Clackamas Fire chief hired at troubled Hillsboro department May 24 2021
Fred Charlton takes on city s division training position, which is currently subject of a legal complaint.
Fred Charlton, who was the chief of the Clackamas Fire District until his May 1 retirement, is Hillsboro Fire s new division chief of training.
Charlton s new position in Hillsboro is one subject of a retaliation and discrimination complaint against the city and two other top Hillsboro Fire officials by two current employees, who had applied for the role but weren t hired, according to the complaint.
Clackamas Fire s leadership was criticized for its handling of the Riverside Fire last September, which burned nearly 150,000 acres in the Clackamas River basin and came within a half-mile of Estacada s commercial core.
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UNION COUNTY â Union County voters approved a levy to control weeds and elected several new members to school boards.
Turnout in the county stands at 24.8% for the Tuesday, May 18, special elections, a return of 4,708 out of a total of 18,959 ballots, according to the unofficial results from the Oregon Secretary of State. That s is in line with the turnout statewide, which was a little better than 24.6%.Â
The Observer will update this as results become available.Â
Fisher wins, Beck lead in race for Imbler School Board
IMBLER â Joseph Joe Fisher is taking a seat on the Imbler School Board, and and Jason Beck is in the lead to join him. Both races tightened as the night wore on.
ONTARIO
U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz, R-Oregon, announced the overall winner and four regional winners of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition for his district in a news release on May 11.
The Ontario congressman utilized judges from throughout his district, including one from Ontarioâs community college to judge student entries.
According to the news release Pendleton High School senior MacElle Kirsch earned the top spot for her artwork titled âNorth American Bobcat in the Snow,â which is a collage of glue and magazine clippings that were artfully arranged create an image of the animal trudging through the snow.
A panel of five judges praised the composition and quality of the piece, as well as the creative color palette.