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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2020 TILLAMOOK, OREGON • WWW.TILLAMOOKHEADLIGHTHERALD.COM
VOL. 133, NO. 37 • $1.00
ELECTION 2020
Prepare for November general election T
he presidential general election is Tuesday, Nov. 3. The last day for new Oregon voters to register to vote for the election is Tuesday, Oct. 13. Oregon is Vote-By-Mail. You do not need to request an Absentee Ballot unless you will not be at your home address between Oct. 14 and Nov. 3. Check the status of your voter registration now with the county clerk or online at www.oregonvotes. gov – My Vote. Ballots cannot be forwarded. The county clerk’s office starts addressing envelopes for insertion ahead of deadlines, so the sooner you update the more likely you will receive your ballot timely. Ballots will be mailed to all local active registered voters beginning Oct. 14. If you have not received
a ballot by Oct. 23, call the county clerk’s office. Voted ballots are due in the County Clerk’s office or in an Official Ballot Drop Box by 8 p.m. Election Day, Nov. 3. Postmarks do not count. Vote early. You do not have to wait until Election Day to vote. If you are concerned with mailing your ballot back through the Postal Service or if you wait until the last week before the election to vote, use an Official Ballot Drop Box. Do not mail after Tuesday, Oct. 27 – Use an Official Ballot Drop Box. If you have questions or concerns, call the County Clerk’s Office at 503-8423402 for an official answer. Do not believe everything you see or hear. Ask the local office in charge.
Candidates on ballot
Bay City Mayor: David McCall Council: Liane Welch, Tom Imhoff, Melissa Rondeau Manzanita Mayor: Scott T. Galvin, Mike Scott Council: Hans Tonjes, Thomas D. Aschenbrener, Randy Kugler, Jerry Spegman Wheeler Mayor: Doug Honeycutt, Heidi Stacks Council: Gordon Taylor, Dave Bell, Michael Glowa, John Lawrence
Tillamook Council, ward 1: Garrett Noffsinger Council, ward 3: Brian Reynolds Council, ward 5: No candidate filed
Rockaway Beach Mayor: Sue Wilson Council position 1: Nathan R. Beeman, Keith Cantrell Council position 2: Tom Martine Council position 3: Kristine Hayes, Geoffrey Grace Council position 5: Zandra Umholtz, Penelope (Penny) Cheek
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County sheriff candidates square off in open forum T
Gordon McCraw
Hilary Dorsey Staff Writer
illamook County Republican Central Committee hosted Thursday, Sept. 3, a candidate open forum for Tillamook County Sheriff candidates Gordon McCraw and Josh Brown. Because of the number of attendants, the forum was moved outside to comply with COVID-19 guidelines. McCraw is the Tillamook County emergency manager, weather forecaster and lieutenant on the sheriff’s force. He was in the Navy for 20 years. He moved to Tillamook from New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. McCraw worked part time in emergency management and part time on patrol at the sheriff’s office. He was made administrative lieutenant four years
ago. “I have a lot of experience in emergency management,” McCraw said. McCraw said he spent the past year working on emergencies such as the Manzanita tornado, flooding, cyber attack of the county and COVID-19. Brown said he was born and raised in Tillamook and has raised four children here. “I’m also part of the fair board, which is a very involved position,” Brown said. “I currently serve as the vice president of that board.” Brown is also a volunteer youth baseball coach. He started his law enforcement career in 2004 as a volunteer. He was a contract deputy for the first four years and then moved back to regular patrol.
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Josh Brown
‘Cruisin’ Cloverdale
People and classic cars and trucks lined the streets of Cloverdale on Saturday for the annual Cloverdale Cruisin. Photo by Hilary Dorsey
County enforces no parking along Whiskey Creek, Cape Lookout roads Hilary Dorsey Staff Writer The Tillamook County Board of Commissioners agreed during a meeting Wednesday, Sept. 2, to enforce no parking along Whiskey Creek Road and Cape Lookout Road within the boundary of Cape Lookout State Park. The county also extended the local state of emergency until Nov.
3, unless extended by the board. Commissioner Mary Faith Bell said an influx of visitors have been visiting Cape Lookout State Park. When the day use area is full, people are parking along the side of the road. There have been all kinds of destruction, dumping of garbage and human feces. “I talked to the sheriff about it and the sheriff was supportive,” Bell said of the enforcement. “Chris Laity from public works is also supportive.” The county is able to enforce no parking along the roads in the local state of emergency. State parks will be enforcing this and writing tickets. “Every time we close a spot, it’s like a balloon squeezing,” Commissioner Bill Baertlein said.
“Hopefully this will take some pressure off our state parks and try to keep some of our landscape halfway sanitary.” Commissioner David Yamamoto said if the state of emergency continues after Nov. 3, Tim Carpenter, Netarts-Oceanside Fire District chief, needs to be in the discussion, as the fire district receives many of the emergency calls at Cape Lookout. The district is also in possession of many of the county’s road signs. “One of the issues is this is a long, long area along Cape Lookout,” Yamamoto said. “We don’t have all the signs to do what we need to do.” Send comments to: headlightreporter@countrymedia.net