Three vying for Hockinson School Board Position 1
Falling enrollment key issue for candidates
Published: July 5, 2021, 3:49pm
Share: Bill Eling, from left, Tim Hawkins and Teresa VanNatta are candidates for the Hockinson School District board. (Submitted photos)
Addressing Hockinson School District’s lower enrollment post-COVID-19 is a priority among the challengers vying for the Hockinson School Board Position 1.
Teresa VanNatta, a teacher in the Evergreen School District and Hockinson business owner, and Bill Eling, an attorney, are facing incumbent Tim Hawkins, who was appointed to the school board last September, in August’s school board primary race.
According to the most recent statewide data from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, enrollment in Hockinson was 8.4 percent lower 171 students in 2020-21 than before the pandemic.
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Family devastated by killing of Vancouver teen, found shot, left on street in Portland By Maxine Bernstein, oregonlive.com
Share: Sergio Hunt, 17, who played basketball at Fort Vancouver and Evergreen high schools was killed in a hit-and-run in Portland. The Oregon State Medical Examiner determined the cause of his death was from homicidal violence. (Provided photo)
PORTLAND Michael Warren was awakened by the flashing police lights on his Northeast Portland street early Sunday.
When he ran outside to see what was wrong, he spotted from his yard a person’s body face down in the middle of Northeast Milton Street, just doors away from his home. Police had been alerted about 6:30 a.m.
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April 12, 2021
Veteran journalist joins N-R as managing editor
Longtime journalist Kirby Neumann-Rea has joined the News-Register newsroom as managing editor, coming from the Columbia Gorge News. He served as editor of the Hood River News for more than 20 years.
Neumann-Rea has worked in newspapers since graduating from Linfield College in 1980, and said he’s always appreciated McMinnville and hoped to return one day. He replaces former Managing Editor Jodie DeJonge, who left in October to accept a position with the Seattle Times, heading the metro division. Ossie Bladine, who managed the newsroom before and after DeJonge, is returning to focus on company business operations.