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The INDEPENDENT, May 2, 2012
More about the
candidates
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From page 6
James W. “Jim” Gibson is a
lifelong county resident, living
in Clatskanie. He and his wife
of 31 years, Leona, have four
children and three grand-
daughters. He has worked at
the Alston Country Store,
Crown Zellerbach, as the Co-
lumbia County Jail Manager
and as a Corrections Deputy
He is now a self-employed pri-
vate investigator. He has volun-
teered with Clatskanie Rural
Fire Protection District as a fire-
fighter, and as a reserve
deputy. He was a director on
the Fire District, and at the
Clatskanie Library District and
has previously served on the
Columbia 911 Communication
District board of directors.
Tony Hyde has been a coun-
ty commissioner since 1996.
Before that, he was mayor of
Vernonia from 1993 to 1996,
and a city councilor from 1989
to 1993. But, first he was a log-
ger. He has served on many
boards, committees and associ-
ations in Columbia County and
Oregon. He and his wife of 31
years, Dana, live in Vernonia
and have two grown daughters.
Tammy Maygra was born on
Weed Ave. in Vernonia in 1958.
Her father worked for the O-A
Mill, as did her grandfather.
She attended first grade at
Washington Grade School be-
fore her family moved to Deer
Island where she still lives. She
has pulled veneer on a green
chain at Boise, worked at
Pendleton Woolen Mills and in
the shipyards. She is not re-
tired. She has been a commu-
nity activist for 20 years. Most
recently she has been the chair
of the Columbia Health District,
serves on a CPAC, and is an
advocate for better healthcare.
Reginald Ward retired from
the U.S. Navy in 1993 as a
chief, and went to work at Hys-
ter. Later, he got an associate
degree in diesel engineering.
He now owns and operates his
business, Ward’s Mobile Shop.
He and his wife, Cathy, moved
to Vernonia in 1987. Cathy
taught school in Vernonia. Both
his sons graduated from Ver-
nonia High School. One son,
Justin, is a teacher at Vernonia
Middle School, while the other,
Joshua, works at the Portland
Fire Bureau. Ward’s prior gov-
ernment experience was in the
Navy, where he handled budg-
ets and ordering supplies.