Parachute could be Cooper clue
Bill Myers staff reporter
Federal investigators are trying to determine if a parachute found partially buried in a field between Green and Bald mountains west of Amboy is linked to a 1971 airplane hijacking and robbery.
Seattle FBI case agent Larry Carr, assigned to the notorious, unsolved D.B. Cooper robbery and aircraft hijacking case, said the parachute surfaced in early March when a property owner was using a tractor to build a new road on acreage between the mountain peaks. The landowner’s children pulled the parachute canopy from the ground as far as they could, and then cut the shroud lines to remove it. Carr said last week that he had not yet retrieved the backpack from the parachute.
Wondering if the parachute could be linked to the Cooper incident, the landowner contacted FBI agents who took custody of the parachute.
Carr declined to provide the landowner’s name or exact location of the discovery pending further investigation. He said agents are seeking a veteran parachute rigger who could determine if the parachute is a U.S. Navy Backpack 6 (BP-6) model, the same parachute model used by D.B. Cooper who jumped from a hijacked Northwest Orient flight with $200,000. Former parachute riggers who could help are asked to contact the Seattle Office of the FBI at fbise@leo.gov.
Carr said March 28 that parachute experts had come forward to help and he might be able to connect the parachute to the D. B. Cooper case, or rule it out, as soon as that same day. But officials said March 31 that the investigation continues with no such conclusion yet made.
Cooper’s true identity remains a mystery
The mystery of D.B. Cooper began on Nov. 24, 1971 when a male passenger aboard a Northwest Orient Boeing 727 flight from Portland to Seattle gave a stewardess a note soon after takeoff. The note said the passenger was armed with a bomb and demanded $200,000 in $20 bills and four parachutes upon landing in Seattle.
When the plane reached Seattle, the ransom money was ready in marked bills. The money, with two main and two reserve parachutes, were presented to the passenger. It came to light later that one of the reserve parachutes was a dummy, used only for ground training purposes. The passenger was later mistakenly identified in a media report as D.B. Cooper and the name stuck.
The plane, under Cooper’s direction to head for Mexico, took off and headed south. With bundles of cash tied to him, harnessed into a main parachute with an attached dummy reserve parachute, Cooper baled out of a rear, bottom door intended for cargo. Authorities believe that he left the plane at 10,000 feet and hit a wind blast equal to about 200 miles per hour.
Seven years later, a placard containing instructions for opening the cargo door was found north of Cooper’s believed drop area. In 1980, a boy digging in sand on the Washington side of the Columbia River at about 121st St. and Lower River Road, Vancouver, found $5,800 in tattered $20 bills. The cash was verified as part of Cooper’s haul. Authorities said the money may have entered the Columbia River from the Washougal River .
Carr said the Amboy location of the parachute, if indeed it was used by Cooper, and the location of the cash could not occur from natural causes. Any link between a parachute found in Amboy and cash from the hijacking found several miles away and upstream on the Columbia River remains a mystery.
As of March 31, officials of the FBI would not discuss whether any experts had looked at the parachute, or whether any digging or further exploration had taken place at the location where the parachute was found. Officials also declined to explain the three week delay between taking possession parachute and reporting the find to the public.
Carr said the person finding the parachute was credible. “I’m skeptical that this is the chute,” said Carr.
Malinowski seeks hearing on election
issues
Jim Malinowski of Amboy has asked the state Public Disclosure Commission to conduct a hearing on his complaints regarding alleged election law violations in his narrow loss in a 2006 race for commissioner of Clark Public Utilities.
In a March 18 letter to Bill Brumsickle, chair of the Public Disclosure Commission (PDC), Malinowski alleged that both the letter and spirit of state election laws were violated in the election, and that the dismissal of his complaint was “without persuasive justification.”
Malinowski lost in November 2006 to incumbent commissioner Carol Curtis by 612 votes out of 96,321 cast in the election. The margin was not close enough for a mandatory recount.
Shortly after the election, Malinowski filed a complaint with the PDC alleging that Curtis had solicited campaign contributions from employees of Clark Public Utilities in violation of state law, and that the utility had placed newspaper advertising in such a way as to benefit the Curtis campaign which was also a violation of state law.
Malinowski noted that Curtis had held two fundraising events leading up to the election, and that shortly thereafter she received “large donations from all of the first and second level management employees” of the utility.
“It is reasonable to conclude that contributions from management employees were solicited by Commissioner Curtis or her agents,” wrote Malinowski in his complaint. “It would be very difficult to imagine that every single first and second level management employee would make such large contributions at or shortly after Commissioner Curtis’ fundraisers without solicitation or pressure to contribute.”
Malinowski also alleged that the utility had concentrated six months of newspaper advertising in the six weeks before the November election “in a clear attempt to influence the election.”
“In a couple of cases, Commissioner Curtis’ ad was co-located with large PUD ads,” wrote Malinowski. ‘It is obvious that the heavy concentration of advertising by the PUD just before the election was intended to influence voters in favor of the incumbent Commissioner Curtis.”
In December 2006, the PDC advised Malinowski that an investigation into his complaints would not be conducted.
In December 2007, Philip Stutzman, director of compliance with the PDC, advised Malinowski that the agency had reconsidered its earlier decision not to investigate the matter and would look into the newspaper advertising allegations only but not the issue of soliciting contributions from utility employees.
In a March 4, 2008 letter, Vicki Rippie, executive director of the PDC, told Malinowski that the investigation was completed and that no election law violations were found.
Rippie wrote that none of the utility’s advertising mentioned or pictured Curtis, that officials found no evidence that the utility coordinated its advertising with that of Curtis, and that the utility had increased its newspaper advertising at the time of the election to properly promote other programs.
Malinowski questioned why the matter was decided by staff and not considered by the Public Disclosure Commission. He asked for a Commission hearing to be held in Clark County so that others may testify.
“This election was stolen from those of us who think that we need a PUD commission that represents the public interest and not the interests of the management team of the PUD,” said Malinowski.
“I have learned over the years that our public institutions do not always operate in the public interest and that sometimes members of the public have to fight the system to get justice and fairness,” wrote Malinowski in asking for a hearing. “The question for me and my supporters is whether or not the PDC will protect the integrity of the election process in this case.”
Malinowski also expressed concern about the processes used by the PDC to consider complaints such as his and to handle appeals.
Malinowski is a Power Utilities Technology instructor at Clark College. For 31 years, he worked in power transmission and generation planning for Pacific Gas and Electric in San Francisco, CA, and has worked as a consultant in electrical power matters in Indonesia, China and The Philippines.
Cattle suffer dog attacks in La Center
Ken Vance staff reporter
On the morning of March 4, Lisa Taylor experienced an ordeal she hopes she will never have to go through again.
The two sons of the 27-year-old Taylor alerted their mother to a disturbance in the barn located at the family residence at 34906 NE Taylor Valley Rd., La Center.
“I heard this God-awful noise that I’ve never heard a cow make before,’’ said Taylor, whose husband Brandon was at work at the time. “I grabbed my husband’s (Remington .30 caliber magnum) hunting rifle and walked out to the barn.’’
Taylor was joined by her 10-year-old son, Matthew, who was armed with a .22 caliber rifle of his own. The two left their home and headed to the barn. When they arrived at the barn, they found three dogs viciously attacking a cow.
“The two rottweilers were on the ground, attacking the cow, jumping on it, biting it,’’ Taylor said. “The pit bull was on the cow’s back, attached to its head, shredding its ears. There was not an ounce of that pit bull and on that cow that wasn’t covered in blood.’’
Because of the logistics of the barn and the room were the attack was taking place, Taylor and her son relocated around the backside of the structure. While Taylor positioned herself where she could get a clear shot at the dogs, Matthew stood ready with his rifle in the event the dogs emerged from the barn to turn their attention on he and his mother.
Once Lisa was in position, about 80 feet away, she fired a single shot that struck one of the rottweilers “right through the heart,’’ she said.
“I had three bullets,’’ said Lisa, who is experienced with a rifle through years of hunting with her husband. “I shot one of the rottweilers. The second rottweiler ran off. I couldn’t get a clear shot at the pit bull without shooting the cow, so I decided not to shoot the pit bull at that time.’’
Taylor was soon joined by her nephew, Trevor Taylor, who lives a short distance away. She was never able to get a clear shot at the pit bull, who soon departed, leaving a bloody scene behind.
“It was a horrific experience all the way around,’’ Taylor said. “I’ve never seen so much blood in one area. It’s one of those things you could never imagine possible.’’
After the attack, Taylor called neighbor and friend Vicki Martin, who called Clark County Animal Protection and Control on her way to the Taylor residence. Officer Bill Burris responded.
“It looked horrible,’’ Burris said. “It was pretty messy.’’
Burris said Taylor was well within her rights to shoot the rottweiler, which died as a result.
“She had the right to protect her livestock,’’ he said. “Everyone within the county has the right to protect themselves and their livestock and that’s exactly what she was doing.’’
The cow that was attacked was owned by Taylor’s brother-in-law, Greg Taylor. It had to be put down as a result of injuries suffered in the attack. It was one of 11 at the residence at the time of the attack. Lisa Taylor said there were wounds on all but one of her cattle after the incident.
The two rottweilers were owned by Marsha Dionne, who lives at 7515 NE Ferris Drive. Burris designated the remaining rottweiler as a dangerous dog. Dionne later surrendered the dog to Burris, who took it to the Humane Society for Southweste Washington to be euthanized.
Dionne was contacted by The Reflector regarding the incident, but refused to comment.
The owner of the pit bull was Ernie Webb, who lives at 7110 NE Ferris Drive. Burris made contact with Webb, who said he disposed of his dog as a result of the incident.
“All I can interpret is that he took it out and popped it,’’ Burris said. “That’s properly legal under the circumstances.’’
Attempts by The Reflector to reach Webb for comment were unsuccessful.
The March 4 attack on the Taylor’s cattle wasn’t the first of its kind in the area.
“We’ve had incidents with the cattle starting last July,’’ said Ed Brannfors, who lives about 1/2 mile from the Taylors at 36416 NE Taylor Valley Rd.
Brannfors said that in July 2007, one of his cows was chased, cornered and attacked. It was left with a broken leg and had to be put down. A second cow was also attacked in that incident. It’s udders were attacked so badly it had to be slaughtered.
Brannfors reported an incident in December of 2007 when his cattle were chased and attacked. In February, about two weeks before the attack at the Taylor residence, Brannfors found one cow killed with its hindquarters badly eaten, and another calf killed and half eaten.
No one witnessed those attacks, said Brannfors.
“I kept getting puzzled about what was happening to my cattle,’’ said Brannfors, who believes his questions were answered when Lisa Taylor witnessed the March 4 attack at her residence.
“People should realize that even if they only have one dog, if it leaves for a few hours, it’s quite possible that it’s running with other dogs,’’ Brannfors said. “You get two or three dogs running together, they can have themselves quite a time.’’
Since the attacks, Brannfors said he has armed himself with a rifle to protect the 20-25 head of cattle he usually has on his property.
“Perhaps, out of this destruction, could come something positive, by having people realize that they really need to be responsible for their dogs,’’ he said. “Letting them just run out in the country is really not responsible.’’
Burris indicated no charges were filed as a result of the attacks because the dogs were no longer a threat and the Taylors agreed. The Taylors are seeking restitution for their loss and Lisa Taylor indicated a civil lawsuit against the dog owners was possible. Brannfors said he doesn’t have that option because there were no witnesses to the attacks on his cattle.
Stuart studies road work to boost local economy
Clark County commissioner Steve Stuart said he will pursue an evaluation of using borrowed money to build various road and infrastructure projects as a means of increasing economic activity and developing jobs during the current slowdown in the construction trades.
Stuart said the county could borrow against its sales tax-support road fund to raise money for construction projects. Borrowing could produce revenues of 20 times taxes, said Stuart. That is, for each $1 million of road fund income, the county could borrow $20 million.
The county road fund generates about $26 million annually, said Stuart, who was uncertain how much of the fund might be encumbered with debt.
“We could take a portion of that ($26 million),” said Stuart. “It’s a stable source of funding.”
Stuart said he has received the approval of his fellow county commissioners to study the idea of borrowing against the road fund.
Stuart said road projects in the vicinity of NE 179th and I-5 might be the first to be constructed because they are planned and ready for construction. He also cited projects in the area of Highway 99 and Washington State University Vancouver.
Stuart said the construction projects would keep planners and engineers in the area employed.
“The bug started when I attended a Portland Business Alliance meeting,” said Stuart, “and heard about the federal economic stimulus package.”
While returning from a panel discussion at the coast, said Stuart, he thought about how the county could invest “to make us successful.”
Stuart compared the idea to the “New Deal” programs of the 1930s and 1940s, only this work would be done by a public/private partnership, not just by government employment.
The road fund provides a stable revenue source, said Stuart, and therefore could be used to repay borrowed debt.
The next step, said Stuart, is to have the county’s finance and economic development staff evaluate the idea and determine how many jobs would be created with increments of revenue.
“The idea is to spur economic development and the economy,” said Stuart. “The building trades are lagging. Construction jobs provide good pay and family wage jobs,” said Stuart.
LeMire first CAM student to be named Rose Float princess
Ken Vance staff reporter
The four princesses who will ride this year’s Battle Ground Rose Float have been named and the theme for the float has also been announced.
This year’s princesses are Battle Ground High School students Katie Mitchell and Angela Lindersmith, Prairie High School’s Jordan-Leigh Reed and CAM High School’s Moriah LeMire. LeMire is the first student of CAM High School to be named as a Rose Float princess.
The Reflector mis-identified LeMire’s high school in a story published March 26.
This will be the 54th consecutive year that the Battle Ground Rose Float will make an appearance at the Portland Grand Floral Parade, scheduled for June 7 at 10 a.m. The theme of this year’s Portland parade is “Romancing the Rose,’’ and the theme of the Battle Ground Rose Float is “Love is in the Air.’’
Construction of the float has already begun at the float building in Fairgrounds Park on East Main St. in Battle Ground near the skate park. Volunteers are needed, including those able to help with welding and wood detail. The work will take place between 6-9 p.m. Monday-through-Thursday.
The decoration stage of the preparations is scheduled to begin April 8th and will be done from 1-4 p.m. Tuesday-through-Friday and Wednesday evenings from 6-9 p.m. Beginning May 3rd, decorating will also take place on Saturdays from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
For more information, contact Marlene Brown at (360) 921-7029 or visit www.battlegroundrosefloat.com on the internet.
The 16-year-old LeMire is a resident of Battle Ground and a junior at CAM. She is the daughter of Jeff and Tanja LeMire of Battle Ground.
LeMire’s career ambition is to be a psychologist, children’s entertainer or a teacher. She participates in the community at the ROCKSOLID Community Teen Center and is a member of the dance team at her school. She was the first-place finisher at CAM’s 6th annual speech contest.
LeMire enjoys singing, speaking and acting, and was a member--at age 13--of the Portland Opera’s production of “Street Scene.’’
Missteps delay annexation process
Alice Perry Linker staff reporter
A couple of missteps in the legal process required to annex property into the city of Woodland have led to delays in annexing 20 acres for a church.
Gerald and Roberta Peterson submitted a petition to the Woodland community development department in June to annex about 20 acres of their property on the northwest side of the city.
The Old Apostolic Lutheran Church has submitted a pre-application request to the city to build a church on the north half of the land located north of Dike Access Road and east of I-5.. The city is considering a new zone in tandem with the annexation.
Mistakes in the development process came to light after acting city attorney Brian Wolfe examined the process. Wolfe said that the property owners filed only one petition to annex, instead of the two petitions required by state law, and the city council did not hold a second public hearing as required for a new zone.
Even though the Petersons are the only landowners of the property, they are required to submit a second petition for annexation. The city council must hold a public hearing for a zone change, Wolfe said. In this case, only the planning commission held a hearing.
During the Oct. 9 hearing before the planning commission, Skip Urling, who represented the Petersons, testified that the Old Apostolic Lutheran Church will construct a church building for 1,200 people and a school, as well as a parking lot. The planning commission voted to approve the annexation.
No further public hearings were scheduled, and the city approved the first reading of the ordinance that would allow the annexation and a public/quasi-public/institution zone change to permit the church. At the March 17 meeting, as the city council was preparing to discuss final approval of the ordinance, Mayor Chuck Blum told the council that Wolfe had concerns about the legality of the process, and the council tabled action until the concerns could be resolved.
Wolfe, who was named acting city attorney in January, was not involved in the original process of annexation. Paul Brachvogel, who was named Kelso city manager during 2007, was city attorney until the end of the year when he resigned.
Kei Zushi, city planner, said the Petersons submitted the second petition for annexation after the March 17 city council meeting. The department will schedule a public hearing, probably for April 21.
Zushi said a difference in interpretation of state law caused the mixup. In the past, the city has held one public hearing on annexation issues, he said.
“This is Brian’s (Wolfe) opinion,” Zushi said. “We want to follow the opinion of the city attorney.”
Car thefts increase in Woodland
Car thefts are on the rise in Woodland, with seven reports of stolen vehicles within the past three months.
Woodland police have recovered eight cars stolen from other areas and abandoned in the city.
During the same period last year, only one vehicle was reported stolen, and three that had been stolen from other areas were recovered in Woodland. Police Detective Brent Murray said all three ended in arrests.
Most owners of stolen cars told police that the vehicles were locked and the keys were not inside. Older Japanese-made vehicles are most susceptible to theft, Murray said. With age and use, the door and ignition locks become worn and easier to enter, he said.
Most thefts are happening over night, Murray said. In one instance, however, the car owner left the motor running while making a brief stop.
Three stolen vehicles were recovered at Woodland High School, but no students were involved, Murray said. All had been stolen overnight and left at the school.
“One owner was out of town and didn’t know the car had been stolen,” he said.
Most of the recovered vehicles were in drivable condition, but had apparently been driven for long distances, in one case as far as 3,000 miles, according to the police.
Chief Rob Stephenson asked people to call police if they see an activity they think may be illegal.
“Don’t think you’re wasting our time,” he said. “We’d rather come to nothing than find out too late that something did happen.”
Police advise car owners to make sure the vehicles are locked and valuables are hidden or removed from the car. When away from home, owners are advised to park in lighted areas and not leave the keys in the car. Worn locks should be replaced.
Murray said there is no evidence that the thefts are being committed by a group or gang. The investigation is ongoing. People with information are asked to call the non-emergency 24-hour dispatch line, 225-8981. Murray may be reached at 225-6965 during business hours.
Woodland Tulip Festival begins April 5
Alice Perry Linker staff reporter
The tulip fields will be dressed in hues of yellow, red, orange–and even purple by mid-April, at the height of Woodland’s annual tulip festival.
Flower lovers can feast their eyes–and feast on different kinds of food for energy–when the festival opens on Sat., April 5. The show field, display garden, greenhouse and gift shop will be open every day until April 20, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. at the Holland American Bulb Farms, 1066 S. Pekin Road. Admission is free every day.
Each year the bulb farms, owned by Benno Dobbe, sponsor a contest for the best tulip festival print. The winner of the 2008 award will be introduced Sat., April 5, 1 p.m.
This year’s festival will feature new varieties of tulips in the display field. The display gardens will also showcase different types of spring bulbs in bloom, Dobbe said.
A new greenhouse will be open with gifts, potted plants and flowers, he said. Across from the greenhouse is a display tent where southwest Washington crafts people show and sell products, including pottery, glass and other art forms.
“We have a variety of gifts for all price levels,” Dobbe said. “We have flowers to take home, and you can order bulbs to be delivered in the fall.”
The festival’s popularity has grown with every year, he said. Bus loads of people from other places arrive nearly every day, especially during the week.
Weekends are designed for family entertainment as well as visiting the tulip fields, Dobbe said. A variety of ethnic foods, as well as traditional American fare, will be sold during the festival.
The Magikal Miniature Petting Animals will be on scene to meet children, Saturdays and Sundays, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and Nanette McCarty will paint faces during the same time each weekend. Henna tattoos will be applied by Tara Stark, 1-5 p.m., every Saturday and Sunday.
Weekend entertainment will range from Celtic and other folk music to rock and roll to a John Denver tribute. Folk harpist Kit Stowell will perform every weekend through Sat., April 19.
Stowell, who lives in Hazel Dell, said he will play three different types of folk harps and will perform Celtic and Latin American music, as well as contemporary harp selections honoring harpist Robbie Robinson. Stowell, who has played the harp for 47 years, has performed at events in Clark County, including playing at the now closed indoor farmers market in downtown Vancouver.
A variety of Celtic, Irish and Scottish music will open the festival entertainment Sat., April 5, 11 a.m., and the Celtic theme will continue the following Sat., April 12, with three clogging dance teams.
Pianist and vocalist Jim Fischer will return for a 1 p.m. performance April 6. Fischer has performed every year since the festival began, said coordinator Nicolette Wakefield.
Singer Ted Vigil will give a tribute to the late John Denver by performing Denver’s music Sun., April 13, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Vigil, a Northwest performer, won first prize in the 2007 Celebrity Look-Alike contest sponsored by Seattle’ KOMO radio. According to Vigil’s Web site, the judges’ decision was unanimous.
Martial arts enthusiasts will get a chance to watch demonstrations when the Premier Martial Arts team performs April 13, 1 and 3 p.m.
The festival will close Sun., April 20 with an all day line-up from Maurice the Fish Records. Woodland’s Bad Daddy’s classic rock band will play Sat., April 19, 3-4 p.m.
For information about the festival, call the Holland America Bulb Farms, 360-225-4512, or visit the Web site, www.habfgiftshop.com.
Hi-School Pharmacy to open large Ace Hardware store in Woodland
Hi-School Pharmacy will open an Ace Hardware Store in Woodland in the space once occupied by Save-On Foods.
John Crawford of Hi-School Pharmacy said the store will occupy about half of the vacated space. Remodeling has begun and the company hopes to open the store in July, he said.
“We’ll have a brand new interior, do work on the front, add windows,” Crawford said. “It will be a totally brand new operation.”
Crawford said the company hasn’t decided exactly how many employees will be needed, but he said, “We’ll probably open with 15 full time and part time. That’s an estimate, but we will have a mix of full time and part time.”
The pharmacy currently operates a smaller Ace Hardware adjacent to the pharmacy in the shopping center on Lewis River Road. Hi-School Pharmacy also operates Ace Hardware in Battle Ground
The outdoor garden shop behind the pharmacy will continue in its present location for the summer, but Crawford said the location may change for future years.
Crawford said the pharmacy decided to buy an Ace franchise for the former Save-On space because “you’re not going to get another food store there, with Safeway across the way and Wal-Mart maybe coming in.”
“That (current hardware store) has always been a very good hardware store and we’ve expanded a couple of times,” he said.
The new store will carry an expanded inventory and will sell Carhartts work clothing, Crawford said.
“We’ll offer more plumbing, electrical, and we’ll expand the automotive,” he said. “We’ll have tools and a service area in back.”
Services such as cutting glass and acrylic, re-screening windows and doors, and sharpening knives and scissors will be offered, Crawford said.
Woodland has a growing population, he said, and he expects the store to do well.
School district to ask for opinions on bond vote
Alice Perry Linker staff reporter
Voters defeated a proposed Woodland School District construction bond and District officials want to hear from the public on the issue.
District residents who attended the March 24 school board meeting asked how they could help the district find a way to alleviate the overcrowding, especially at the existing high school, built in the 1950s, said Superintendent Michael Green.
Before the board makes any decision to ask voters again for money, Green will try to gather opinions and thoughts from district residents. A question-and-answer form may be put on the district’s Web site, www.woodlandschools.org, he said.
“We want to get input from the people,” he said. “How they feel about the bond issue, whether they were pro or con.”
Opinions about the site of the proposed high school will be sought as well. Green said that since the Dike Access Road location was chosen, “we have two new board members and a new superintendent.”
“We want to make sure we chose the best and most affordable location,” he said. “We need to take a step back and look at the issue.”
Some District residents have questioned the location that lies near I-5 at the entrance to the industrial areas and near a proposed Wal-Mart superstore. Green said he has heard concerns about traffic safety and volume, the truck traffic and the proximity to Wal-Mart.
A preliminary study of the site should cover opinions from soil engineers and other professionals, as well as from community people, he said.
Green acknowledged that taking another look at the proposed location could be “very difficult, but we want to make sure we do diligence, listen to our community.”
The earliest that a preliminary plan will be ready for board review is expected to be Monday, April 28, he said.
Had it been approved, the $49.4 million bond would have paid for a new high school to accommodate 1,000 students and an improved athletic stadium next to the existing schools. The existing high school would have been incorporated into the elementary and middle schools.
Hundley takes reins at Stevenson-Carson
Retired Woodland Superintendent Bill Hundley has been tapped for the full-time, permanent position of superintendent of the Stevenson-Carson School District.
Hundley, who retired from Woodland last June, said that he did not realize how much he would miss education. Before taking the Woodland job, Hundley taught in Washington and Idaho. He began his career as a history teacher in Kelso.
Hundley had been interim superintendent for Stevenson-Carson since January, replacing Jim Saltness who resigned for health reasons.
Woodland Tulip Festival 2008
Holland America Bulb Farms, Inc. is hosting its Sixth Annual Woodland Tulip Festival.
Port of Woodland seeks commissioner
The Port of Woodland will accept applications for the position of Port Commissioner from District 3 through Thurs., April 10.
Applicants must be 18 years of age or older and live within the boundaries of District 3 which is generally an area east of McCracken Rd. Applications are available at the Port office, 141 Davidson, Woodland, and on the Port Web site, www.portofwoodland.com
The vacancy was created by the departure of commissioner Tom Wilson. Port executive director Erica Rainford said Wilson gave no reason for his resignation which he submitted March 3.
Rainford said whoever is appointed to the post must run for election to a full term in 2009.
Dale Boon, a six-year member, is chairman of the Port commissioners. Commissioner Jerry Peterson has been a member for more than 24 years.
More information is available by calling Carol Moore, auditor with the Port of Woodland, 225-6555.