SPECIAL DISTRICTS
Final candidate list for May 15 election

News staff writer
   March 21, 2007
   Here is the final list of candidates for the May 15 spring election:
   SCHOOLS
   * Hood River School District Board (three positions open):
   Position 1 — Liz Whitmore (incumbent)
   Position 3 — Kateri Osborne Lohr.
   Position 5 — Bob Danko (appointee)
   Hood River School District School Committees:
   Cascade Locks K-12 (three positions) — Leif Fox and Ken Wittenburg
   Hood River Middle School (three positions) — Leslie Kerr, Sally Donovan, and Cindy Walbridge
   Hood River Valley High School (three positions) — Karyn Temte Lloyd, Ellen Mallon
   May Street Elementary (three positions) — Paul Blackburn, Socorro Quezada, and Kassen Bergstrom
   Mid Valley Elementary (three positions) — Denise Endow
   Parkdale Elementary (three positions) — Les Perkins and Roxanne Blaine
   Pine Grove Elementary (three positions) — Cindy Blachly, Felipe Castaneda and Mark Crompton
   Westside Elementary (three positions) — Debbie Dorich, Christopher Van Tilburg, and Renee Van de Griend
   PORTS
   * Port of Cascade Locks (three positions open):
   Position 1 — Kathy Woosley (incumbent)
   Position 2 — Jean McLean (incumbent) and Don R. Haight
   Position 3 — Tim Lee (incumbent)
   * Port of Hood River (two positions open):
   Position 4 — Sherry Bohn (incumbent)
   Position 5 — Hoby Streich (incumbent)
   FIRE DISTRICTS
   * Odell Rural Fire Protection District (three positions open):
   Position 3 — Chuck Weseman
   Position 4 — Rodney Hasty
   Position 5 —Eric Cederstam
   * Parkdale Rural Fire Protection District:
   Director Position 1 — John F. Marker
   Director Position 2 — Doug Sharkey
   Director Position 3 — Leonard L. Aubert
   * Pine Grove Rural Fire Protection District:
   Position 3 — Gary L. Willis
   Position 4 — Leonard Wood
   Position 5 — Daniel W. Sheppard
   * West Side Rural Fire Protection District:
   Position 3 — Steve Benton
   Position 4 — Brian Lay
   Position 5 — Mark T. Beam
   WATER
   * Crystal Springs Water District:
   Position 1 — Mick Swyers
   Position 4 — Gorham Blaine
   Position 5 — Larry Brown
   * Ice Fountain Water District:
   Position 4 — Randy Franz and Brad Fowler
   Position 5 — Don Decker
   SANITARY
   * Odell Sanitary District:
   Director Position 3 — John Alley
   OTHER DISTRICTS
   * Hood River County Transportation District:
   Board member Position 3 — Nancy Moller
   Board member Position 5 — Bill Byrne
   Board member Position 6 — Thomas Penchoen
   Board member Position 7 — Paul Randall
   * Hood River Valley Parks and Recreation District:
   Position 3 — Art Carroll and Judy Nelson
   Position 4 — Ross Brown
   Position 5 — Glenna M. Mahurin
   * Columbia Gorge Community College board:
   Position 3 — Dave Fenwick
   Position 4 — Christie C. Reed
   Position 6 — Stu Watson.
   * Region 9 ESD board: Zone 6 — Jenny Copper
   * Mt. Hood Community College District: Director, Position 6, at large — Beverly A. Russell; Director, Position 7, at large — Ralph A. Yates
   VACANT
   No one filed for the following positions:
   * Parkdale Sanitary District has two positions open for four-year terms and one for an unexpired two-year term — no candidate filed
   * Cascade Locks K-12 (three positions) — one position vacant
   * Hood River Valley High School (three positions) — one position vacant
   * Mid Valley Elementary (three positions) —two positions vacant
   * Parkdale Elementary (three positions) — one position vacant
   * Wy’east Middle School Committee (three positions) — no candidate filed
   * Region 9 ESD board: Zone 5 — no candidate filed
   All positions begin July 1, 2007.
   
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