School board spots up for May election

By Rob Cullivan

The Gresham Outlook, Mar 23, 2007, Updated Oct 30, 2009

The Gresham-Barlow, Centennial, Reynolds and Corbett school districts, as well as the Multnomah Education Service District and Mt. Hood Community College, will be holding board elections Tuesday, May 15.

Information is available for the mail-in ballot elections at http://www.co.multnomah.or.us/dbcs/elections/index.shtml, or by calling the elections office at 503-988-3720.

Unless otherwise indicated, the term for each position is four years, ending on June 30, 2011. The seat up for election is listed first, followed by the candidates running for that position:

• Centennial:

Zone 2

Shar Giard, Gresham real estate agent and now the incumbent in Position 3.

Position 3, At-Large

Brenda Clark of Damascus, an employee of Oroweat Bakery in Beaverton.

Greg Shay of Damascus, a writer and businessman.

Position 4, At-Large

Incumbent Jeff Dettmann of Gresham, a painting contractor.

• Corbett School District

Position 1

Incumbent Brian James of Corbett, an aircraft mechanic in the Oregon Air National Guard.

Position 6

Incumbent Maureen Childs of Corbett, an education assistant and site coordinator for the Oregon Trail School District.

Position 7

Incumbent Mark Hyzer of Corbett, a mechanical engineer.

• Gresham-Barlow

Position 1, Zone 1

Incumbent Katherine J. Ruthruff of Damascus, a pharmacy technician.

Position 2, Zone 3

Incumbent Kris G. Howatt of Gresham, a homemaker.

Position 6, At-Large

Two-year term ending June 30, 2009.

Incumbent Dale R. Clark of Damascus, a sales director.

Position 7, At-Large

Incumbent Terry Reynolds of Gresham, school board chairwoman.

• Mt. Hood Community College

Zone 3

Incumbent Duke Shepard of Portland, political director of the Oregon AFL-CIO.

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