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Headlight Herald
Tuesday, May 6, 2025 | Vol. 137, Issue 18
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National Day of Prayer AAUW hosts candidate forum
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Students from Hope Inspired School at God’s Lighthouse church in Garibaldi joined students from Coastline Christian Coop at Living Water Fellowship in Tillamook to sing “Amazing Grace” and “My Country Tis of Thee” at the National Day of Prayer event May 1 held at the Tillamook County Courthouse. Several area churches were represented at the annual gathering.
Candidates Q&A for special districts election Part 2 WILL CHAPPELL Headlight Editor
In preparation for the upcoming May 20 election for school and special districts, the Headlight Herald reached out to candidates for each of the three school boards, as well as the board of the Tillamook County Transportation District and Tillamook Bay Community College, with an opportunity to participate in a voters’ guide. We asked candidates to respond to the following questions in 300 words or less: What is your name, how old are you and how long have you lived in Tillamook County? What is your work background and what professional, volunteer or personal experiences do you feel make you qualified for the position you are seeking? What is the biggest issue facing the district you are running to represent? How would you address this issue? What would your priorities be if elected? Responses from the candidates for school boards were included in last week’s edition, while those from candidates for the boards of Tillamook Bay Community College and the Tillamook County Transportation District are below.
Zone 2: Andrea Goss: I am Andrea Goss. I have lived in Tillamook County for about 20 years. While here, I have been active in many organizations, helping to make Tillamook County a better place for all of us to live. For 15 years I was a Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) for Tillamook children in the foster care system. I was the ears and eyes for each of the children I was appointed to work with and made recommendations to the court for how to minister for the best interests of the child. I was a Victims’ Advocate within the District Attorney’s office for two years. I am currently the Administrator for Tillamook Urban Renewal Agency and on the Board of CARE, which provides support services for vulnerable County residents by providing housing programs, homeless prevention, and emergency services. I have served on the Tillamook Bay Community College Board since 2021. During that time I have witnessed amazing growth in student numbers and student success. The staff, faculty, staff are all about student success. They have an unwavering commitment to each individual student regardless of age, color, gender, economic status, immigration status, and provide support to each and every one of them. TBCC is an open access campus providing educational services to all students, whether they
are pursuing a 4-week certificate, or a 2-year degree, or even a GED. TBCC partners with the community to provide programming that will not only help students get jobs that pay enough to support their families, but help local businesses have a pool of employees skilled in the needs of the company, keeping the talent local. The new Health Education Building and the nursing program are turning out nurses that can work locally and support Tillamook’s health community. These are very exciting opportunities for the community. I want to continue to be part of what has made TBBC so successful. Please get out and vote for me on May 20th.
Tillamook County’s board of commissioners hosted officials from the Oregon Department of Aviation at their board briefing on April 23, to discuss the future of the Pacific City State Airport. The conversation focused on the need to bring the county’s development code for the area around the airport into line with state and federal laws designed to ensure safe operations and the impacts those transitions would have on the developability of surrounding properties. The Pacific City State Airport is a publicly owned, public access airport that sits between Brooten Road and Ruepell Avenue south of Pacific Avenue. The airport is part of a system of airports every 20-25 miles on the Oregon Coast that can be used without special qualifications and sees around 2,000 operations each year, per Oregon Department of Aviation (ODA) data. Tillamook County Director of Community Development Sarah Absher started the meeting with a short recap of the situation, explaining that while the county had an overlay zone for development around the airport, it allowed more expansive development than was envisioned in state and federal statute. Absher said that this created a gap, where projects qualified for permitting under the county code but not the state and federal requirements for airport safety. Beyond creating difficulties for her office, Absher said that these gaps were putting the airport’s status at risk and that to keep receiving state and federal funding for the airport, they would need to update zoning codes to match with state and federal statute. Anthony Beach from ODA said that it was going to be challenging to meet both the use needs of the airport and development interests of surrounding property owners given the tight confines of Pacific City. Beach said that ODA staff saw the question of zoning around the airport and its continued operations as a community decision and said that they wanted to make a decision before an incident occurred. Absher then explained that the area labeled by the county as the airport’s approach zone, and by ODA as the runway protection area, was at issue, and that it covered most of the commercially zoned property east of the Nestucca River in Pacific City. Absher said that while there were restrictions on high intensity uses in the zone,
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County weighs Pacific City Airport options WILL CHAPPELL
WILL CHAPPELL The American Association of University Women cohosted a virtual forum for candidates running for the Tillamook and Nestucca Valley School District Boards, as well as candidates for the North County Recreation District with the Headlight Herald on May 1. Moderator Lisa Phipps asked questions submitted by members of the community and themes of promoting safety in schools emerged among the candidates, though views on how to achieve this goal diverged. The forum began with candidates for the Nestucca Valley School District answering questions. Irene Barajas, incumbent in position one on the board since an appointment in 2023, said that she had attended Nestucca schools from kindergarten through high school and currently has six kids in the district. Barajas runs a childcare program and, in addition to her current tenure on the board, previously served on the district’s budget and health committees. Barajas said that she had worked to improve the board’s communications during her time in the position, and would continue that work, saying that she believed explaining the reasoning behind decisions to the public was critical. Barajas said that her top priority was making the school a safe and welcoming place for all. She said that she thought more needed to be done to reduce bullying of marginalized and minority students and pointed to the recent hire of a new counselor and the forthcoming addition of a home health employee as steps that had been taken on that front. Sherry Hartford is running against Barajas in the race for position one, and said she is a longtime resident of south county who has volunteered in the district for many years. Hartford is a stay-at-home
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