January 9, 2015 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 5A Moberg, Duehmig tapped for Clatsop college board Esther Moberg, director of the Seaside Public Library, is one of two new members of the Clatsop Community Col- lege board. Moberg represents Zone 3 that covers the cities of Can- non Beach, Seaside, Gear- hart, Arch Cape, Warrenton and the Clatsop Plains and Necanicum areas. Moberg holds a master’s in library science from Emporia State University and a bach- elor of science degree from Northwestern University. She is also a former Clatsop Community College student. Moberg is engaged in a vari- ety of community initiatives, including the Columbia Pacif- ic Assistance League, P.E.O. Sisterhood-Chapter FE and the city of Seaside Emergency Preparedness Team. She is replacing for- mer board member Larry McKinley, who moved out of the area. “I am excited to join with the other board members on the Clatsop Community College board to support the role of continuing educa- tion in Clatsop County,” said Moberg. “I have fond memo- ries of my time at CCC, and I look forward to joining in the work of the college.” Robert Duehmig was HOHFWHG WR ¿OO WKH YDFDQF\ in Zone 2, generally de- scribed as Astoria, the Lewis and Clark area and the Ol- ney-Walluski areas. Frank Satterwhite represented the zone since being appointed in September 1998, resigning as of Oct. 31, saying it was a good time to end his tenure and spend more time with his grandchildren as they prepare for college. Duehmig has served as deputy director of the Ore- JRQ 2I¿FH RI 5XUDO +HDOWK ESTHER MOBERG ROBERT DUEHMIG VLQFH+HKDVH[WHQVLYH experience in governmental relations including work with 2UHJRQ +HDOWK DQG 6FLHQF- es University, former First Congressional District Rep. David Wu and AFT-Oregon. +HKROGVDEDFKHORURIDUWVLQ political science from Indiana University. “I am very excited about being on the board,” said Duehmig. “CCC is such an important part of our county and I look forward to doing my part to ensure that it con- tinues to offer all it can to our students and our community.” Both new board members were sworn in at the regular December meeting of the col- lege board. Highway 101 takes a bath More than four inches of rain accumulated on 86 +LJKZD\ WZR miles south of Seaside, following heavy rains Sunday through Monday morning. Although the stand- ing water caused traffic to slow to 5 mph the ac- cumulation was “really good” compared to past flooding events on that stretch of highway, said Lou Torres, Oregon De- partment of Transporta- tion public information officer. “We had an awful lot of water in a short period of time,” said Neal Wallace, Seaside Public Works di- rector. The transportation de- partment’s flood mitiga- tion project, completed in summer 2013, “has been really preventing the sit- uation from getting a lot worse,” Wallace said. The project involved re- moving earthen berms on wetland property owned by the North Coast Land Conservancy adjacent to the highway. This allowed water to move into its natural area and disperse more easily, rather than concentrate much of it onto the highway. The department knew from the very beginning that, once finished, the project “wouldn’t total- ly eliminate high water there,” especially in cas- es where heavy rains and high tides coincide, Tor- res said. But the project has reduced the severi- ty and frequency of the flooding. Instead of five to six inches of water on the road, it could have been 15 to 20 inches of stand- ing water absent the proj- ect, and the transportation department would have had to close the highway. Since the project was fin- ished, there have been no flood-related closures on +LJKZD\KHVDLG The department is “pleased with how the project worked out,” he said. “It lessened the impact (of the flooding), so that’s good,” Wallace said. Tax class available for business owners Business owners will learn about how to deal with personal property in EXVLQHVVHV DQG KRZ WR ¿OH tax returns in a free training session offered by the Clat- sop County Assessment and Taxation Department Jan. 21. The class will be offered from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria. The business personal property training will dis- cuss what personal property in a business consists of and explain tax calculations and collection laws. 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Prom in Seaside. Kwame Dawes, Pam “This event is a rare op- +RXVWRQDQG3RUWHU6KUHYH Start your new year at portunity to hear some of • Friday, Jan. 16: Jack Suzanne Elise A ssisted Living the best writers of contem- Driscoll and Debra Gwart- porary American literature ney read on successive eve- After an introduction, JANUARY SPECIAL nings,” program director each author will read Shelley Washburn said. about 20 minutes from a Poet Marvin Bell, re- selection of their choice. Call Suzanne for cipient of an American Washburn said some au- details and a tour Academy of Arts & Let- thors “play it safe” and ters Award in literature read from their already 503-738-0307 and former poet laureate published and well-known ONLY in Iowa who was part of books; many, however, $ the Beat Generation, and will read selections from 101 F OREST D RIVE FOR THE ¿FWLRQ ZULWHU 3DP +RXV- works in progress before MONTH S EASIDE ton, winner of the Western they’ve been published. 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