22 March 2013
Ballot Filing Deadline Passes…
Voters in Western Lane County will have a bunch of choices in the May 21st election. Yesterday was the filing deadline for candidates in local elections and, barring any last minute entries, the lineups are pretty much complete.
There are four seats up for election on the Port of Siuslaw Commission… in addition to all four incumbents, there are eight more candidates, making a total of 12. There are three other contested races on the ballot… Keith Stanton has filed to challenge Siuslaw Valley Fire board member John Scott; Helen Ritchie is challenging Scott Salisbury for his seat on the Siuslaw School Board and Richard Cunningham of Eugene is hoping to unseat Lane Community College board member Sharon Stiles.
Many other offices have drawn one candidate each. There is one open position on the Mapleton Water Board however that has no candidate at all. The deadline for filing was yesterday afternoon. Lane County Elections may still be processing any last minute applications however.
| Siuslaw Public Library District |
3 Positions 4 Year Terms |
Diane M Bailiff D Dave Forsberg Ian Jarman |
| Port of Siuslaw | Position 1 4 Year Term |
John D Buchanan Shayne Burnem Terry W Duman |
| Position 3 4 Year Term |
John D (Jay) Cable Dwight Coon John S Scott |
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| Position 5 4 Year Term |
Ron Caputo David Huntington Jay J Nefcy |
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| Position 2 2 Year Unexpired Term |
John Murphey Nancy Rickard Gary Thorsen |
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| Western Lane Ambulance District |
Position 3 4 Year Term |
Bob Sneddon |
| Position 4 4 Year Term |
Laura Anne Stonelake | |
| Position 5 4 Year Term |
Mike Webb |
| Heceta Water People’s Utility District |
Five Positions Terms To Be Determined |
Chuck A Gesik Bob Hursh Wendy Rohner Jim Sievers Debby Todd |
| Lane Community College | Zone 1 4 Year Term |
Rich Cunningham Sharon Stiles |
| Zone 3 4 year Term |
Gary J LeClair | |
| Zone 4 4 year Term |
Matthew K Keating | |
| Lane Education Service District | Position 1/Zone 1 4 Year Term |
Joel Robe |
| Position 3/Zone 3 4 Year Term |
Cj Mann Vanessa Truett |
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| Position 6/At-Large 4 Year Term |
Rose I Wilde |
| Mapleton School District #32 | Position 1 4 Year Term |
Jeff Hendrickson |
| Position 2 4 Year Term |
Mizu Burruss | |
| Position 4 4 Year Term |
Dorman P Harry |
| Siuslaw School District #97J | Position 2 4 Year Term |
John Barnett |
| Position 4 4 Year Term |
Paul Burns | |
| Position 6 4 Year Term |
Helen Ritchie Scott Salisbury |
| Mapleton Fire Department | Position 4 4 Year Term |
Kathy Gerlach |
| Position 5 4 Year Term |
Diana Scoville | |
| Position 2 2 Year Unexpired Term |
Guy Hansen |
| Siuslaw Valley Fire and Rescue | Position 1 4 Year Term |
John S Scott Keith Stanton |
| Position 2 4 Year Term |
Lori A Gates |
| Swisshome-Deadwood RFPD | Position 4 4 Year Term |
Harold Duval |
| Position 5 4 Year Term |
David L Green | |
| Position 1 2 Year Unexpired Term |
Quick Work in Car Clout…
Police have one suspect in custody and are actively seeking another after a daylight car break-in at a busy lunchtime restaurant this week.
Shasta McMullen had just walked away from her car at Chen’s Restaurant Wednesday afternoon when someone told her that there was broken glass all over the ground.
Sure enough… someone had broken her window and stolen several items, including personal information.
Lieutenant John Pitcher said Florence police stopped a car later that afternoon and were able to take one suspect into custody… while a second eluded capture. Officers found stolen items tying 22-year old Ashley Holden of Florence to the McMullen break-in and at least four other similar crimes that occurred outside the city. Pitcher says they’re also looking for 34-year old Jacob Gomes of Eugene. He added that they anticipate possibly tying the couple to several other break-ins.
Oregon State Police are also working on the case.
Tribes Seeking Return of Land
Oregon’s two senators are shopping the idea of returning control of nearly 30-thousand acres of timberlands in southwestern Oregon to two Indian tribes.
The property is part of the millions of acres known as O&C lands, which share half of their federal logging revenue with counties.
Tribal Chair Bob Garcia of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw says the transfer would “right an old wrong” and give the tribes a chance to put the land to work in a way that it hasn’t seen for many years.
Under the proposal, about half of the land would go to the local Confederation, the other half to the Cow Creek Band of Umpquas.
Counties that depend on timber revenues initially opposed the idea, but have since backed off after Wyden assured them that any O&C lands transferred would be replaced.