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■4- 2 SANDY (O r . ) POST Thur» O xom bor 24 1981 (S x ’) Salem man joins race for House in Fifth Congressional District < '3 ' 'i • J? . Î y i Salem Democrat Mike Kopetski announced his candidacy for O reg o n's 5th C o n gression al District last Friday. At a stop in Sandy. Kopetski. 32. said he was "the candidate of hope' in the primary election A Pendleton native, he has serv ed as legal counsel and ad mimstrator to several legislative committees in Oregon and was on the staff of the Senate Watergate Committee He also worked on writing workers compensation and u nem ploym ent benefits legislation adopted by the 1981 state Legislature “ Economics has to be the major issue,’* Kopetski told The Post Oregonians have to have jobs and get back to work, he said “ Our people . . are in trouble because they're not doing what gives people dignity- they're not working," Kopetski said in his an nouncement speech He c a u tio n e d th a t poor economic times bring out ex tremist actions nd a loss of hope But, he said, "Our nation is not go ing to fail. I know this because we are a nation that has imagination, the ability and the desire to work and accept a challenge” Kopetski challenged the Reagan a d m in is t r a t io n ’s proposed defense expenditv es and tax cuts, and offered suggestions to reduce the national deficit and lower interest rates "We must reduce this deficit in a responsible in a responsible manner to free up private capital so that investors will make job producing in v e s t m e n t h e said To accomplish this, he sug gested increasing the windfall profits tax rate on new oil until Big O il,“ he said Kopetski said funding research p ro je c ts fo r the stu d y of agricultural production is a "pro p er ro le of g o v e rn m e n t spending." With that research, he said, the United States can be prepared for bad-harvest years He fav o rs low m o rtg ag e- payment plans for those caught in the middle. S25.000-130.000 annual income, who cannot get low- inceme loans and who cannot a f ford current interest rates in the open market Kopetski addressed other social and economic issues. "We must stop scaring our older Americans w ith 'test ballo o n ’ proposals regarding the Social Security System,” he said “ Let's not pull the rug out from those on Social Security now, or those who are ready to retire” Mike Kopetski 1986 delaying or scrapping the B-l Bomber program ( " I t ’s an Edsel” he said ); delaying the implementation of the M X Missile basing system, and suspending implementation of the next round of the federal personal income tax cut. Kopetski managed the 1980 U S Senate campaign for state Sen Ted Kulongoski and the 1976 Presidential campaign for Sen Frank Church in Oregon This is his first campaign as a candidate He told The Post that he needs to raise S40. (XX, $60,000 for the primary campaign and another 1150,000 for the general election. K o p e ts k i, a g ra d u a te of American University and the Nor thwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College, is the fourth Democrat to enter the race for the new House seat. He is joined by state Sen Ruth McFarland, David McTeague and Larry Gray Current District 2 Rep Denny Smith is the only announced Republican candidate at this time Energy costs are a major cause of inflation. Kopetski said He wants America to reduce its dependence on oil, to enforce ex isting anti trust laws if violated by major oil companies, an to en courage a diversity of energy sources The candidate pointed out that the U S government has not been eager to tackle the oil companies because these companies are ma jor contributors to political cam paigns "Denny Smith is the third highest recipient of campaign contributions from the House of National magazine highlights Kelso Kelso School is featured this month on the cover of a national magazine School Business Affairs, the monthly journal of the A sso ciatio n of School Business Officials of the United States and Canada, highlights the local school with a color photograph of one of its classrooms The issue is devoted to planning new school facilities. The accompanying a rti cle, written by district S u p e rin te n d e n t C la r k Lund, gives hints on a r ch ite c t selection when planning a new school. Lund said the story origin ated last spring, originally for publication in a state school oriented magazine When that didn't occur, the architectural firm , Broome, Onngdulph. O ’T o o le , R u d o lf A Associates of Portland, suggested a n a tio n a l publication and turned the manuscript over to its marketing department Lund said he forgot all about the article until members of the firm began calling him, thanking him for the story He obtained a copy of the December issue and “ there was Kelso School, on the cover in liv ing color," he said In the a rtic le , Lund outlined the process the school district followed in its selection of the ar chi tec ts and the result of the association between the f ir m and th e school district ‘Good Morning America9 Sandy program’s little sister airs Christmas morning an estimated 4 million televi sion viewers will get a look at the "little sister" of a program that began in San dy five years ago ABC-TV’s “ Good Morn ing America" will present a segment on a Silver Threads p ro gram now operating in P ortland Locally, the program will be aired on KATU TV, Channel 2, at 7 a m “ I think it reflects back on these kids here in Sandy and tells what's goirg on in our nursing homes here," said Judy Sheppard, who began the Sandy program in 1977 as an offshoot of the Sandy Community School. After leading the Sandy program for two and-a half years, Sheppard left to work with the Clackamas Community College Foun dation to interest other areas in forming their own Silver Threads program and that appears to be a success Three states now have Silver Threads programs undeiway, Sheppard said, and officials in California are "very interested” The Silver Threads pro gram began when Shep pard found there was a community need to serve ¿he elderly, particularly those in nursing homes By combining the two genera tions, there is a chance for both to give and receive af fection The opportunity is pro vided for intimate contact between children and the nursing home residents The group that will be featured Christmas morn ing attends Gilbert Heights School in So uth east Portland Class members there are regular visitors at Graystone Manor Con valescent Center Although it is out of the area covered by the CCC F o u n d a tio n , S h ep p ard volunteered to go into some Portland schools to work w ith teachers and ac tivities directors to launch the new program Just as it was in Sandy, the program in Portland has been a success According to Sheppard, officials at the nursing hom e c o n ta c te d the nationally-broadcast pro gram with the idea of a ir ing the show. "They’ve really been ex cited about what's happen ing,” Sheppard said “ Good M o rn in g A m e ric a ’ * got excited about the project, too, and four weeks ago sent a crew to film the segment That isn't the end of it Sheppa/d said the seg ment's producer is now talking about a follow up in the spring that would feature her telling the Silver Threads story from its beginning in Sandy At that point, she said, the local Silver Threads program has a chance to be featured, although nothing is certain currently The producer, who has called Sheppard regularly leading up to air date, does plan to use the sentiments expressed by a Sandy par ticipant as a lead-in to the C h ris tm a s b ro a d c a s t, however. • Hood land Happenings < every week in The Post. (Dur fotölj fu r n 3Joyful iiu iib ag aub a til U ( J jlr iiB p e r u u s N e h i ^ I c a r SERVICE WE GIVE! INSURANCE WE S E L L ... 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