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A2 THE ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2019 Gorgeous Coast IN BRIEF Former District Attorney Marquis sworn in as pro tem judge Former Clatsop County District Attorney Josh Mar- quis was sworn in Wednesday as a volunteer pro tem judge. He was approved by the Oregon Supreme Court. Marquis will not sit on criminal cases or juvenile delinquency hearings. Gearhart wins state grant for parks master plan GEARHART — The city is poised to develop a parks and recreation master plan after the state awarded a $15,000 grant for the project. The award is part of the local government grant pro- gram from the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The state’s contribution will be met with an additional $4,000 from the city toward the project’s cost. “Hopefully we are able to follow the same strategy as our transportation plan a while back,” Mayor Matt Brown said in announcing the grant at a City Council meeting on Wednesday. “We’ve got a lot of great ideas. We’ve talked about pickleball, improving our parks, ways to connect them, and to have recreational options for our citizens.” Gearhart fi refi ghters celebrate federal safety grant GEARHART — Last year, the Gearhart Fire Depart- ment’s annual fundraiser sought to raise money to replace aging fi refi ghter safety apparatus. This September, they did better than that. The Federal Emergency Management Agency approved a $145,000 grant for operations and safety. Grant money will be matched by the city with an additional $7,250 raised from donations, and will bring self-contained breathing apparatus to fi refi ghters. The equipment will be “a big help to emergency pre- paredness,” City Administrator Chad Sweet said. — The Astorian DEATHS Oct. 6, 2019 MALONEY, William C., 80, of Grays River, Washington, formerly of Astoria, died in Asto- ria. Ocean View Funeral & Cremation Service of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. Oct. 5, 2019 DAWSON, Bev- erly, 94, of Asto- ria, died in Astoria. Hughes-Ransom Mor- tuary is in charge of the arrangements. POE, Floyd Alfred, 84, of Ocean Park, Washington, died in Ocean Park. Caldwell’s Luce-Layton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. Oct. 2, 2019 MITTS, Steven A., 80, of Astoria, died in Asto- ria. Hughes-Ransom Mortuary is in charge of the arrangements. Sept. 11, 2019 REID, Edward L. “Ed” Reid, 87, of Bak- ersville, North Carolina, formerly of Warren- ton and Seaside, died in Johnson City, Tennessee. An online obituary is at bit.ly/EdReid MEMORIAL Saturday, Oct. 12 BUTLER, Robert G. — Celebration of life service from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Warrenton United Methodist Church, 679 S. Main Ave. in Warrenton. ON THE RECORD DUII • Nicholas Gardner, 41, was arrested Sunday on U.S. Highway 26 for driving under the infl u- ence of intoxicants. His blood content was 0.17%. Disorderly conduct • Brian Quaschnick, 48, was arrested Saturday for disorderly conduct on E. Harbor Drive near the Warrenton Moor- ing Basin. Police said he was disrupting the fl ow of traffi c by throwing his bike into traffi c and mak- ing threats to kill people. PUBLIC MEETINGS TUESDAY Clatsop County Planning Commission, 10 a.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria. Warrenton City Commis- sion, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. WEDNESDAY Clatsop County Board of Commissioners, 6 p.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria. Wickiup Water District Board, 6:30 p.m., 92648 Svensen Market Road, Svensen. THURSDAY Clatsop County, Astoria, Warrenton, Gearhart, Seaside, Cannon Beach joint work session, 5 p.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria. Seaside Convention Cen- ter Commission, 5 p.m., Seaside Civic and Conven- tion Center, 415 First Ave. Gearhart Planning Com- mission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 698 Pacifi c Way. 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Fifty-three teams and four solo runners traversed the 48 miles through Clatsop County. Brown to choose between diverse candidates for judge Appointee will replace Brownhill By NICOLE BALES The Astorian Gov. Kate Brown will choose from six diverse candidates to fi ll a vacancy on the Clatsop County Cir- cuit Court. The appointee will replace Judge Paula Brown- hill, who plans to retire in November after 25 years on the bench. The position will be up for election next May. Clatsop County Dep- uty District Attorney Beau Peterson, criminal defense attorney James von Boeck- mann, criminal defense attorney Kirk Wintermute, civil attorneys Arthur Saito and Kelly Stearns and attor- ney and judge Diana Taylor have applied. Here is a look at the candidates: Beau Peterson: Peterson was born and raised in Port- land and grew up helping his father with their family business, Peterson’s Carpet and Furniture Cleaning. While attending law school at the University of Oregon, Peterson vol- unteered as a law clerk for Judge Brownhill, and during that summer decided he wanted to live and prac- tice in Clatsop County. Peterson graduated law school in 2006 and began his career as a prosecutor at the Clatsop County District Attorney’s Offi ce in 2007. Over the p ast 12 1/2 years, he has handled almost every kind of case that comes through the offi ce, including vehicular manslaughter, assault, elder fi nancial abuse, embez- zlement, drunken driving, thefts and burglaries. Most recently, he was the lead counsel in the murder prosecution of Adeena Copell and Chris- tian Wilkins, who were sen- tenced in May. He has also spent the last several years working as the d eputy d is- trict a ttorney assigned to Judge Cindee Matyas’ t reat- ment c ourt. Peterson believes his experience as a trial lawyer and his time in the trades with his father will give him good insight into the people and cases that would come before him. Kirk Wintermute: Prior to his legal experi- ence, Wintermute had many jobs, including working in the service industry, a home improvement store and a warehouse. He moved to Astoria when he was 5 years old and attended p ublic s chools and graduated from Astoria The Astorian Six candidates have applied for a judicial vacancy. High School. His father was a fi re chief, and his mother worked for the U.S. Postal Service. He graduated from the University of Oregon with a b achelor’s in h istory and p olitical s cience and later graduated from the Univer- sity of Oregon School of Law. Most of his family still lives in Astoria, including his mother and brother, who is a commercial fi sherman. He works as a crimi- nal defense attorney, along with side work as a pro tem judge for Astoria Municipal Court and teaching a class at Clatsop Community Col- lege in the c riminal j ustice program. He is primarily a court-appointed defense attorney . He has handled everything from driving with a suspended license to manslaughter. T hrough his work, he said he has been able to get to know the community bet- ter and help some of the most unfortunate people . He said he has been most affected by people who suf- fer from mental illness, as well as drug addiction, and the hopelessness they often encounter. This led him to join the m ental h ealth t reat- ment c ourt as the defense counsel representative. He also has volunteer roles with the c ounty’s Pub- lic Safety Coordinating Council, the college’s Crim- inal Justice Regional Advi- sory Committee and the local chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. He said his interest in the position is a continuation of his long-term belief in pub- lic service and his hope to give back to the community where he grew up . James von Boeckmann: Von Boeckmann’s father was an offi cer in the U.S Air Force. As a result, he moved around the U.S. and Europe until his father got stationed in Illinois and von Boeck- mann started high school. After graduating from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 1987, he began working for Michael Madigan, then-s peaker of the Illinois House of Rep- resentatives. He joined U.S. Sen. Paul Simon’s Demo- cratic campaign for pres- ident in 1988 until Simon withdrew his candidacy. After that, he moved to Maine and did migrant work — planting trees and rak- ing blueberries. He started a family and began working as a carpenter for 10 years. He traveled until decid- ing to do something bet- ter-suited to his intellect and disposition, so he returned to graduate school and got an master’s in p olitical t he- ory and then went to law school. He moved to Eugene and passed the bar in 2003, becoming a solo practi- tioner. Criminal defense and immigration law made up the bulk of his caseload , but he also worked in federal court, did civil disputes, a few dissolution cases, busi- ness formation and consul- tation, wills and estates and juvenile law. He has lived and worked in Clatsop County since 2013. H is legal work con- sists almost entirely of crim- inal defense, juvenile delin- quency and dependency and mental commitments. Von Boeckmann said he was encouraged by col- leagues and people in the community to apply for the position . He believes he has the temperament for the job and the desire to serve the com- munity. He also believes everyone should come away from the court system feel- ing like they’ve been treated with respect and have been heard. Arthur Saito: Saito manages the Stahancyk, Kent & Hook Astoria offi ce and focuses on domestic relations, adoption, limited estate planning and guard- ianship proceedings. He graduated from Wil- lamette University College of Law. He has been volunteer- ing for the Clatsop County Circuit Court since 2017, offering court-appointed, pro bono representation for children in high-confl ict domestic relations cases. He is the co-founder and board member of a non- profi t, Dark to Light, which provides input to assist chil- dren in custody and par- enting time disputes . He is also a member of the Clat- sop County Family Law Advisory Committee, pro- viding input on issues related to court practice and procedure . Kelly Stearns: Stearns graduated from the Uni- versity of California, Davis School of Law in 2000. She has a practice in Astoria and focuses on real estate matters, estate plan- ning and probate. She is not a heavy litiga- tor, although she does occa- sionally litigate for land- lord-tenant law and probate . She said she applied for the position because she was concerned there would not be enough candidates for the g overnor to choose from. She thinks a judge should be level-headed, view both sides of an issue and be able to reach compromise. Diana Shera Tay- lor: Taylor has 17 years of experience on the bench — 15 years on the Munic- ipal Court for Clatskanie, Columbia City, St. Helens and Scappoose, as well as two years as the j ustice of the p eace for the Columbia County Justice Court. In Columbia County, she is the chair of the Local Family Law Advisory Com- mittee, and c hair of the Guardianship Subcommit- tee, and a member of the Juvenile Court Improve- ment Project Committee. She was previously chair of the Columbia County Men- tal Health Advisory Board, c hair of Columbia County Legal Aid Board, and b oard m ember for the local wom- en’s shelter. She has also been a medi- ator and arbitrator since 1997. She has been medi- ating in Clatsop County for the past three years . She is a member of the Local Fam- ily Law Advisory Commit- tee and c hair of the Domes- tic Violence Subcommittee for Clatsop County. While on the bench in St. Helens, Taylor had a b ehav- ioral h ealth c ourt and y oung p ersons c ourt for proba- tioners who needed extra assistance to help them succeed . As an attorney, Tay- lor practiced in the areas of banking, consumer, con- struction defect, contract, employment, elder, juve- nile dependency and delin- quency and criminal law. She has been a prosecu- tor and a criminal defense attorney.