Patrick Wingard Fills Vacant CCC Board Position

Patrick Wingard

The Clatsop Community College Board of Directors has appointed Patrick Wingard to fill a Zone 2 position left vacant by the resignation of Dr. Stephen Berk who has returned to teaching at CCC.

Wingard holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Michigan State University. He has 12 years of public and private planning experience on the north coast including Planning Director for the City of Warrenton, Principal Planner for Clatsop County and North Coast Representative for the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development.

ASTORIA SUNDAY MARKET CLOSES SEASON WITH DOWNTOWN COFFEE WALK SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 14

­ Coffee lovers are invited to take a self-guided tour of Astoria’s best coffee shops on Sunday, October 14. Each of the four participating coffee shops and restaurants are planning something special that morning from 8 to 10 am as part of the first Downtown Coffee Walk. Astoria Coffee House & Bistro is providing the Cargo Store with coffee cocktails to sample for Breakfast. The Rusty Cup is to serve samples their newest seasonal lattes; Wet Dog Café & Brewery is sampling special baked goods for that day only and Columbia Chocolates at ABECO Office Supplies is offering samples of their Dark Chocolate Latte Truffle. The tour ends at 10 am in time to enjoy Astoria Sunday Market for its closing day of the 2012 season.

Wahkiakum and WA District 19 Candidates to appear in Grays River

The Grays River Grange will host a forum, Tuesday, October 2nd in Grays River.  Candidates running for Wahkiakum county offices, including the County Commission, Treasurer and PUD commissioner have been invited, as well as candidates running for State Senator and Representative for Washington’s 19th District. The forum will take place at the Grays River Grange Hall at State Route 4 and Hull Road, at 7pm. 

Meet the Candidates in Astoria

 

Clatsop Community College and the Astoria Chapter of the American Association of University Women are hosting a Candidates’ Forum, Wednesday, October 10, starting at 7:00pm in Columbia Hall, Room 219, 1651 Lexington Avenue, Astoria.

Participating candidates include: Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries: Brad Avakian, Oregon State Representative-District 32:  Debbie Boone and challengers  Perry Roll and Jim Welsh.  Clatsop County Sheriff: Tom Bergin and challenger Jim Pierce, also City of Astoria Councilor-Ward 2: Peter Roscoe, and challenger Drew Herzig, and City of Astoria Councilor-Ward 4: Russ Warr.

Voters are invited to attend this Candidates’ Forum in order to meet the candidates and learn about their positions regarding important issues. Questions will be taken from the audience to ensure attention to issues of locally defined significance. Voter registration forms will also be available. The deadline for registration to vote in the November general election is Tuesday, October 16, 2012.

Halsey Street Grass Fire Doused

photo courtesy Astoria Fire Dept

On October 5, 2012 at 8:34am, Astoria Fire Department was dispatched to a report of a grass fire at the end of Halsey Street in Astoria.  Maintenance personnel at Emerald Heights initially discovered and reported the fire, then used four fire extinguishers to try and extinguish the fire.  Fire personnel arrived on scene to find the fire burning in the wooded area behind the apartment complex.  The fire, estimated initially as approximately 50’ x 20’ in size, was burning in the underbrush and blown down timber.  Fire personnel extended water hose lines into the wooden area to the fire.  Firefighters cleared a perimeter around the fire to keep the fire from spreading to the nearby standing timber.  The fire was brought under control at 9:55am and fire crews mopped up the area to ensure all “hot spots” were extinguished.   The fire was contained to a 60 foot by 35 foot area equivalent to .047 acres.

CLATSOP COUNTY APPROVES CONTRACT FOR BUSINESS PARK ACCESS ROAD

The Clatsop County Board of Commissioners held a special meeting Friday, Oct. 5 to approve a contractor contract to start work on an Ensign Lane access road.

The board approved a $2,755,717.75 contract with Thompson Bros. Excavating, Inc. for the project, which involves the extension of S.E. Ensign Lane through the county-owned business park in Warrenton. The Vancouver, Wash. company is expected to start work Oct. 8.

“We will be moving dirt Monday morning,” company vice president Joe Thompson told the board.

Clatsop Community College Releases Student Career Satisfaction Survey Results

 

Clatsop Community College has released results of an annual survey of previous year’s graduates to measure students’ career success and satisfaction with the preparation they received at CCC for work or further education.  

Highlights of the survey results for 2011 graduates include the following:

• All responding graduates who were seeking work were employed.

• Nearly two thirds found that their work was related to their studies at Clatsop, and 95% were satisfied or highly satisfied with the preparation provided by Clatsop for the job.
• 95% of those rating the preparation for further study were satisfied or highly satisfied with the preparation provided by Clatsop.
• Of those who rated their satisfaction with the Clatsop Community College experience, 88% reported being “Satisfied” or “Very satisfied.”

The results of the survey of 2011 graduates are posted on the college website at

https://www.clatsopcc.edu/about-ccc/fast-facts.  The full report shows the questions asked and frequency counts of those who responded in addition to an interpretive introduction.