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Candidates Forum
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Port of Morrow
Board of Commissioners
School District
Board of Directors
(Vote for 3 1
Six candidates have filed fur Hirer
four year positions on the Port of
Morrow Hoard of Commissioners
Two of the candidates. lawis Carlstm
und Haul Jones, who currently serve
on the Hoard are seeking re election
The third position up for election is
held by Colleen Nultbnx’k who was
appointed following Hatricia Flug'x
resiuri.ition to serve the uncomplet
ed portion of her term The four
other candidates who have filed are
Malt Doherty, Haul H Taylor.
W illiam Sharkey
and Daniel
• reamer
The port commissioners meet
regularly once each month and must
also attend budget and other special
sessions Some traveling is involved,
says former commissioner H ug
when commissioners must attend
congressional sessions involving
issues which effect the port The port
must remain aware of problems and
work with city county, state and
federal officials The Hurt Manager
runs the port hut is responsible and
answerable to the commission The
Commission s e t s policy lor the port
an important Job because of the
increased activity at the port during
recent years Two commissioners,
la-roy (iaiJ.-er and lairry Lindsay,
are serving terms w h'-h are not up
for election this year
Jones tiegan his association with
the Hurt of Morrow in |M5 while
serv ing as county judge He testifies
to working with the commission to
hclpin the development of the port
• arlson began serv ing the port w hen
appointed to (iar Swanson's term
He has since lx-en reelected to a
four year term He says "the prim
ary goal of the Hurl of Morrow is to
assist private enterprise in the
economic development of Morrow
county " He believes that the
county s natural resources should la-
sold in processed form and that the
county s tax base should la- broaden
<-d to include products other than
those from agriculture
Jones cites several changes at the
jKirt during the past four years the
Commission has approved and seen
put into operation a modern cor
d rying, storage and shipping
facility. a log loading facility a chip
unloading and shipping facility and
a modern barge dis k
Carlson points out the jxirt s active
¡role in locating two major food
processors two lumtier processors
exporters, and a coal fired plant lie
further points to the port's progress
in building a modern dock for
hunting containers, constructing a
grain handling facility, and its
ussistance in developing hay cube
tnanufacturing plant
Candidate Daniel Creamer said in
li statement to the press, I feel with
fny experience I have something to
offer Morrow County especially
where they are developing the water
front and I would work with thrm to
make way for more jobs
Candidate William Sharkey told
»tie Gazette Iim ai that is
tullv
aware of the impact" the Hart has
Its the landlord for Morrow County's
largest employers, and that he has
la-come familiar with the port and
its responsibilities to local industry
and to the county He says he Is
"actively working to coordinate
municipal systems between the Hurt
of Morrow and the City of Hoardman
to reduce costs and improve service
to the Hurt's tenants It is my goal,"
Ihe concludes to retain our current
agriculturally based industry and
create un atmosphere that will
invite additional diversified industry
and expand the region's economic
(rase. creating jobs and providing
m arkets
for
locally
grown
products
Candidate Matthew Doherty, in a
statement to the Gazette Times
said " I have always held a strong
interest in happenings involving the
Hurt of Morrow I see the Hurt as
extremely important to a healthy
economic growth in this county 55c
have great potential here, but it
must always be kept in mind that we
are in competition with other poerts
for good industrial development
(tood leadership in the past.' he
concludes ' has kept us a ironlrun
ner I want to see these efforts
continued as our port grows in value
to the county
As a candidate for re election
Jones says the Hurt must continue
to improve and expand and 11 >
pledge my best efforts to see it
accomplished
Carlson in a candidate's state
men! to the (Ia/ette Times says A
conservative value of these
additions developments by and at
the Hurt to the Morrow County tax
base would he Slixi to $150 million
These things we have done with
approximately the same tax levy ax
the Murrow County Cemetery Ihx
tricl of $40,000
A sixth candidate for the Hoard of
Commissioners Haul H Taylor,
la-xinglon. did not respond to a
(la/ette Times questionnaire
louls ( arlson. 54 Heppner. is a
self-employed farmer rancher He
and his wile Hetty have four child
ren age<f 13. ;)|. » and 25
He has served as Hresident of the
Oregon Wheat (irow ers Leaue.
chairman of the transportation com
mittee for th«- National Association
of Wheat (»rowers chairman of the
Hurt of Morrow Commission, and us
a member of the lone Advisory
( ommittce anil the Morrow County
A S C Committee
( arlson is a 4 II club leader, a
Morrow County extension advisory
member and a member of Valby
Lutheran Church and Council
lie attended lone High School and
Oregon Stale l Diversity and has
la-en a lifetime resilient of Morrow
County
Position No. 7 at-larjif »Note for l l
Four men John Jensen I>oug
Kathbun. Keith Nelson and l»ee
Hadberg have filed for Hosition No
7 on the Morrow County School
District Board Incumbent Hat
Wright is not seeking re-election to
the four year, at large position
other board members include Jer
ry McKlligott lone Joe Stevens.
Hoardman Bill Doherty . Heppner
Itwayne Carroll. Irngon
Kandy
Hughrs. Lexington
and Hob
Mahoney, at large
The school board, according to
district Superintendent Doyle Mc-
Caslin operates on the concept of
stewardship, and is responsible for
the "care and fee«ling ’ of the
district Hoard members must listen
to the people of the county, set the
goals and direction for the schools,
Matthew Doherty. 57 Irngon is a and then s«-e that the goals are met
self employ ed farmer and mobile arid the direction carri«-d out
home court manager He and his
All four candidates, in statements
wife, Ihiris have three children, to the Gazette Times, express con
.•gcd H 2B and
cern for high quality education in a
He has served as superintendent h«-althy environment in the county's
of Morrow County Sc hools and as a schools but refh-ct differing indiv
member of the Oregon Stale Text
idu.il solutions for achieving the
book Commission He is a member goals as members of the school
of the Morrow County Mental Health board
advisory committee the Morrow
Jensen says that it is important to
County Itoad Committee and the maintain the high standard of educa
County Hudget Committee He has lion in our district and proposes to do
been active in numerous proles - that by bringing his advisory and
sional and volunteer committees budget committee experience for
and organizations
positive supjxjrl from the school
He has a Bachelors degree in ixtard
education and a Masters degree in
Kathbun says "Students are our
public school administration
most precious resource, that's what
education is all atxnit
students
represent Morrow County's future
He promises as a board member to
lx- a voice for all Morrow County
because all of us. in every facet of
our county must work together in an
alliance for excellence
Nelson expresses pride that Mor
row County can with "one of the
lowest lax rates in the state" con
tinue to produce quality education
He says that despite the district's
enviable position when compared
with others, some problems do exist
and I want to be part of the process
a memtx-r of the team, which tries to
solve these problems and I want to
help insure the continued excellence
of Morrow County *ch«x>l*
Hadlierg would like to see improv
ed communication among teachers,
patrons parents and students of the
district and says that he is qualified
to implement changes in this area
William Sharkey. 47. Hoardman.
lx-cause " I have lived in Morrow
is self employed in trucking and County all my life and I understand
(arming He and his wife lainme
the individual personality of each
have thre«- children aged IB 21. and
community He propos«-s the hiring
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of a "teacher evaluator" and plat
He has serv«-d two years on the ! ing t«-achers on a merit pay sy stem
planning commission, eight years on
as possible improvements for Ihe
the Hoardman city council, eight
schixils He promises to "promote
years on the Hoardman Hark and
the tx-st education for our students
Kecreation District seven years as
while staying within budgetary-
chairman), and on the Hoardman
realities of today's economic situa
Cemetery District Hoard
lion
He attended Columbia Hrepatory
Schixil for four y«-ars and the l niver
sily of Oregon for three years
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Haul H Jones, 7*. Heppner. is
retire«! He and his wife Blanche
have thr«-e children aged 47. 42. and
r
He served two terms as Morrow
County judge and four years as a
port commissioner
He is secretary of the Heppner
chapter of the Koval Arch Masons,
chairman of the hoard and elder of
First Christian Church and a mem
her of the governor's commission on
Senior Serv ices
He was born in Morrow County
and attended high si I hmi I
thener Sanitary lamdlill No funds
are included for developing or oper
ating a landfill at a different site
The hospital budget includes $459.
357 in tax dollars to supplement the
hospital's other income
This amount is needed to maintain
minimum standards for the hospital
and nursing home, replace deterior-
ating equipment and to pay salaries,
the physician recruiting firm 's fee
The road department budget re
quires $1 269.290 tax dollars neces
sary to balance its budget Major
projects which Ihe department will
pay for include restoration of three
county bridges partially funded by
School budget calls for
local tax increase
The Morrow County School Dlsl
rid is proposing to levy $6.6115.733 in
local taxes which is $1,101.763 more
than was levied last year, a 19 7
(«orient increase in local taxes The
reasons for the increases are staff
additions at the north end schools a
proposed seven percent raise in
classified and teacher salaries, a 3 I
percent merrnse in administrative
salaries and increases in rates for
»
John T. Jensen 36 Hoardman is a
Supervisor at Cortland General
Electric He and his wife. Jeanette
have (our children aged 13. 12. 7 and
Keith NeixiMv 34. Lexington, is a
self employ«-d wheat farmer He and
his wife 1 Leticia, have two children
6
He is presently serving on the aged two and six
He has served on the Morrow
Boardman Irngon Adv isory Hoard
and has served three years as County School District budget com
president of Ihe North Morrow Co mittee
Nelson graduated from lone High
Vector Control Hoard He is serving
School and attended college for
as a budget committee member for
the city of Hoardman and the parks three years He has a "wide business
background gained from jobs in
and recreation district
Jensen is currently working on a many different region* of the
Bachelor of Science degree at Fast
ern Oregon Slate College and is a
licensed Marine Engineer
country "
Douglas ( Kathbun. 42. Heppner. is
employed by the city of Heppner as
Chief of Holice He and his wife.
Georgia, have three childr«-n aged
19 IB. and II
He has served 19 years in city
government and is a member of
Friendship Baptist Church and a
past chairman of the Morrow County
Peace Officer» Ass*x iation
Kathbun has graduate«! from high
school and the Oregon Police
Academy He also has a degree from
Blue Mountain Community College
and five years of Ixxikkeeping
experience
Lee Hadberg. 39. la-xington. is a
self-employed farm«*r He and his
wife. Linda, have two children, aged
19 and it
He has previously served as the
mayor of Lexington and as an
associate hoard member for Morrow
County Grain Growers
He is pr«-sid«-nt of the Heppner
High Schixil Booster Club and a Colt
basketball coach He has served as a
nxleo board member and as a boy
scout helper
H adberg's educational back
ground includes one year at Boise
College, two years at Columbia
Basin College, and one year at Blue
Mountain Community College_____
Advisory Committees
Daniel (reamer. Irngon. is a
retired river captain He is married
with three children He is a former
Supt of Operations
County asks $2,980,470 one-year special levy
Morrow County voters will be
iiske<1 to approve a one year special
operating lev y of $2.9H«i 470 This is
CvMHiWI more than last year a 20
jx-rcenl Increase The lax rati- will
increase to $4 1» per il.txx) of asses
se«l valuation
The total county
budget which includes the $492.453
county lux base and all county
inome other than property taxes is
$H,2H4 279
The hudget includes no salary
increases for elected officials other
salary imrease» of thre«- to lour
(»erernt are liaseil on union «-«intract
negotiations The county has bud
geted funds to close up operations at
a#
garbage water, sewer and tele
phone services which must be pur
chased from agencies outside the
school district
$55.544.042 of the tax levy Is
eligible for partial state funding
$1.141.091 of the amount is not
eligible for partial stale funding
The total sch«x«l budget, including
outside revenue, is $ k brj I03. up 12 R
per«-enl over last year
stale matching funds preliminary
survey and engineering for the
proposed lone Hoardman road and
maintenance and striping of existing
roads
New e<juipment which the
department would buy includes a
semi tractor for use of the fifth
wheel with equipment the depart
ment already has. two pup trailers
to transfer rock to job sites a dump
box to be used on the semi tractor
two pufcups a portable traffic strip
er. and two snow plows
Mark your ballots
Tuesday,
March 26
Seven positions are up for ele<1ion
on the various hxul situxil advisory
iximmittees Only two of those posi
turns. No 3 on the lone Lexington
advisory committee and No Bon the
Heppner la-xington iivmmittee are
contested Dana H rid rm an and
Keith K«-a have both filed to su«xx*«d
inaimlH-nt Perry Morter who is not
x<-eking re-election to lone taxing
ton No 3 M am a Kemp and Mniiael
Vejraxka have filed !«>r Heppner
U-xington advisory committee Hoai
lion No 6 Julie Afhbedl is Position 6
imximbent. Barbara Hayes current
ly is serving in Position No 4 for
whlih Dianna Hoeft is a candidate
Marvin Hadberg has filed for
reelection to Position No 2 on the
lone l/cxington advisory committee
No one has filed for either Position
No 4 or Position No 5 on the
Hoardman Irrigon advisory com
mittee Hosition No 5 is currently
vacant, No 4 is held by John
Wenholz Kichard Nultbrock has
filed to succeed Carol Titus to
Position No 3 on the advisory
committee
The
committee accord
mg to District Superintendent Doyle
McCaslin. listens to public input
concerning its satisfaction with staff
and mak«*s decisions atxnit com
munity use of schixil buildings for
no,i schixil activities Advisory com
mittee members also help with
budgeting by examining the needs of
the schools
Keith f
Itea. 47. lone, is a
self employed farmer He and his
wife. Judy, have four children, age<l
27 . 22. I6' and I5
He is a member of the lone
Community and A g n Business
Organization and the hoard of
directors of Mc.Nary Yacht Club Ib
is a former trustee of the Ion«-1 nited
Church of Christ and has served on
the Morrow County School Trans
portation Committee
Kea graduated from lone High
School and studud for two years at
Oregon Institute of Technology
He says he is "interested in the
quality of the «-ducation of our
stu«lents in Morrow County S< h«x«ls
As an interested parent
I would
like to sr-e the high lev el of education
continue "
Heppner-Lexington
Position No. ò
Heppner-I.exington
Position No. 4
advisory
Position No. 3
Ione-Lexington
Dianna lloefl. 30 Hardman, is a
housewife She and her husband.
Gerald, have two children age«l I5
and I2
She is a graduate of Heppner High
School and lists no previous
experience in public office
Hoeft says she is interested in
school policies and as an advisory
committee member would like to
help the schixil system run smoothly
and "follow up on all complaints
received "
Marcia Kemp. 34. Heppner. is a
reporter for the "Agri-Tim es" week
ly newspaper She and her husband
Gary have two children aged seven
and six
She is publicity diri-ctor for the
Morrow County K«xk-o Hoard and
has be«-n a volunteer story teller for
four years at Heppner Public
Library
Kemp has a Bachelor of Science
degree in Journalism from Oregon
State University
She says that as a kindergarten
aide for two years, she has gained
experience which would benefit the
advisory committee She says that
the advisory position is a key tc
being able to work with “teachers
parents, students, and administrai
ors in achieving the best educational
opportunities for our children
Vote Tuesday
March 26
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