-Ransom Mor-
tuary is in charge of the
arrangements.
May 19, 2019
JOHNSON, Kenneth
Activists gather
in Astoria for abortion rights
boy, Heikki Edward John
Fransen, born at Leg-
acy Salmon Creek Med-
ical Center in Vancouver,
Washington. Grandpar-
ents are Trygve and Kathy
Fransen, of Knappa, and
Ed Bussone and Karen
and Gary Wattula, all
of Longview, Washing-
ton. Great-grandparents
are Dave and Sue Cork-
ill, of Astoria, and Patty
Kivisto and Mike Jones,
of Knappa.
CORRECTION
Road trip — The Portland Timbers are on a
12-game road trip to start the MLS season because of
renovations to Providence Park in Portland. A story on
A1 Tuesday incorrectly said the road trip was 10 games.
ELECTION RESULTS
See full election results for Clatsop County online at:
results.oregonvotes.gov
Morrison, Chapman with
edge in park and rec races
The Astorian
SEASIDE — Lindsey
Morrison won Position 5 on
the Sunset Empire Park and
Recreation District’s board
in Tuesday’s election, while
John Chapman held a nar-
row edge in Position 4.
Morrison had 42% of
the vote, compared to Pat-
rick Duhachek’s 35% and
incumbent Rodney Roberts’
23%.
“I’m honored to be
elected to the Sunset Empire
Board of Directors,” Morri-
son said. “Thank you to all
who put their confi dence
in me. I will bring my very
best to this position and
I look forward to getting
Lindsey
Morrison
John
Chapman
started.”
Roberts was appointed
earlier this year after
district
board
presi-
dent Alan Evans stepped
down.
In a tight four-per-
son race, Chapman held
26% of the vote. Katharine
Parker and Marti Wajc had
25%, while Shirley Yates
received 23%.
PUBLIC MEETINGS
THURSDAY
Sunset Empire Trans-
portation District Board,
9 a.m., Astoria Transit Cen-
ter, 900 Marine Drive.
Miles Crossing Sanitary
Sewer District, 3 p.m.,
34583 U.S. Highway 101
Business.
Cannon Beach Planning
Commission, 6 p.m., City
Hall, 163 E. Gower St.
Memorial
Day ceremony
May 27, 2019
Memorial services will begin
at 11:00 am
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Fly Over by the
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Guest speakers
A potluck immediately following
the services at the American Legion
— bring your favorite dish
This Year
An Avenue Of Crosses & Flags
will be displayed at the Ocean View Cemetery.
Crosses & Flags will not be placed
on individual grave sites.
ASTORIA AMERICAN LEGION
Clatsop Post 12
1132 Exchange Street
325-5771
Movement Center.
The college recently fi n-
ished the $16 million rede-
velopment of Patriot Hall
and is in the process of clos-
ing on 22 acres at South
Tongue Point it leases for
the Marine and Environmen-
tal Research and Training
Station, it s career-technical
campus. The college is trying
to raise more than $20 mil-
lion to build a new academic
hall there for its unique mari-
time science program.
Karen Burke, a retired
nursing instructor and chair-
woman of the college board,
won an uncontested race for
Zone 1, Position 1 cover-
ing much of the eastern por-
tion of Clatsop County. Anne
Teaford-Cantor, who retired
from the corporate world to
Astoria in 2003 and joined
the college board in 2015,
also ran unopposed.
Karen
Burke
Anne
Teaford-Cantor
Two positions on the col-
lege board representing War-
renton and South County,
being vacated by retired
anesthetist Tessa Scheller
and Seaside Public Library
Director Esther Moberg, had
no fi led candidates.
As of Wednesday morn-
ing, the county had 196
write-ins for Scheller’s posi-
tion and 174 for Moberg’s.
Giving the proper time
for challenges and certify-
ing the votes could take 20
days, County Clerk Tracie
Krevanko said.
Wintermute beats Oser in
race for Astoria School Board
By EDWARD STRATTON
The Astorian
Heidi
Wintermute,
a
school
psychologist ,
defeated incumbent David
Oser, a retired chief fi nancial
offi cer from regional lender
Craft3, in the race Tuesday
for Position 2 on the Astoria
School Board.
She gathered 58% of the
vote to Oser’s 41%.
Wintermute, who works in
Washington’s Ocean Beach
School District, said she was
inspired to run by her 3-year-
old son entering Shooting
Stars Child Development
Center and the urge to give
back as a native Astorian
returning after living away.
She noted her experience
over the past decade as a
school psychologist working
with the most at-risk kids and
seeing childhood trauma,
mental health and the resul-
tant behavioral issues getting
worse in schools.
Oser, who was appointed
to the school board in 2016,
said the school district is
in the best fi nancial shape
it’s been in since the Great
Recession and that Win-
termute will do a great job
moving forward.
Voters passed a $70 mil-
lion bond in November to
rebuild an academic hall at
Astoria Middle School, while
modernizing and securing
Heidi
Wintermute
Jimmy
Pearson
campuses districtwide.
“I think I was very instru-
mental in the passage of the
bond,” he said of his role on
a political action committee
supporting the bond. “I think
that’s the most important
contribution that I made.”
Oser also pointed out his
push to eliminate co curricu-
lar activity fees for students ,
an effort funded in the pro-
posed budget for next school
year, as part of his legacy.
Jimmy Pearson, director
of the Astoria Library, ran
unopposed for Position 3.
Elsewhere in the county,
incumbent Sondra Gomez
of the Seaside School Board
held off a challenge from
Jeremy Mills and John Dun-
zer to continue to represent
Zone 5, Position 1.
Construction
worker
Brian Meier, an incumbent
on the Jewell School Board,
was losing a close race to
challenger Julie Hedford, a
nurse and lactation consul-
tant. Hedford had 44 votes
in the rural school district to
Meier’s 39 votes.
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