Wasco County Commissioners selected Rodger Nichols to fill the remainder of the term of late Phil Brady.  Nichols, a longtime print and broadcast journalist who is currently in the midst of his second stint representing Wasco County on the Columbia River Gorge Commission, will serve the final six months in Brady’s term.  Commissioner Jeff Justesen made the nomination that Chair Scott Hege seconded, noting it was important to get a third person to represent the County’s citizens.  He said Nichols has a history of attending Commission meeting as a journalist, someone who looks at facts, and has his finger on the pulse of many things.  Nichols said while he had volunteered, the appointment was unexpected.  He told the Commission he would work to do the same things Brady would have done.  Nichols added he has no intention of being a candidate for the post in November.