Two vie for Reedsport School Board position
REEDSPORT — A former Reedsport School Board member and a woman with children who are students in the district are vying for Position 3. Steve Thornton, a conveyor operator for Weyerhaeuser Co., and Jennifer Clark, a self-employed business owner, will …
Read More »Roberts Creek Water District: Incumbent boasts of experience; challenger promises ‘zest’
GREEN — A longtime Roberts Creek Water District board member is being challenged for Position 1. BZ Zeller, a writing instructor at Umpqua Community College, will take on 14-year board veteran and retired heavy construction worker Don Jenkins. Also r …
Read More »Four vie for two positions on Milo fire board
DAYS CREEK — Two seats on the Milo Volunteer Fire Department board are being contested. Canyonville Adventist Elementary School Principal Douglas Hartzell is challenging Jerry Mayhew, a retired plant worker, for Position 5, a two-year term. For Posit …
Read More »Roseburg School District seeks bond
When the Roseburg School District faced a budget shortfall from declining enrollment, district officials agreed to some sacrifices. In the past five years, the district has cut $10 million from its budget, while striving to preserve essentials, acc …
Read More »Incumbent Roseburg School Board member challenged by school volunteer
Sheila Lawrence, who’s volunteered in Roseburg Schools for the past 11 years, is challenging incumbent Roseburg School Board member Daniel Endicott for Position 2. Lawrence, 71, a retired magazine editor and published fiction author, said the time sh …
Read More »Tri City Fire District presents scaled-down $2.2 million bond to voters
TRI CITY — The Tri City Rural Fire Protection District has knocked $1.1 million off a bond levy that went down in defeat last November in an attempt to sway voters in the May 21 election. The fire district’s board of directors shelved plans for an at …
Read More »Volunteers vie for Glide Sanitary seat
GLIDE — Edith Muller-Saxton hopes the third time will be the charm and she will land on the Glide-Idleyld Sanitary District board of directors. Two years ago, Muller-Saxton lost to Don Atchison by 17 votes for Position 3 on the board. Two years earli …
Read More »Volunteer challenges appointee for Fair Oaks fire board seat
A former First Citizen will challenge incumbent Peter Hainey for Position 3 on the Fair Oaks Rural Fire District Board. Carol Swesso, a former auxiliary volunteer with the district and Sutherlin’s 2006 Woman of the Year, said she wants to bring trans …
Read More »Two incumbents seek seats on Days Creek School Board
DAYS CREEK — Two incumbent school board members have filed to run for a vacant seat on the Days Creek School Board. Each candidate has served for four years on the board. Tammy Eichmann, 51, and Larry Ellis, 52, both filed for Position 6, which is a …
Read More »- Reedsport council asks voters to give them back power to raise fees
- Three positions contested on Glendale School Board
- Two vie for board position with Douglas Education Service District
- Retired Roseburg fire official challenges Fire District 2 board member
- Opponents of Lookingglass fire reorganization square off for board seat
