The U.S. Forest Service will waive fees at day-use recreation sites in Oregon and Washington on Saturday and Sunday in honor of Veterans Day. This fee waiver includes many picnic areas, boat launches, trailheads, and visitor centers. Concession operations will continue to charge fees unless the permit holder wishes to participate. Fees for camping, cabin rentals, heritage expeditions, or other permits still apply. The Forest Service Pacific Northwest Region manages more than 2,400 developed recreation sites, over 24,000 miles of trails, 51 Wild and Scenic Rivers, and two national monuments. No fees are charged at any time on 98 percent of national forests and grasslands, and approximately two-thirds of developed recreation sites in national forests and grasslands can be used for free.
The Klickitat County Community Wildfire Protection Plan has been completed in draft form and is available for public review. Electronic copies are available at the Emergency Management page of the Klickitat County website, and they also are available at the Goldendale Community Library and the County Commission office in Goldendale. The Community Wildfire Protection Plan identifies high risk areas and recommends specific projects to help lessen the danger from wildfires. The public review phase of the planning process will be open through November 23.
Republican incumbent Representative Jaime Herrera Beutler has won re-election in southwest Washington. Herrera Beutler defeated Democrat Carolyn Long, a political science professor at Washington State University’s campus in Vancouver. Herrera Beutler was first elected to the 3rd Congressional District in 2010 and will serve her fifth term in Congress. She had faced a tough race against Long after the August primary, where she captured 42 percent of the vote on a crowded ballot of seven total candidates.
In Washington State House District 14 there was almost no significant change after Wednesday’s tabulations with the two Republicans winning election. Chris Corry had received just under 61 percent of the vote for position one over Democratic challenger Sasha Bentley. And incumbent Gina Mosbrucker is retaining her position two seat, receiving just under 64 percent to hold off challenger Liz Hallock.
Updated vote counts In Klickitat County on Wednesday left County Commission position two incumbent David Sauter with 3,357 votes to 1,222 for Raymond Clough, while Sheriff Bob Songer has 3,363 votes to challenger Douglas Charters’ 1,447. The White Salmon Valley Pool Metropolitan District measure had received 929 votes in favor to 714 against. In races for positions on the district board, Lloyd DeKay had 721 votes to 363 for Mikael Naramore, Benjamin Briggs had a narrow 571-to-536 lead over Pam Morneault, Troy Witherrite led Michael Oldfather 844 to 278, and Karen Skiles had received 787 votes to 338 for Jan Brending. Husum Fire District’s bond measure was being approved 635-to-298, and the County Emergency Medical Services District levy was passing 3,523 to 1,186.
In Skamania County Gabriel Spencer was winning the election for assessor 2,928 to 1,781 over Tom Dillon, while Adam Kick was ahead in his bid to be re-elected as Prosecuting Attorney with 2,761 votes to 2,120 over Dan McGill. Dan Boyes was winning the PUD District Commissioner race 2,569 to 1,897 over Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. The Underwood Parks and Recreation District levy measure had received 268 votes in favor to 157 against, while the Home Valley Water District levy had received 96 votes in favor and 60 against.
North Wasco County School District 21’s ambitious 20-year bond measure to fund construction of four new schools in that time period went down to defeat. 59 percent of voters rejected the measure. 5,233 said no, to 3,608 saying yes. The Dufur School District’s bond measure was approved 620 to 294…while a measure to prohibit certain marijuana registrants and licensees in Dufur passed narrowly…178 to 163. A five-year general operations levy for the White River Health District was rejected 590-to-542. The two incumbents seeking to retain their seats on The Dalles City Council did so. For position one Tim McGlothlin received 2,720 votes to 2,165 for Chip Wood….and Russ Brown was re-elected to position three with 2,569 votes to 2,283 for Tiffany Prince. For the Council’s at-large position…Rod Runyon was elected with 2,330 votes to 1,937 for Brian Stevens and 774 for John Fredrick. Stan Ashbrook won seat two on the Dufur City Council…190-to-120 over Matt Brougher. In Maupin…Lynn Ewing was elected as Mayor with 175 votes to 78 for Suzanne Knapp…while for Maupin City Council Randy Bechtol had 168 votes, Mike Foreaker 163, and Susan Wright 156 to win election, with Kathie Richey receiving 100 votes and Jim Holycross 99.
In Hood River…Paul Blackburn held off the challenge of City Councilor Susan Johnson to retain his position as Mayor. Blackburn received 1,791 votes to 1,618 for Johnson. In polling for three Hood River City Councilor seats…Jessica Metta was easily the top votegetter with 2,256. Erick Haynie claimed the second seat with 1,410 votes…while Tim Counihan grabbed the final spot with 1,154 votes. Incumbent Peter Cornelison was fourth with 999 votes…followed by Joe Sheahan at 944…Jim Klaas at 934…and Brian Towey at 899. Hood River County’s measure to tax retail sales of marijuana as approved by a count of 7,587 to 2,736. Tom Cramblett was re-elected as Mayor of Cascade Locks…receiving 319 votes to 205 for Kathy Tittle. In polling for three Cascade Locks City Council seats…Jules Caldwell-Wagner received 292 votes…Sara Patrick 285…and Richard Randall 257…while Butch Miller recorded 254 and Deanna Busdieker 232. A pair of ballot measures in Cascade Locks were approved by wide margins…one to ensure plurality elections following a City Council vacancy with 361 yes votes to 170 no…and another to continue an EMS service fee to fund emergency medical services by a count of 421-to-120. Hood River County elections supervisor Kim Kean reported over 200 ballots in the County were being challenged over signatures.
In a race that bounced back and forth…incumbent Republican Chuck Thomsen has narrowly held off lead over Democratic challenger Chrissy Reitz in Oregon State Senate District 26. Thomsen had polled 27,656 votes to 27,057 for Reitz…with Thomsen holding an advantage of 3,355 votes in Clackamas County…where over half of the ballots are cast in the district. In Oregon State Senate District 30…Republican Cliff Bentz retained his seat with 72 percent of the vote over Democrat Solea Kabokov. Anna Williams used a nearly two-to-one margin in Hood River County to lead Jeff Helfrich for the Oregon House District 52 seat. Williams…a Democrat…has polled 15,283 votes to 14,419 for Helfrich…who had been appointed to the position one year ago. In the House District 59…Republican Daniel Bonham received just under 62 percent of the vote to maintain his position by over six-thousand votes against Democratic challenger Darcy Long-Curtiss. In Washington House District 14…it was the two Republicans winning election. Chris Corry had received just over 61 percent of the vote for position one over Democratic challenger Sasha Bentley. And incumbent Gina Mosbrucker is retaining her position two seat…receiving just under 64 percent to hold off challenger Liz Hallock.
In Sherman County…Joe Dabulskis won the vote for Judge…532 to 436 over Mike Smith. Andy Anderson narrowly outpolled Perry Thurston for mayor of Moro…92-to-90. For a pair of Moro City Council seats…Bryan Cranston received 134 votes to 116 for Seth VonBorstel…while Abbey Phelps had 84. In Wasco…Eileen Wainright received 104 votes for mayor to 92 for Scott Miller…and in the vote for three City Council seats Rodney Patten had 160, Gena Arthur 130, and Erik Glover and William Minter were tied with 104.
In Klickitat County over 5,000 ballots remained to be counted…with an updated tally to be released late this afternoon. For County Commission position two incumbent David Sauter has tallied 2,405 votes to 857 for Raymond Clough…while Sheriff Bob Songer has 2,449 votes to challenger Douglas Charters’ 963. The White Salmon Valley Pool Metropolitan District measure had received 565 votes in favor to 461 against. In races for positions on the district board…Lloyd DeKay had 445 votes to 235 for Mikael Naramore…Benjamin Briggs had a narrow 354-to-344 lead over Pam Morneault…Troy Witherrite led Michael Oldfather 530 to 177…and Karen Skiles had received 481 votes to 220 for Jan Brending. Husum Fire District’s bond measure was being approved 396-to-186…and the County Emergency Medical Services District levy was passing 2,481 to 847.
There are an estimated 700 ballots left to be counted in Skamania County. Gabriel Spencer was winning the election for assessor…2,231 to 1,343 over Tom Dillon…while Adam Kick was ahead in his bid to be re-elected as Prosecuting Attorney with 2,111 votes to 1,585 over Dan McGill. Dan Boyes was winning the PUD District Commissioner race 1,937 to 1,439 over Marie Gluesenkamp Perez. The Underwood Parks and Recreation District levy measure had received 230 votes in favor to 148 against…while the Home Valley Water District levy had received 64 votes in favor and 43 against.
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