Cathrine Thomas of Sweet Home is most concerned with maintaining LBCC’s valuable programs during the recession and hiring the right new president, she said.
Thomas, 40, is one of three candidates running for zone one, which includes Sweet Home and much of East Linn County. She faces Jody Seward and Jay Jackson.
“I’m running for LBCC because I want to get involved,” Thomas said. She has never been in politics before, but “as I see…