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Salem man joins race for House
in Fifth Congressional District
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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
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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.
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