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Wednesday, June 22, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Tied Oregon race
ends by rolling dice
By Kristena hansen
Associated Press
photo by Jerry baldock
Dustin Kersavage swings during the 2016 outlaw open while Melvin herburger looks on.
Outlaw Open dodges weather
By Jim cornelius
News Editor
“Mother Nature cooper-
ated,” said Brett Hudson of
the 19th annual Outlaw Open.
The last of the 100 golf-
ers who turned out for the
fundraising golf tourna-
ment at Aspen Lakes was off
the course before the skies
opened up in a deluge. The
team of Lawrence, Green,
Green and Pope took cham-
pionship honors.
The prestige of victory is
always sweet, but the mis-
sion of the Outlaw Open is
something different: raising
funds for athletic programs
at Sisters High School. This
year’s tally is not yet in,
but Hudson said that auc-
tion items went for good
prices, which would indi-
cate that this year’s event
will add respectably to the
nearly two-decade tally of
more than $250,000 for
Outlaw athletics. The event
has raised $30,000 since the
Outlaw Booster Club began
pairing The Outlaw Open
and Hall of Fame Banquet,
which will be held in
September.
After the tournament, auc-
tion and dinner, the crowd
enjoyed the music of High
Street Band.
“They danced well into
the evening and it was great,”
said Hudson, who both
helped coordinate the event
and participated as a golfer.
Hudson offered special
thanks to Aspen Lakes, who
has been involved from the
beginning, and has donated
the use of the course for all
19 tournaments.
“That’s a big deal for them
to give us the course for the
whole day,” Hudson said.
PORTLAND (AP) — A
roll of the dice this week
determined which candidate
in a tied race for a key seat
in the state Legislature got
the nomination of Oregon’s
Independent Party, the third-
largest by voter count and the
state’s newest major party.
Republican Dan Mason
rolled a six at the Capitol
building in Salem Friday to
beat his Democratic opponent
Janeen Sollman, who rolled a
three.
The bizarre resolution was
necessary because Mason
and Sollman won exactly
41 write-in votes each from
Independents, who didn’t
have their own candidates to
choose from, during the May
17 primary election.
Both candidates will still
represent their respective par-
ties on the November ballot
for the House District 30 seat,
but an additional nomination
from the Independent Party
could also help Mason and
his fellow Republicans in the
general election.
As the Independent
nominee as well as the GOP
pick, Mason’s name is now
associated with another set
of 104,600 registered vot-
ers, who make it the third-
largest party and often
vary in their political lean-
ings. Independents are also
the third major party in
Oregon as of last year, and
they held their first state-
funded primary election last
month.
The Hillsboro-area
House seat is among the few
Statehouse races without
an incumbent candidate —
Democrat Rep. Joe Gallegos
decided not to run for a third
term. Republicans hope to
snatch it from Democrats and
chip away at their majority.
Democrats currently domi-
nate both chambers, 35-25 in
the House and 18-12 in the
Senate.
Friday’s tie-breaker was
actually the second attempt to
break the Independent Party
deadlock between the two
candidates.
Sollman won the first tie-
breaker on Wednesday, that
time using a deck of cards
right after a ballot recount
confirmed the tie.
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