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The Chronicle
Wednesday September 26, 2012
Numerous races on November ballot BY SHARI PHIEL The Chronicle
When voters begin receiving their ballots for the Nov. 6 elections in their mailboxes the week of Oct. 19, they are going to find a long list of candidates and ballot measures on which to decide. Along with selecting a president from among six candidates, Oregon voters will also decide on races for Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor and Industries, a supreme court judge and a judge for the court of appeals. The First Congressional District seat, recently filled by Rep. Suzanne Bonamici for the remainder of outgoing Congressman David Wu in a special election last January, will also be decided. Along with Bonamici, Bob Ekstrom of Scappoose, Delinda Morgan of Gaston and Steven Woolley of Portland are also making a bid for the position. Columbia County At the county level, two county commissioner positions will be filled. Incumbent Earl Fisher faces off against Scappoose’s Wayne Mayo for position 1 and incumbent Tony Hyde is up against Tammy Maygra of Deer Island for position 3. Current county treasurer See BALLOT, Page A4
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Remains likely those of missing woman, son is a suspect BY SHARI PHIEL The Chronicle
COLUMBIA CITY — A Columbia City man already in jail in connection with his father’s death has led investigators to what is believed to be the body of his missing mother. Attorneys for Stephen Frieda Bahl Vincent Bahl, 59, of Columbia City, approached the District Attorney’s office last week with inStephen Bahl formation as to where the remains of Frieda Bahl were located. Frieda Mae Bahl, 91, was last seen alive on July 4, 2010, when a family member left the woman at her home at 700 James St. in Columbia City, although she was not reported missing until May 2012. Frieda Bahl suffered from severe dementia and was known to be reclusive.
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Police believe the body of Frieda Bahl, who shared this 700 James St. home with husband James and son Stephen, was found Sept. 21 after information provided by her son led investigators to her remains.
Investigators subsequently recovered the body of woman off Smith Road, about a mile outside of Columbia City limits at the location provided by Stephen Bahl. The woman’s body has now been trans-
ported to the Oregon Medical Examiner for an autopsy to confirm the identity and determine the cause of death. “They started preliminaries over the weekend but they have quite a bit of work to do.
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We believe it is Frieda Bahl but we don’t have confirmation yet and we still haven’t narrowed down the cause of death,” said Columbia City Police Chief Mike McGlothlin. “Hopefully, this will nar-
row down our timeframe and, potentially, also give us the cause of death. We’re hopeful.” See BAHL, Page A4
This Olde Towne
Open for business BY SHARI PHIEL The Chronicle
ST. HELENS — For the past several months, the streets and buildings in Olde Towne St. Helens have been coming back to life. Items ranging from collectibles to fine china, from turntables to kitchen tables can be found in store windows and shop rooms all along First Street. In June, Denise Dahrens bucked the economic downturn trend and decided to turn her collectibles into cash when she opened The Apple Blossom at 257 S. First St. (The Chronicle, June 27). Shortly after and just a couple doors down, Tom Miller and his wife Laura opened Trinkets, Treasures and Threads (The Chronicle, July 4) featuring items ranging from quality, second-hand furniture to fishing poles for just $5. What’s behind this recent renovation of Olde Towne? For some it was just coincidence, for others the efforts of the St. Helens Economic Development Corporation have been key factors and for others, it was just a matter of economics and timing. Over the next several
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Shoppers browse the aisles at 2Cs vendor mall. The shop relocated to its new location in Olde Towne in August.
weeks will profile these new and sometimes relocating businesses in The Chronicle and look at how efforts to make Olde Towne attractive to buyers and business owners have paid off. While some may think there isn’t room for another store featuring second-hand items in Olde Towne, 2Cs owners Lynn and Diane Carver see it differently and decided to move their successful shop in Hardy Cave’s antique mall on Columbia River Highway to their new shop at 251 First Street. “We came here because of the beauty of the location and it is located downtown,” said Lynn Carver. “I had been looking for over a year.”
The prior location for 2Cs left them looking for more. “We were sorely lacking in space,” said Diane Carver. See 2Cs, Page A4
Oregon Aero breaks ground on new facility BY SHARI PHIEL The Chronicle
SCAPPOOSE —Oregon Aero will officially break ground on its new 22,000square-foot hanger on Sept. 28. The event is set to take place at the company’s Scappoose Industrial Airpark location at 34020 Skyway Drive at 11 a.m. Those attending the ceremony include state, county and city government officials, representatives from Oregon Aero, Port of St. Helens, J.H. Kelly and others. The new hanger, which was announced in July, will accommodate the aerospace company’s growing seat department and FAA-approved repair station for seating and aircraft interior upgrade services. The new hangar will be the third building at Oregon Aero headquarters at Scappoose Industrial Airpark. The company plans to house its world-class operations for the development and manufacturing of advanced aviation seating systems and aircraft interior services in the new site. Financed by the State of Oregon and Port of St. Helens, the new hanger comes with a price tag of $1.5 million. Once completed, Oregon Aero will lease the new structure from the Port of St. Helens. Construction of the hanger will be completed by Longview, Wash.-based J.H. Kelly and has an expected completion date of February 2013.
Oregon Aero currently employs approximately 75 individuals and the company anticipates this expansion could create an opportunity to hire additional employees. The Port of St. Helens and Oregon Aero began discussions about the project undertaking in December of 2010, said port operations manager Craig Allison. The project was in the work prior to the proposed Scappoose Urban Growth Boundary Expansion approval by the Department of Land Conservation and Development and the Scappoose City Council. “The project will be constructed on port-owned land inside the boundaries of the airpark itself, on land earmarked for some time by the Scappoose Industrial Airpark Master Plan as being slated for such development,” said Allison. “We certainly support the recent UGB expansion, on its own merits, and believe all of these efforts will greatly add to the economic vitality of the airport and the region.” Officials from Oregon Aero said the new hanger will also be a boon to the community. “This project offers tangible benefits to our customers and employees,” said Tony Erickson, chief operating officer for the company. “The expansion will significantly enhance our ability to serve our customers and partners through more efficient and productive seat cushion upgrade work flow.” For more information about Oregon Aero, go to OregonAero.com.
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