Eleven candidates seek Alan Olsen s vacant senate seat January 19 2021
Former House representative is willing to come out of retirement to bring legislative experience to Senate District 20
Eleven candidates are seeking to fill the Oregon Senate District 20 seat vacated mid-term by Alan Olsen. Among them is retired politician Bill Kennemer of Canby.
Olsen cited family concerns as the reason for his resignation and will be moving to Indiana to be closer to relatives. His resignation was effective Jan. 10, one day before the start of organizational days for the 2021 legislative session.
Now, the Oregon Republican Party will hold a convention via Zoom at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, to begin the process of finding a replacement for Olsen in the district that includes Canby, Estacada, Eagle Creek, Boring, Damascus, Gladstone and parts of Happy Valley and Oregon City.
Beavercreek resident seeks Alan Olsen s senate seat
Grant Sharp of Beavercreek tries for appointment to Oregon Senate District 20.
Grant Sharp, a Beavercreek resident who is active in the Molalla community, is among 11 candidates seeking to fill the Oregon Senate District 20 seat vacated mid-term by Alan Olsen.
Olsen cited family concerns as the reason for his resignation and will be moving to Indiana to be closer to relatives. His resignation was effective Jan. 10, one day before the start of organizational days for the 2021 legislative session.
Now, the Oregon Republican Party will hold a convention via Zoom at 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 23, to begin the process of finding a replacement to fill the remaining two years of Olsen s term.
Looking back at a unique year January 19 2021
Wearing a mask and streaming online, Prineville Mayor Jason Beebe delivers his State of the City address
Newly elected Prineville Mayor Jason Beebe gave his first-ever State of the City address under unusual circumstances that seemed fitting as he highlighted the 2020 year.
Unlike most addresses that are given in front of a seated crowd during a live city council meeting, the one presented by Beebe last Tuesday evening took place in front of a video camera with the mayor wearing a face covering. No members of the public watched the State of the City in person but were instead invited to view it online.
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Habitat for Humanity needs land
To the editor:Since 1995, Newberg Area Habitat for Humanity has built, renovated and repaired homes in Newberg, Dundee, Sherwood and St. Paul. Our communities have been tremendously supportive of our mission to build decent, safe affordable housing.We have a request: Our volunteers and homeowners are busily building a duplex on Fifth Street in Newberg. When this project is completed, likely in a few months, we will have exhausted our land supply. We need land.If you are a realtor, landowner, developer or homeowner with an extra parcel, we would love to speak with you. We are not looking for much. We typically build medium-density residential infill projects. We will happily discuss the potential benefits of selling to a nonprofit. Should you know of anything, please contact us. The lead you provide might help a deserving family moving into a home of their own. Thank you.
Mark Shull arrested in 2011 for violating restraining order January 14 2021
Clackamas County commissioner faced contempt of court case for sending package to wife at domestic violence shelter.
Multnomah County court records show that Clackamas County Commissioner Mark Shull was arrested in 2011 for misdemeanor violation of a restraining order filed by his then-wife Galina Anufrieva. He was ultimately acquitted of that charge just a few months later in circuit court.
Shull has recently come under fire following publication of comments made on his personal Facebook page representing racist, Islamophobic, anti-immigrant and transphobic views, leading to widespreadcalls for his resignation.
According to court records, Shull was arrested for sending a package of chocolates and a note written in Russian to the Portland domestic violence shelter where his wife was staying at the time of their divorce proceedings in February 2011.