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Wednesday, September 12, 2018 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon Of a certain age 19 Democrat Sisters woman meets long-lost brother drives 35K a hug for his sister. By Jim Cornelius The first-time meeting was made possible by the remark- miles seeking For 67-year-old Linda able advance of commercial Boyer Monday, September 10 DNA testing. Steiner indicated was a very special day: It was that he didn’t have a particular upset in the day that she first laid eyes burning need to know. on her brother. “I’ve had an excellent life She’d known since she and the people that raised me Trump was 9 years old that she had were good people,” he said. a brother somewhere in the Steiner was one of two country world, and in recent years she children adopted by his fam- Editor in Chief By Andrew Selsky Associated Press REDMOND (AP) — One of the largest U.S. congres- sional districts voted over- whelmingly for Donald Trump in 2016, yet an Oregon D e mocr at campaigning against a Republican incum- bent doesn’t see it as hostile territory. Buoyed by electoral wins by a couple of Democrats elsewhere in Trump territory, candidate Jamie McLeod- Skinner is undaunted, travel- ing a district that’s as big as North Dakota in her Jeep and tiny trailer that she sometimes sleeps in. McLeod-Skinner is endur- ing all this because she doesn’t think the incumbent is focused on the district’s issues. She’s driven 35,000 miles (56,300 kilometers) in 14 months of campaigning. When a parade in the small town of Joseph (popu- lation 1,000) was set to start in July, she walked up to an antique convertible carrying Rep. Greg Walden, who’s running for his 11th term, and challenged him to a series of debates. “I look forward to debat- ing you. We’ll figure out a schedule that works,” Walden replied. Five weeks later, a debate has not been scheduled. Nationally, Democrats are hoping a “blue wave” in November will give them a majority in Congress. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is financing selected candi- dates through its Red to Blue See CANDIDATE on page 20 had wondered about him, but she didn’t know a birth date or have any other leads to go on. “My mother got pregnant before she ever met and mar- ried my father and she had to give him up because she didn’t have anyone to help her,” Boyer explained. Contact with 71-year-old Stan Steiner happened from his end, less than two weeks ago. The two had talked on the phone and Stan and his wife, Becky, decide to trek north from California in their RV. Boyer sat on the porch at her house in The Pines talking with The Nugget on Monday afternoon, a big smile on her face, her eyes on the street in front of her, awaiting the arrival of a Jeep carrying her brother. “So, this’ll be the first time I’ve laid eyes on him,” she said. “I’m excited.” Steiner arrived shortly thereafter, bearing flowers and ily. His adoptive sister con- nected with her mother shortly after high school. Stan’s efforts to connect with family took quite a while longer. He made some inquiries back in the 1990s, interested in health considerations that might be revealed by understanding his ancestry. But getting adoption records opened proved to be a legal hassle, and Steiner let it go. One of his daughters, how- ever, stayed on the matter. “She’s the one that just wouldn’t let it go,” Steiner said. The daughter gifted her dad with Ancestry.com ser- vices for his 70th birthday. Steiner “spit in the cup and sent it off,” at least intrigued by what would come of it. Eventually, he got a hit on relatives. “My mother’s half-sister is who we connected with,” he said. “And it was on.” Smile, Sisters! We’re committed to your dental health! PHOTO BY JIM CORNELIUS Linda Boyer and Stan Steiner were united after a lifetime of separation. 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