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Voters
Krebs, Cantin square off
for commissioner
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Dorothy Krebs
Name: Dorothy Krebs. re
publican, incumbent.
Age: 56.
Residence: lone.
Experience in public office:
Three years as county com
missioner, a current director
on the Oregon Consortium
Board, present chairman of
Quintra Corportaion, is a
member of the Area Agency
on Aging Advisory Council, is
past chairman of the Regional
Services Institute-Eastern
Oregon State College, past
president of the Oregon Sheep
Growers Auxiliary.
Comments: I am seeking
re-election to finish the work
the current county court has
started ;a road program,
which is going well, personnel
reorganization in the county
structure to make the system
work more efficiently,
economically and smoothly
and a solution to the county's
prisoner lodging problem.
We need a county jail des
perately. The county's biggest
problem is the lack of a jail.
It's costing the county
thousands of dollars not to
have a jail. It's entering into
our law enforcement and
prosecution.
Krehs said her biggest con
tribution to the county has
been in the area of personnel
inter-agency involvement. She
said, I've written the person
nel policy and served as per
sonnel officer, in charge of
calculating all salary and
employee benefits for the
county courthouse employees.
In budgeting, she said, we've
changed the format to make it
readable for the public. By
serving as chairman of
ECOAC and other agencies
the county cooperates with, it
makes for an intelligent way
for our government to operate
because it makes people
aware of what is taking place
around us. I feel we have
made great strides in county
road improvement. Other
areas are looking to Morrow
County for ways of managing
rural road problems.
Education: Master's degree
at Oregon State University.
Marital status: Married to
Henry Krebs. They have four
children.
Two parks open
Two county parks, Anson
Wright and Cutsforth, will
open this Saturday, May 15,
announced the Morrow County
Road Department.
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Morrow County's
THURSDAY, MAY
to decide issues, elect
Merlin Cantin
Name:Merlin Cantin, re
publican Age: 60
Residence: Heppner
Experience in public office:
none.
Comments: Cantin said he
is running because he'd like to
see the taxpayer get better
services for his tax dollars
involved. "A more realistic
budget that both the taxpayer
and the county could live with,
one that during these times,
both the active and retired
could cope with."
Cantin said the county does
need a jail.
"I feel county support for
senior citizens is a most im
portant factor and that the
taxpayer should receive more
for his tax dollar due to the
economy and the taxes should
become a less burden on his
shoulders," he stated. "I will
work for and communicate
wity all people of Morrow
County," he added.
Education: Heppner High
School graduate
Marital status: Married to
Inetia Cantin. They have four
children.
Port Comm.
meeting date
changed
A regular meeting of the
Port of Morrow Commission,
slated for May 13, has been
postponed to Thursday, May
20. The meeting will begin at
12 noon at the Wagon Wheel
restaurant in Heppner.
County to
Ry MARY ANN CERULLO
Last Wednesday. May 5,
plans were put into motion by
Morrow County Court to gain
a county building inspection
department.
"We really need this ser
vice," said Ann Spicer, Mor
row County district attorney."
"We're not getting enough
help from the state."
Morrow County Planner,
Deane Seeger, Spicer and the
court reviewed and amended
a proposed building inspection
contract. Copies of the con
tract will be available to read
at the Planning Dept. office at
the Morrow County court
house by May 10."
According to Seeger, the
county is currently taking bids
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County, school district
seek voter approval
on tax bases
Both Morrow County and
the Morrow County School
District will have tax base
measures on the ballot when
voters go to the polls next
Tuesday.
A tax base is the amount of
property taxes which may be
levied without a vote of the
people. The base may be
Heppner Yard of
Month sign stolen
A wooden sign marking
Heppner's Yard of the Month
award has been stolen from
the yard of this month's win
ner, it was reported Tuesday.
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Pioneer Memorial Hospital employee Dee Dee McLaughlin (L), ambulance driver Lonny Watne and Marge Kenny, R.N., move 'patient'
Hope Chacon to St. Patrick' Parish Hall as part of a mock evacuation. The evacuation was held Tuesday, May 4, as part of a
required disaster plan.
gain building inspection department
for a building inspector. The
bids will be opened May 26 at
the North Morrow Annex, (see
public notices.)
In other business. Spicer
reminded the court that the
City-County Agreement
between Heppner and Board
man will expire July 1.
The agreement currently
provides the two cities with an
emergency dispatch service
and city prisoner transporta
tion by the county sheriff's
office.
According to Spicer, the
agreement needs to be re
drafted because of the recent
change in the county correc
tional facilities.
Heppner is currently paying
$6,000 a year for emergency
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increased by six percent each
year.
The school district is asking
for approval of $6,336,277 tax
base. Its present base is
$661,249. and was established
in 1916.
The county is asking for a
new tax base of $3,238,773. Its
present base is $390,069.
The sign, which is moved
each month to the yard in
Heppner voted the most well
kept, was taken from in front
of John and Linda Shaw's
home sometime last week.
holds mock evacuation
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dispatch services. Boardman
does not pay anything, stated
Spicer.
A redrafted City-County
Agreement will be presented
to the cities of Boardman and
Heppner for their review.
Morrow County Court con
tinued with the following busi
ness: School Board
A regular May meeting of
the Morrow County School
Board will be held Monday,
May 17, at Riverside High
School in Boardman at 8 p.m.
The board is expected to
consider asking for bids for
school district services and
major maintenance, said a
news release from the district.
The board will also consider
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candidates next Tuesday
Large ballot to face voters
next Tuesday
Morrow County voters will
decide the fate of two propos
ed tax bases, pick a winning
candidate for district attor
ney, and chose one democrat
and one republican candidate
to run for Morrow County
Commissioner in a general
election November 2 in a
Primary Election next Tues
day, May 18. Voters will also
determine the fate of five state
ballot measures and elect
numerous other public of
ficials in the election.
Morrow County and the
Morrow County School Dis
trict both have proposed tax
base measures on the ballot.
(See related story).
Ann Spicer, incumbent, or
Richard McNerney will be
elected as Morrow County
District Attorney. (A four
vear term.)
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- discussed signing a jail use
agreement with Umatilla
County. Spicer agreed to re
vise the draft for the court's
review.
- accepted Elaine Nelson's
resignation from the Juvenile
Services Commission. Nelson
had been acting as commis
sion chairperson.
to meet
rehiring personnel, including
classified employees and
extra duty employees.
In other business, the school
calendar and a request from
West Extension Irrigation
District for an easement
across school property at Col
umbia Jr. High in Irrigon will
be discussed, the news release
concluded.
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photo by Colhy Pack
Weather
Dorothy Krebs and Merlin
Cantin. republicans, will vie to
run in a November General
Election for County Commis
sioner. Also running for the
position is Irvin Rauch, Demo
crat, unopposed.
Polling places for the elec
tion are as follows: Boardman
1A - Greenfield Grange;
Boardman 1A - Sam Board
man Elementary School;
Hardman 2 - I.O.O.F. build
ing; lone 3 - lone City Hall;
Irrigon 4A - North Morrow
Annex; Irrigon 4B - Columbia
Junior High School ; Lexington
5 - Lexington School building;
N.E. Heppner 6 - Old City
Library building: N.W. Hep
pner 7 - Morrow Co. Museum;
S.E. Heppner 8 - Morrow Co.
Courthouse: and S.W. Hep
pner 9 - Morrow Co. Court
house - heard the weekly Road
Report from Don Briggs,
director of Public Works De
partment. - discussed the proposed
construction of a bike,
path on Main Street.
Boardman with Briggs. An
estimated 'cost of $14,800 for
the project has been submit
ted to the state.
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Request made to name lake
after late Oscar Peterson
The Heppner Chamber of
Commerce voted Tuesday to
ask that the new lake which
will be formed behind the
Willow Creek dam, be named
after the late Oscar Peterson.
Peterson was instrumental
McNerney, Spicer vie
for DA position
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Richard McNerney
Name: Richard McNerney
Age: 33
Residence: Irrigon
Experience in public office:
Trial deputy for Coos County
District Attorney, summer
1980; and administrative as
sistant to the
Eugene Police Chief.
Comments: McNerney said
he is running because he
doesn't like to see an office as
important as district attorney
go uncontested. He stated, I
feel I would do a more than
adequate job if elected.
McNerney said the County
does need a jail but that he is
not sure what type of facility is
needed-more research is ne
eded, he added. He said if
ballot measure three passes
(jail bond issue), the amount
of funds Morrow County will
receive is uncertain. He said
in the meantime, the county
should be working toward
short term solutions-for
example, buying space in
other county jails "even if we
have to pay more money than
it's worth to do it," until we
decide what type of facility the
county needs.
When asked about the in
creasing crime rate, Mc
Nerney said he's not sure the
crime rate has gone up-more
crimes may be being reported
now. He stated, I think we
should have more community
awareness of what law en
forcement agencies can and
can't provide. He said more
public involvement in law en
forcement is needed. County
officials should come to the
people instead of having the
people come to the officials.
If elected, he said he would
change the underlying prin
cible that cases are taken in
by the D.A.'s office. "I would
limit prosecutions to the one
most serious offense that I'
could convict with and stick
with that."
Education: University of
Oregon School of Law, Wil
lamette University, Graduate
School of Administration,
University of Oregon, B.S.
Political Science 1972, also
attended California Lutheran
College and Portland State
University.
Marital status: Married to
Susan McNerney.
in having the dam built, and
the chamber indicated it
would be fitting to have either
the dam or the lake, or both,
named after the former
county judge and wheat farmer.
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Thurs., May 6 70 44
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Sat., May 8 61 38
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Ann Spicer
Name: Ann Spicer, incum
bent Age: 31
Residence: Heppner
Experience in public office:
One year intern in Clark
County, Washington , Public
Defenders office, two years as
city attorney for City of Uma
tilla, land use consultant to
East Central Oregon As
sociation of Counties, Morrow
County deputy district qi-
torney-one year, district at
torney since appointment by
Gov. Atiyeh in 1980.
Comments: Spicer said she
is running for the district
attorney position because she
enjoys public practice and the
job entails a lot of challenges.
She states, I feel that I can do
a fair, cost effecient and un
biased prosecution on
criminal cases and I've got
the background to handle civil
matters that face the county
court.
Spicer said the county needs
a jail because of the rapidly
increasing crime rate. "It's
time for Morrow County to
have their own jail." She said,
we're losing too much time
and law enforcement effort in
transporting prisoners to and
from other counties. We're at
a point where we can opperate
our own jail, without costing
the tax payers much more
than we are spending now in
officer time, transportation
and boarding costs.
Spicer said, if elected, she
didn't plan any changes with
in the office. She said the
office has been running smo
othly and has a good relation
ship with all police agencies in
the county. We're able to
handle the work coming in and
will be able to continue to
handle cases from the increas
ing crime rate foreseen over
the next few years.
Also concerning the increas
ing crime rate, Spicer said the
D.A.'s office should continue
to concentrate on index
crimesfviolent felonies);
rape, murder, burglary,
aggravated assault, theft and
auto theft. She said they
should continue to maintain
those crimes as a priority for
prosectuion and investigation.
In addition, she said, we're
trying to make people more
aware of what crimes are
occuring when and where to
protect themselves.
Education: B.S. from Port
land State University 1972,
J.D. from Northwestern
School of Law of Lewis and
Clark College 1977.
Marital status: Married to
William J. Kuhn. They have
one child.
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