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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1976)
1 ami HliKthrr Forecast If you're concerned whether the concerns of District SS will be heard, look for Election Day, November 7, to determine the whether for the next two yean. Q JACK SUMNER 77 J&g&L Eleetloa Ferecast The electorate will go with the candidate who demonstrates special interest in the needs of your Dis trict and will elect Jack Sumner. REPRESENTATIVE JACK SUMNER, the incumbent, was first elected your State Representative from District 55 in 1972, re-elected in 1974 and is seeking a third consecutive term in 1976. JACK SUMNER, a farmer for 23 years, rsises grain snd cattle on his ranches located in Morrow. Gilliam and Grant Counties. He lives in Heppner with his wife Sharon and family. He was born in Prineville 41 years ago and has lived all his life in Eastern Oregon. SUMNER, a graduate of Oregon State University in the School j of Engineering was an instructor at OSU for two years. SUMNER is a past Director of Morrow County Schools. I REPRESENTATIVE JACK SUMNER'S experience and effec tive representation for the district has been achieved by the unique positions he has received through the following committee assignments: Ways and Means Committee Oregon State Emergency Board Agriculture and Natural Resources Transporta tion State and Federal Affairs Legislative Improvement Task Force Special Blue Ribbon Committee on Property Tax Relief and School Finance Legislative Committee on Trade and Economic Development. REPRESENTATIVE SUMNER was appointed to the State Emergency Board during his first term and is currently a member. He will be the ranking House Majority member on the Ways and Means Committee. SUMNER GETS RESULTS As a Ways and Means Committee member Sumner was directly responsible for a balanced budget with an estimated $170 million carry over for the next budget period. As the fiscally conservative Chairman of Ways and Means Sub Committee 1 he rejected and pared millions of your state Ux dollars off state agency budget requests. REPRESENTATIVE SUMNER does not support unfunded legislative mandated programs to county, city and other local governments which result in increased property taxes. JACK SUMNER AGAIN . . . BECAUSE OF HIS EXPERIENCE, both as s businessman farmer and as a Legislator. BECAUSE OF HIS STRONG DESIRE to serve the patrona of the district, and BECAUSE OF HIS INTIMATE KNOWLEDGE of the district, JACK SUMNER should be reelected your STATE REPRESENTATIVE from District 65. SUMNER is a third generation Oregonian both maternal and paternal. Always lived In Oregon Heppner since 1945. Great Grandfather Sumner, Judge 1888 to 1894, Crook County which then included Jefferson County. Grandmother Sumner lived over 100 years la Central Oregon. Father retired logger. REPRESENTATIVE SUMNER has actively and strongly supported all efforts to prevent raids on Highway Tai Funds which are used for maintenance and re-con struct ion of state highways. These efforts have prevented the diversion of tens of millions of these dollars to non highway use. REPRESENTATIVE SUMNER opposes legislation which gives state agencies rule making authority. NMfer tf tee Cssssshtiite te-etecl Jack Sessaer. tt. I, Meeeeee, Oreeea 174-114 RE-ELECT DEMOCRAT JAtiv SUMNER YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT 55. DISTRICT FACTS jGCfl Sunnier Fights Increases In 1975, Jack fought against passage of an increase in taxes for small wood lot owners. He also opposed mass transit district taxes and a bill that would have imposed a tax on telephone bills. He thinks the legislature ought to be working to cut taxes, not raise them, snd that better government, not bigger govern ment is the answer to the state's financial problems. As a member of Ways and Means, most important commit tee in the legislature. Jack was able to pare millions of dollars off state budgets, dollars that would have come out of the pockets of Oregon's hard pressed taxpayers. LARGEST COUNTY POP. DEM. PEP. OTHER TOTAL TOWN POP Clackamas 11.803 3,80 1.80? S r6 Estacada 1,555 Jefferson 9,690 3.53? 2,075 265 4. 672 Madras LtiH Morrow K.020 1-612 1.074 251 IzIZ HfXESJLalifi Un' ? . s K 1 1.181 S76 139 1. 896 Mill Cltyl,535 Marlon , 3.346 9 32 487 120 121 Detroit 340 Wasco . 1.9Q9 762 456 107 1 , 325 Haupln 600 Sherman 2,100 714 536 102 1.352 "l2 275 Gtlllasi 2,120 786 646 90 1 ,524 Condon 910 TOTALS 19.951 12.379 LI12 hll Hl221 Supplement to: Heppner Gazette- Times Condon Globo Joumd Shcnr.cn County Journsl Msdrcs Pioneer Mill Cry Enterprise dsckcniss County flews Clsckcmss County Shopper
