The Willamette River in Albany, as seen from the Ellsworth Street Bridge.
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Float builders, riders needed
for June 3 Strawberry Festival Grand Parade
🍓What: Linn County Democrats' float in the Strawberry Festival Grand Parade. Help build, ride on or walk with the float and hand out candy. We needs kids, parents, grandparents. Everyone!
🍓Theme: Peace, Love & Strawberries.
🍓When: Saturday, June 3. 7 a.m. line-up time near Lebanon Community Pool, 1800 S. Fifth St. on the Lebanon High School campus, when we will finish building the float. Or sign up to come as late as 10. The Grand Parade starts at 11 a.m. at The American Legion Club, 480 Main St. (at Rose), and ends on Market Street.
🍓We have a big flatbed trailer and truck and musicians. We have a design. We have building materials. We just need you!
🍓Wear blue or white or tie-dyed shirts ( we will have a few T-shirts) and bring your favorite sign (we will have some signs if your don’t have one)
🍓 Please sign up today! We need a head count before Thursday! 🍓
🍓 Contact: Paula Connaghan, 541-971-3606, connaghanpg@gmail.com;
or Mary Cooke, 509-998-1754, mkc6765@gmail.com.
🍓Theme: Peace, Love & Strawberries.
🍓When: Saturday, June 3. 7 a.m. line-up time near Lebanon Community Pool, 1800 S. Fifth St. on the Lebanon High School campus, when we will finish building the float. Or sign up to come as late as 10. The Grand Parade starts at 11 a.m. at The American Legion Club, 480 Main St. (at Rose), and ends on Market Street.
🍓We have a big flatbed trailer and truck and musicians. We have a design. We have building materials. We just need you!
🍓Wear blue or white or tie-dyed shirts ( we will have a few T-shirts) and bring your favorite sign (we will have some signs if your don’t have one)
🍓 Please sign up today! We need a head count before Thursday! 🍓
🍓 Contact: Paula Connaghan, 541-971-3606, connaghanpg@gmail.com;
or Mary Cooke, 509-998-1754, mkc6765@gmail.com.
Linn County Dems Nichole Case, Keith Kolkow, Mark Leonard and Susan Leonard walked the picket line with teachers May 22.
Linn Dems join GAPS teachers on picket line
About 250 Greater Albany Public Schools teachers and supporters, including a number of Linn County Democrats, picketed May 22 around the GAPS administrative office before a school board meeting. As reported in the Democrat-Herald, the union wants the district to return to the bargaining table for three sessions and resolve what they view as the following contract violations: the district office and principals have scheduled too many staff development hours and won't pay employees for the extra hours; Albany Options School's schedule is longer than the contract allows; the district refuses to honor teachers' step-in-pay salary increases; and the district refuses to give raises to those teachers who do post-graduate work. Among the Linn Democrats on the picket line were Nichole Case, Circe Verba, Nancy Greenman, Keith Kolkow, Mark and Susan Leonard and Ben Watts. School Board member Michael Thomson also participated. "I think before the school year is out the district should sit down with the GAEA and work on these issues," he said.
Ben Watts joined the picket line.
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School board member Michael Thomson and Keith Kolkow.
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May 16 election results
Michael Thomson talks with a Democrat-Herald reporter after seeing the results during an election watch party at Calapooia Brewing in Albany.
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Nancy Greenman, Ben Watts and Susan Leonard discuss the election results during the watch party at Calapooia Brewing.
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Thank you to the candidates we endorsed
and everyone who supported them
Scott Bruslind chats with Pamela Watts at the election night watch party.
They weren't the results we were hoping for in key school board races, but we're proud of the candidates we endorsed and the great campaign efforts that unfortunately came up short. A big thank you to Greater Albany School Board candidates Michael Thomson and Ben Watts, Lebanon Community School Board candidate Scott Bruslind and all their supporters.
Two other candidates we endorsed — Miriam Cummins for Linn-Benton ESD Zone 6 Board of Directors and Dick Running for Linn-Benton Community College Zone 2-3B Board of Directors — were re-elected. Another Linn Dems endorsee, Amy Vetor, had increased her lead to 55 votes over Donald Frier III in their Linn- Benton-Lincoln ESD Zone 6 Board of Directors race, as of May 20.
We urged people to vote for Stacie Wyss-Schoenborn and she won with more 64 percent of the vote in her LBCC Zone 2-3A board race.
Here are results, as of May 24:
Greater Albany Public Schools Board
At-Large 1: Ryan Mattingly 5,973 (49.55%), Ben Watts* 5,052 (41.91%), Grant Sherer 535 (4.44%), Lyle Utt 448 (3.72%).
Zone 3: Sean Taylor 6,241 (51.44%), Michael Thomson* 5,838 (48.12%).
Lebanon Community School Board
Zone 1: Melissa Baurer 2,273 (64.25%), Scott Bruslind* 1,255 (35.47%).
Linn-Benton-Lincoln ESD Board
Zone 5: Amy Vetor 2,016* (50.30%) Donald Frier III 1,961 (48.93%).
Zone 6: Miriam Cummins* 2,217 (61.16%), Amber Aguinaga 1,349 (37.21%)
Linn-Benton Community College Board of Education
Zone 2-3 A: Stacie Wyss-Schoenborn** 5,614 (64.26%), Vern Saboe 3,024 (34.61%).
Zone 2-3 B: Dick Running* 7,116 (96.74%).
* Endorsed by the Linn County Democrats
** Recommended by the Linn County Democrats
Two other candidates we endorsed — Miriam Cummins for Linn-Benton ESD Zone 6 Board of Directors and Dick Running for Linn-Benton Community College Zone 2-3B Board of Directors — were re-elected. Another Linn Dems endorsee, Amy Vetor, had increased her lead to 55 votes over Donald Frier III in their Linn- Benton-Lincoln ESD Zone 6 Board of Directors race, as of May 20.
We urged people to vote for Stacie Wyss-Schoenborn and she won with more 64 percent of the vote in her LBCC Zone 2-3A board race.
Here are results, as of May 24:
Greater Albany Public Schools Board
At-Large 1: Ryan Mattingly 5,973 (49.55%), Ben Watts* 5,052 (41.91%), Grant Sherer 535 (4.44%), Lyle Utt 448 (3.72%).
Zone 3: Sean Taylor 6,241 (51.44%), Michael Thomson* 5,838 (48.12%).
Lebanon Community School Board
Zone 1: Melissa Baurer 2,273 (64.25%), Scott Bruslind* 1,255 (35.47%).
Linn-Benton-Lincoln ESD Board
Zone 5: Amy Vetor 2,016* (50.30%) Donald Frier III 1,961 (48.93%).
Zone 6: Miriam Cummins* 2,217 (61.16%), Amber Aguinaga 1,349 (37.21%)
Linn-Benton Community College Board of Education
Zone 2-3 A: Stacie Wyss-Schoenborn** 5,614 (64.26%), Vern Saboe 3,024 (34.61%).
Zone 2-3 B: Dick Running* 7,116 (96.74%).
* Endorsed by the Linn County Democrats
** Recommended by the Linn County Democrats
About the Linn County Democratic Central Committee
The Linn County Democratic Central Committee (LCDCC) of Oregon welcomes all those, regardless of party affiliation, who support our ideals. We’re an all-volunteer organization that works hard to elect Democrats to represent the people of Linn County at local, state and national levels. Our meetings are generally held on the first Thursday of the month at Albany Public Library, 2450 14th Ave. S.E., and on Zoom. The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, June 1, at the library and on Zoom. To register for Zoom access, please click here.
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