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Newspaper Page Text2A ܂ WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2018 ܂ APPEAL TRIBUNE Starnes Continued from Page 1A He thinks it’s a message that reso- nates with voters. The dozen or so peo- ple he talked with at the fair glance at his card before putting it aside. Some use it as a fan, as Starnes’ wife Mary does, cotton candy in her other hand. Near the sheep, Starnes goes through his routine with Connie B. Mil- ler of Turner. She seems impressed, calling him a kind and hard-working man. She won’t say who she’s voting for. “Bless that man, he’s got a long road to hoe,” she said. Short on funds and voters The Independent Party of Oregon doesn’t like to focus on statewide races. The party doesn’t have the ﬁnancial backing to compete. So the party’s strategy, said Secretary Sal Peralta, is to focus on local races — city and coun- ty positions — and build a legitimate third option for Oregon voters from the ground up. But on the last day he could, Starnes ﬁled to run for governor, and he earned the support of the party over two other candidates who did not agree with much of the party’s platform. More than anything, Peralta said Starnes presents an opportunity for more people to hear about the Indepen- dent Party and its biggest issue of cam- paign ﬁnance reform. Starnes will join Buehler and Brown at the ﬁrst gubernatorial debate Oct. 2 hosted by Children First for Oregon, KOIN and Pamplin Media Group in Portland. He has yet to be invited to the other two scheduled debates on Oct. 4 and Oct. 9. “I think it’s healthy for voters to hear about their options,” Peralta said. “The two largest parties no longer represent the majority opinion in this country.” This race presents Starnes with par- ticular challenges facing oﬀ against an incumbent governor and a two-term state representative, as well as struc- tural shortfalls within the Independent Party. As far as campaign cash, Starnes is nowhere close. As of Friday, Brown had a little more than $4.5 million remain- ing in her campaign fund, according to Secretary of State records. Buehler had about $740,000, but that doesn’t in- clude a recent $1 million contribution from Nike co-founder Phil Knight, as reported by Willamette Week. Starnes had $226, with an outstand- ing loan to himself of $2,500. “He can barely pay for gas,” said Jim Moore, political science professor at Paciﬁc University in Forest Grove. “It keeps the cell phone on,” Starnes said. Also, according to ﬁgures from Au- gust, only about 120,000 people are registered as Independent in the state. That’s far more than other alterna- tive parties in Oregon, but slim com- pared to the 950,000 registered Demo- crats and 700,000 registered Republi- cans. Non-aﬃliated voters make up the third-largest group, with 860,000. Using the platform for ideas Political analysts in the state agree Starnes has no chance of winning the governorship, but they are also doubt- ful that his presence will force the oth- ers to take a stand on campaign ﬁnance reform. Bill Lunch, a political science profes- sor emeritus at Oregon State Univer- sity, said Starnes’ diminutive back ac- count will limit his reach, which is criti- cal to playing “spoiler” in an election. In theory, if a minor candidate can make his or her issue important enough to draw some signiﬁcant percentage of voters away from one candidate, that candidate may have to shift their posi- tion to reclaim some of the vote. While a spoiler candidate doesn’t re- ceive enough attention to win, they can play a central role in deciding who los- es. But Lunch said that it’s more likely a right-wing, minor party candidate takes that role this election, consider- ing Buehler’s more moderate positions. “It’s unlikely (Starnes) will have a major impact,” Lunch said. According to Starnes, that opinion is just a self-fulﬁlling prophecy. Politicos and the media doubt he has any chance to win, so they don’t invite him to debates, mention him in stories or put him in polls, he said. This re- duces his proﬁle even more, so that it’s even less likely he is included in the next round of gubernatorial rumina- tion. Meanwhile, Starnes said, the coun- try is clearly frustrated with the two- party system and voters are looking for something diﬀerent. “If you keep talking about Pepsi and Coke, then that’s all you’re going to get. And voters are clamoring for more,” he said. “The two party myth is over in Oregon.” Contact the reporter at cradnov- ich@statesmanjournal.com or 503- 399-6864, or follow him on Twitter at @CDRadnovich “What happened to regular folks donating 20 bucks? 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Businesses Around the corner, at 225 Main Street, Breakfast and Burgers has been selling meals along Mt. Angel’s main drag for six months, the last three of which with baker Becky Peterson add- ing her homemade cakes and desserts to the menu. The eatery is one of three similar establishments; the other two are in Independence and Salem. Meals are $7 to $12. Angel Wein Werks, a tasting room at 230 E. Charles Street in the building most recently occupied by the salon Plush Brush. It will feature wines made by Abiqua Wind Vineyard and Paradis Vineyard, both in the Abiqua area. After watching their parents grow grapes and try winemaking, Tim and Pierre Paradis recently launched their own winery and will oﬀer its ﬁrst fruits in the tasting room – four varieties – starting Sept. 13. Their neighbors and friends, Pete and Marcia Buﬃngton, have been mak- ing and selling wine commercially since 2003 and currently advertise 10 varieties on their website, www.abi- quawind.com. For Oktoberfest, the tasting room’s renovations were limited to cleaning, painting and adding tables and a casual wine-cask bar. Planned improvements include a building overhaul and out- door patio. “We expect to do our major renova- tions starting in January,” Tim Paradis said. Hattie’s Sweet Shop The White Corner After a decade-and-a-half of operat- ing her own candy company in Port- land, Mt. Angel native Tricia Kloft-Lea- hy is bringing her family and her busi- ness, Hattie’s Sweet Shop, home to the old Traeger building at 350 E. Church Street. Primarily a fudge maker, she’ll re- turn to making truﬄes and other choc- olate treats in her new large 4,500- square-foot manufacturing and store space. She has 40 wholesale custom- ers, including the Oregon and Seattle zoos. That’ll keep her busy, but she plans to feature a full-ﬂedged old-fash- ioned candy store in the building’s front retail space too. “During Oktoberfest, we’ll have fudge and licorice and a small assort- ment of gummy candy, all prepack- aged,” she said. “Then, in mid-October, we’ll bring the chocolate case back out and have all the old-fashioned candy we typically oﬀer.” The business is named after Kloft- Leahy’s grandmother, Hattie Kloft, who lived just three blocks away. Up the road at 490 E. Church Street the rejuvenation of a historic old mer- cantile known as The White Corner is ongoing. Mt. Angel City Council President Kelly Grassman and her husband pur- chased the building as a showroom for her furniture reﬁnishing business, Vin- tage Ladder. It’s grown to become more than that: Mt. Angel Mercantile, a whimsical shop featuring handmade gifts by women, antiques, and home décor. The rustic wooden shelves that once held groceries now display cans of chalk paint by Annie Sloan, signs by Averie Lane Boutique, beautiful dried ﬂower arrangements from Hammel- man Farms, and, of course, Grassman’s repurposed furniture. After opening Aug. 18, the shop has continued to undergo renovations, as it required a new roof, and electrical and plumbing repairs, among other things, Grassman said. “Still, the ﬁrst time I got to look around this building (before buying it), I couldn’t stop smiling,” she said. The shop’s regular hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fridays, Saturdays and Sun- days. Continued from Page 1A under an Italian for three years at the Oregon Garden Resort,” Bennett said. “This is a family run business that we hope will become a household sta- ple,” he added. "Mt. Angel needed something other than German food.” Tony’s Place will oﬀer expanded hours during Oktoberfest – 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Breakfast and Burgers Mt. Angel Wein Werks Another homegrown business is Mt. 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