The Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon, Thursday, March 20, 1980-NINE
School board candidates speak out
Some candidates decide
not to respond
to questionaire
In an effort to Inform the
voting public on the candi
dates they will be voting on in
the election next Tuesday, the
Heppner Gazette-Times has
submitted a mieslionaire to all
of the school board and school
board advisory hopefuls.
The articles on this "Elec
tion Page" were written from
information obtained from the
candidates who returned the
questionaire.
The following candidates
lid not respond.
Sharon Hill -a candidate for
the school hoard at-large
position.
Paul
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in Heppner, is running against
Monte Stookey for the Zone
VII school board position from
the Heppner area
Sumner, 33, has lived in
Morrow County for five years
and has a wife and two
children. He is a s'aff assis
'ant at the Columbia Basin
' lee'ne Cooperative.
Sumner has been a member
of the Heppner Advisory
M.Jack Strege
M Jack Strege, Ht. 1 No. 3
Kastreuaard Ksl. in Board
man, has lived in Morrow
County for 18 months and is
interested in becoming a
member of the advisory board
to the school Iniard from the
Boardman area
He is chairman of the board
for (he Boardman Commer
cial Club, president of the
Columbia Little league, presi
dent vf the Boardman Lions
George
George Koffler, 130 Fast
Quaid in Heppner, is running
against Judy Buschke for the
Heppner Advisory Board Posi
tion No. 1.
Koffler, 28, is a member of
the Lions Club, Klks Scholar
ship Committee and the Hepp
ner City Budget Committee.
His goals are to have quality
education for all children and
George Koffler
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Shane Fritz a candidate
' for the school board advisory
committee for Boardman Po
sition No. 2.
Gail Hughes a candidate
for the Heppner Position No. 5
on the advisory board.
Judy Bushke-a candidate
for Heppner Position No. 1 on
the advisory Board.
Paul Tews a candidate for
the advisory board for lone
Position No. 1.
Kd Patton a candidate for
the advisory board from lone
Psition No. 5.
Sumner
Committee and the budget
committee.
His major goal if elected is
to "provide the best possible
education for our children. In
a socu-'v that is becoming
more and more technology
oriented, the importance of a
quality education increases."
he said.
Besides his high school
diploma. Sumner also has an
educational background of I'j
years of college.
Advisory Board
Club, a board of directors
member of the North Morrow
Medical Clinic and a member
of the Morrow County School
Board Budget Committee. He
is an administrative supervi
sor. "I have a goal to work with
the school board, advisory
board and school administra
tors and teachers to provide
the best education opportunity
for all Morrow County chil
dren." Slrege said
Koffler
to have greater accountability
for how tax dollars are spent.
Koffler has a Bachelor of
Science Degree in Mathema
tics from Oregon College of
Education and has 30 hours of
graduate work in Mathema
tics. He is a loan officer at the
Bank of Fastern Oregon in
Heppner.
He has a wife, Debbie, and
two children, Hick, 4'j, and
Brian, l's. He has lived in
Morrow County for five years.
"I'm running for this posi
tion because I will have
children in our school system
in the near future," Koffler
said. "I care about the
direction our school system is
taking and would like to have
a voice in making the deci
sions that affect our schools.
My recent involvement with
(he schools would provide me
with some insight that the
other board members might
not have. I believe we can
offer a quality education for
our children without an over
burdening tax and I would
work toward that end."
Zone II
John Matthews unopposed
John F. Matthews, Ht. 2 Box
92 in Irrigon, is running for
re-election for the Irrigon
Zone II position on the Morrow
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Stookey opposes budget
Monte Stookey is a candi
date for the 7A school board
position from Heppner.
Stookey. P.O. Box 6fi, is
41 years-old and has been
active in the Heppner Little
league program for seven
years. He is also a member of
the Heppner Klks Club and an
Kmergency Medical Techni
cian (K M T.) at the hospital.
If elected. Stookey said he
will tx an active hoard
members with an emphasis on
"Active."
Stookey is a high school
graduate and has taken two
years of business manage
ment courses at a community
college. He works in the log
yard and as a plywood
production manager for ":n
7tia Corp. He has I'ved in
Monow County for six years.
His family of eight includes
his wil Sharon, and sons
Mike. 18. Ken. If!, Andy. 15,
and another Mike, 7. His
daughters are Marcie, 12. and
Kim, 7.
Stookey said he is not sold on
the new school budget that has
Canditates
Levella
Levella Conboy, 330 N K. 9th
in Irrigon, is a candidate for
the Advisory Board from the
Irrigon area.
Conboy, 45. is a homemaker
and teaches an adult tole
painting course for Blue
Mountain Community College.
She has been active in high
school education, 4-H and
Little League.
She has a married son,
another son in the Air Force,
and two daughters, one who is
a junior in high school.
SI. aron Harrison
Sharon Harrison. Clarks
Canyon Road in Lexington, is
a candidate for (he Ix'xington
position on the school advisory
board.
She has served on the
advisory board for three
years, is a Sunday School
Robin L.
Robin L. Cooper, 808 Mt.
Hood Ave. in Boardman, is a
candidate for the school advi
sory committee from Board
man and Irrigon.
In only ' years in Morrow
County, the 3(1 year-old house
wife has been active as
chairman of the Boardman
City Library Committee, a
volunteer aide at the AC.
Houghton Grade School and a
member of the Morrow
County School Board Trans
portation Committee.
County School Board.
He is a maintenance em
ployee of the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service. The 42-year-old
has a wife, Shirley, a son,
Randall Matthews, and a
daughter, Cynthia MaLone,
He has lived in Morrow
County for 12 years.
Matthews has spent eight
years on the Morrow County
School Board as director and
two years as assistant direc
tor. "My goal as a board
member is to have equal
educational opportunities for
all students in Morrow Coun
ty." Matthews said.
been approved by the school
board this year. He also does
not agree with the tax base
(hat has been approved by the
board that if passed would
allow the budget to increase
18 5 percent a year which is
"unreasonable and makes it
too easy on them (the school
board)," Stookey said.
Conboy
Conboy has lived in Morrow
County for four years and
lived in Umatilla County for 20
years.
"If elected to this position, I
would seek to have the best
possible education available
for our leaders and citizens of
tomorrow," she said. "This is
my first experience as a board
member. I was named to the
board to fill a vacancy and I
know I have much to learn."
Conboy is the incumbent
and is running unopposed.
teacher and is secretary for
the Willow Creek Country
Club,
Harrison, 30, has lived in
Morrow County all of her life.
She is a graduate of Heppner
High School, is a homemaker
"d has four children.
Cooper
She is a high school gradu
ate and has attended Blue
Mountain Community College
and Northwestern College of
Business in Portland.
Cooper has a husband Ro
bert, a son Ryan, 7, and a
daughter Lisa, 6.
"Our school system will
meet our needs if we are
willing to work for it," Cooper
said. "I have learned a great
deal from working as an aide
at A.C. Houghton and want to
continue my involvement in
school related matters."
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Monte Stookey
Greene challenges incumbent
Robert L. Greene Jr., P.O.
Box 118 in Heppner, is
competing against Jean Ben
nett, the incumbent, for the
Morrow County School Board
Zone V position from the
Heppner rural area.
Greene, 29, Is a member of
the Morrow County Search
and Rescue team, a member
of the Elks Lodge, and a
Heppner Little League Base-'
ball coach
Attorney
challenges
F.E. "Ed" Glenn is a
challenger, along with Sharon
Hill, for the at-Iarge school
board position currently held
by incumbent Pauline Winter.
Glenn, 703 Mt. Adams S.W.
in Boardman. is a 39-year-old
lawyer. He graduated from
the University of Oregon in
1969 obtaining his Bachelor of
Science Degree and he re
ceived his doctorate from the
same school in 1971.
He has lived in Morrow
County for 3'a years and has a
wife. Frances, and two chil
dren : Harold, 9, and Laurel, 6.
Glenn served on the school
board in LaGrande when it
made its decisions on a $9
million construction project,
hired a new school superinten
dant. and he was a spokesman
for the board in its first
collective bargaining ses
sions. He was also a LaGrande
Planning Commission mem
ber and has been on the State
Citizens Advisory group to the
Land Conservation and De
velopment Council. Glenn has
also organized the Boardman
Commercial Club, the Board
man Community Club and the
Riverside Booster Club.
If elected, one of the first
things Glenn would push for is
a "long range, cost effective
maintenance and replacement
plan for the entire district
physical plant," he said.
"With all of the major
construction that has been
done in the county, it is going
Robert
Robert Byrd, Box 432 in
Irrigon, is the only candidate
for the Advisory Board for
Irrigon Position No. 5.
Byrd, 37, is in the insurance
business and has a Bachelor of
Science Degree from Eastern
Oregon State College. He has a
wife, Barbara, and four
sons. He has lived in Morrow
County 14 years.
Byrd is a former teacher
and he has been on the
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Robert Greene
USD A to buy suspended grain shipments
Secretary of Agriculture
Bob Bergland recently an
nounced that the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture will buy
wheat and corn suspended
from shipment to the Soviet
Union.
He has lived in Morrow
County for eight years and has
a wife, Susan, and two
children: Ron, 10, and Dava,
9.
Greene graduated from high
school in Okanogan, Wash,
and went to school for two
years at Wenatchee Valley
College. He was employed at
Kinzua until its recent closure
and has now embarked on a
new business career as a
financial broker. He also has
an import and export busi
ness. "Heppner is my home,"
Greene said. "I now have the
time and I want to do my part
in helping with the growth of
our area."
As to Greene's goals if
elected to a school board
position, he said, "With the
competitiveness for our chil
dren of today, I would not only
do my best to maintain the
standards we now have, but
also to improve the educa
tional capabilities of our
school systems throughout the
community. There is always
room for improvement."
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Glenn
incumbent
F.E. Glenn
to be expensive down the line
to replace equipment if it is
put off."
"I also want an emphasis on
basic educat ion of reading and
writing skills," he continued.
"People run into difficulties
when they can't read. Our
complex world is moving
rapidly and we cannot teach
technicalities to last a life
time. A person needs to read
well to learn new ideas."
He said his third goal is to
make the school board respon
sive to the local people and to
integrate the board personnel
with the faculty to create an
effective team.
Glenn said he feels an
obligation to society to enter
community service activities
and he enjoys contributing to
the community.
Byrd
advisory board for two terms.
He is also on the board of
directors for the Columbia
Little League and the River
side Booster Club.
"I would like to continue to
provide quality education for
a rapidly expanding area and
to keep the channels of
communication open between
the public and the schools," he
said.
The Commodity Credit Cor
portation (CCC) will offer to
buy wheat. Purchases will
continue until a quantity equal
to that suspended from ship
ment to the USSR has been
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ZoneV
Bennett faces Greene
in school board race
Jean Bennett, 49, is being
challenged by Robert L,
. Greene for her position on the
school board, Zone V from
Heppner.
She has served on the school
board for the past four years.
She has also been active on the
fair committee, worked with
the 4-H as a club leader, is a
past-president of the Ameri
can Legion Auxiliary and the
Morrow County Cow Belles
organizations. She also is a
member of the Eastern Star,
the Methodist Church and is
the State Brand Inspector for
Morrow County.
She has lived in Heppner all
of her life and graduated from
Heppner High School. She has
been married to her husband,
Don. for 30 years and she
works with him on their farm.
The Bennetts have three
daughters: Debby Johnston,
who has two daughters of her
own, Kimberly, S, and Jodi, 3;
Judy Barber, who is employed
at the Bank of Eastern
Large
Winter runs for re-election
Pauline Winter, Rt. 2 Box
2489 in Heppner, is running for
re-election for the Morrow
County School Board at-large
position.
The 45-year-old has been on
the school board for nine years
and on the Heppner Library
Board for eight years. She has
a background of four years in
college with a political science
major. She is the Civil Deputy
at the Morrow County Sher
iff's Office.
Winter has lived in Morrow
County for 17' years and has
a son who is a junior at
Heppner High School and two
daughters living in Portland.
"I would like to see the
board continue its policy of
providing equal educational
'82 model autos to be safer
More than 135 people die
everyday in the United States
in an automobile accident
according to a U.S. Depart
ment of Transportation news
release.
It said auto accidents are
the leading cause of epilepsy
and paraplegia.
They kill more children than
any disease or other acciden
tal cause including birth
defects, drowning and fires.
The statistics will poten
tially get worse because more
people are buying smaller
cars in an effort to conserve
fuel, it said.
Auto injuries are worse than
they could be because only 14
percent of all drivers in the
U.S. wear seat belts.
Automatic seat belts and air
bags will be included in 1982
models and the transportation
department said they will
save 9,000 lives a year and
thousands of injuries. Con
gress and courts have upheld
Brok Adams', transportation
secretary, 1977 ruling that
requires automobile manufac
turers to include these safety
devices.
In 1982, large cars will be
built with air bags or automa
tic seat belts, thev will be
removed from the market,"
Bergland said.
"Our plan is to use the
wheat bought by CCC for
overseas food assistance pro
grams. To this end it is
essential Congress approve
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Jean Bennett
Oregon; and Sandy Bennett,
who works at the Soil and
Conservation Service office.
"If elected, I want to
continue to improve the pre
sent high level of education
that is being offered in
Morrow County schools at the
present time," Bennett said.
"Other goals are to provide
educational opporunitites ac
cording to the growth of the
county and to use sound
judgement in all decisions.
Pauline Winter
opportunities to all attendance
areas of the district," she
said.
required in 1983 in compact
cars and 1984 in subcompact
cars.
Field experiments indicate
the two safety devices are
reliable. Air bags have been
included in some General
Motors cars and automatic
seat belts have been in some:
Volkswagen Rabbits for the
last two years.
Five surveys made between
1977 and 1979 show that people
favor more protection in cars
by a ratio of two to one. The3
news release said people have.,
little choice over what type of
safety equipment is in a car.
Society bears an enormous
expense when automobiles are
involved in crashes so it
should no longer be up to an
individual if he wants safety
or not, the release said.
General Motors estimated
that having either one of the
automatic safety devices in a
car will raise the prices only
about $154. Savings made
from drops in insurance
prices that are scheduled to
occur in cars that include the
extra safety will more than
make up for the cost of the
safety equipment, the release
concluded.
legislation requested by the
administration to establish a
food security reserve so the
quantities acquired can " be
transferred to that special
food reserve," Bergland said.
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