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May 25, 2018 • Seaside Signal • seasidesignal.com • 3A OBITUARIES Jack Lester Birkby Arch Cape May 20, 1925 — May 6, 2018 Lianne Thompson Mark Kujala Pamela Wev Peter Roscoe notforsale Lianne Thompson is winner in District 5 Thompson, Kujala celebrate victories By Jack Heffernan The Daily Astorian Commissioner Lianne Thompson and former War- renton Mayor Mark Kujala and seized victories Tuesday, May 15, in their races for the Clatsop County Board of Com- missioners, while Pamela Wev and Peter Roscoe are set for a November runoff. Thompson won a second four-year term in District 5, which covers most of South County. Her top priorities are housing, economic develop- ment and emergency prepared- ness. “Thank you to my boss- es — the voters in District 5,” Thompson said. “I’m grateful for their support and will con- tinue to work hard to do right by them.” Thompson has faced sharp criticism from three other com- missioners and County Man- ager Cameron Moore over her travel expenses, behavior to- ward county staff and view that commissioners should have a more active role in day-to-day county operations. At one point, Lee called for her resignation. “When I went out and said, ‘(Voters) are at the top of the organizational chart, you pay COLIN MURPHEY/THE DAILY ASTORIAN A voter drops off a ballot in Astoria for the May 15 election. the bills, you hold staff ac- countable for what they paid for,’ they said, ‘Yep, that’s it,’” Thompson said. “Now we’re crystal clear on that.” Susana Gladwin, a Jewell farmer, challenged Thompson. The candidates served with each other for four years on the county Planning Commission. Gladwin often attends Plan- ning Commission meetings and highlighted housing and forestry policies as two of her core issues. Ron Brown, running un- opposed for district attorney, secured a four-year term on Tuesday. The longtime pros- ecutor has served as District Attorney Josh Marquis’ deputy since 2004. Marquis is retiring after 25 years in office. Circuit Court Judge Cindee Matyas, also running unop- posed, won another six-year term. Matyas has been a judge since 2007. Voter turnout in Clatsop County was 36 percent. Commission runoff Wev — a land use consul- tant — and Roscoe — a former restaurateur — will compete in the first commission runoff in a decade after neither reached 50 percent of the vote in District 3. Doug Thompson — a property manager — finished third. Commissioner Lisa Clem- ent chose not to run for re-elec- tion in a district that covers parts of Astoria, Miles Cross- ing, Jeffers Garden, Lewis and Clark, Youngs River, Olney, Green Mountain and parts of Walluski. Wev served five years in former Portland Mayor Vera Katz’s administration, while Roscoe served on the Astoria City Council. Mitchell scores upset for state House District 32 seat Democratic primary to replace Boone By Edward Stratton The Daily Astorian Tiffiny Mitchell, a pro- gressive lifted by union and conservation groups, scored an upset victory Tuesday, May 15, in the Democratic primary for state House. Mitchell, a state child wel- fare worker who moved to Oregon three years ago from Utah, and John Orr, an attor- ney, were both seen as under- dogs next to Tim Josi, a Tilla- mook County commissioner and former state representa- tive with more name recogni- tion and the backing of indus- try and many state legislators. The three sought to replace state Rep. Deborah Boone, D-Cannon Beach, who will retire when her seventh term ends in January. “I think that my message just resonated with voters,” Mitchell said of the strong showing in her first campaign. She credited volunteers for helping to get her name and message out after filing just before the deadline in March. She said she personally knocked on more than 3,000 doors. Mitchell will face Re- publican Vineeta Lower, a teacher, and Independent Bri- an Halvorsen, a progressive organizer, in the November election. Democrats have long dominated in House District 32, which includes Clatsop and Tillamook counties, along with a small portion of west- ern Washington County. Some in Clatsop County were concerned Mitchell and Orr would split the county vote and tip the primary to the more conservative Josi, who is from Bay City. In his concession speech, Orr, who was edging Josi for second place, congratulated Mitchell. “I still wonder why this election had corporations and organizations from around Ore- gon campaigning for my oppo- nents,” he said. “Now it’s time for the winner to listen to the residents of House District 32.” The Democratic primary attracted more than $200,000 in political contributions. Josi gathered nearly $115,000 in donations as of Tuesday, including the backing of Boone and state Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose. Mitch- ell, who was largely supported by unions and conservation groups, raised nearly $100,000, while Orr’s campaign, mostly backed by local donors, raised less than $17,000. Forest management prac- tices became a focal point of the primary. Mitchell and Orr had both called for limits on timber harvesting when it could have negative environmental ef- fects. Josi, who chairs the For- est Land Trust Advisory Com- mittee, called for maximizing timber harvests and said envi- ronmental concerns have been overstated. • Election results: View re- sults at https://tinyurl.com/ ybnp5cbc Jack Lester Birkby was born in Sidney, turned friend to join the family for a meal, Iowa, May 20, 1925, and died May 6, 2018, and rest their head for a night, in his Arch Cape home. in Arch Cape, Oregon at the age of 93. Making friends with Jack, it didn’t matter Staff Sgt. Birkby, while stationed at Fort one’s educational back- Lewis, met and mar- ried Dorothy Yost, his ground, social status, na- tionality or age. He was wife of 61 years. To- gether they raised their very trusting of strangers three daughters in, first, — a gracious, kind man, setting an example to oth- Lakewood, Washington, ers as to how we should and later Milwaukie, treat people. Jack was so Oregon. Family adven- tures were highlighted accommodating for peo- ple coming to their home, by skiing Mount Rainier welcoming them with and Mount Hood, and Jack Birkby open arms, and offering camping trips to nation- al parks, Canada and the them to come camp out Olympic Peninsula, and enjoying the wa- on his lawn, or offering them a bed. Living ters of Puget Sound — but once they bought at the edge of the Pacific Ocean, he proudly their cabin in Arch Cape, all transitioned into shared photos of his “back yard.” Among Jack’s survivors are daughters beachcombers. Jack lived most of his adult life in the Pa- Virginia Birkby, Jackie Dochow, and Deb- cific Northwest. He was a salesman by trade ra Birkby; son-in-law Paul Dochow; sister and by heart, working into his 90s. He be- Ruthella Birkby Barnard; grandchildren gan his career working for Pennzoil, owned Hillary Dochow, Mark Dochow, and Jolene a Chevron service station in Tacoma, and Pauker; and great-grandchildren, Victoria formed J.B. Sales serving as a manufactur- Dochow, Linkin Dochow, and Colton Pauker. er’s representative for Meguiar’s polishes Jack also leaves behind many nieces and nephews. and various automotive product lines. He was preceded in death by his wife Dor- Upon retirement, Jack started Debra’s Surplus True-Value Hardware in Seaside, Or- othy, his brother Robert Birkby, and parents egon, with his son-in-law, Paul Dochow. Lucretia Isabel Carter Birkby and Lawrence He and Dorothy RV’ed around the coun- Virgenice “Shorty” Birkby. try, basing out of Yuma, Arizona. Selling Jack was laid to rest May 17, 2018, with was all about talking with people, learning his wife, Dorothy, at Willamette National about them, and sharing stories and friend- Cemetery in Portland, Oregon, with military ships. There was always a place for a stranger honors. Advisory committee formed for countywide housing study The Daily Astorian A 20-member technical advisory committee has be- gun discussing a countywide housing study. Last year, Clatsop County and each of the county’s five cities approved a $100,000 study to evaluate the area’s housing needs. The county pitched in $50,000 while the cities contributed $10,000 each. Warrenton Mayor Henry Balensifer is the committee’s chairman, and Cannon Beach City Councilor Brandon Ogil- vie is the vice chairman. The committee is made up of elect- ed officials and government, business and nonprofit heads. Johnson Economics, a Portland consulting firm, was hired in March to lead the study, which is expected to be finished by November. Con- sultants will study the types, sizes, locations and prices needed for housing as well as the market forces, regulations and other barriers that prevent development. Area residents may partic- ipate through an open house, online survey or by attending the committee’s public meet- ings. Up-to-date information can be found at www.co.clat- sop.or.us. Guided walking tour slated for June 9 A guided walk Saturday, June 9, at North Coast Land Conservancy’s Circle Creek and Boneyard Ridge habitat reserves is one of 20 free out- ings offered by 12 Oregon land trusts throughout the state as part of Get Outdoors Oregon Day. Part of the National Get Outdoors effort, Get Out- doors Oregon Day is a chance to get outside — whether by attending a land trust event, exploring Oregon’s hiking trails or enjoying a local park with family. At Circle Creek, geologist Tom Horning and naturalist Mike Patterson will lead an exploration of the Necanicum River floodplain forest and lower reaches of Tillamook Head in their many stages: newly planted, dead and decaying, and everything in between. The outing will begin at Circle Creek, one of the conservancy’s largest hab- itat reserves and also one of its most dynamic. From there participants will venture into 340-acre Boneyard Ridge, an- other large conservancy habi- tat reserve serving as a habitat bridge between Circle Creek and Ecola State Park. Details about this and other summer outings on conservancy lands is available at NCLCtrust.org/ on-the-land-summer-outings. Get Outdoors Oregon Day is part of a week celebrating outdoor recreation in Oregon June 2 through 10. DINING on the NORTH COAST Great Restaurants in: GEARHART • SEASIDE CANNON BEACH Excellence in family dining found from a family that has been serving the North Coast for the past 52 years Great Great Great Homemade Breakfast, lunch and pasta, Clam but that’s dinner steaks & Chowder, not all... menu,too! seafood! Salads! Seaside • 323 Broadway • 738-7234 (Open 7 Days) Cannon Beach • 223 S. Hemlock 436-2851 (7am-3pm Daily) Astoria • 146 W. Bond • 325-3144 MAZATLAN M E X I C A N R E S TA U R A N T Phone 503-738-9678 1445 S. 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