Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 27, 2005 - FIVE
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a tough question, there are
many issues that could affect
the Port o f Morrow, from
restrictions on fresh water, to
ever
changing
D EQ
reg u latio n s,
to
transportation issues such as
loss o f international carriers
on the C olum bia riv er
system. The list could go on
and on.”
Port o f Morrow-
Position 2
R unning fo r this
position is Daniel Creamer,
Joe T aylor and N ancy
Vander Does
Creamer, 68, has
lived in Morrow County for
60 years and he and his wife,
Jeanie, c u rre n tly live in
Irrigon They have three
grow n
child ren
He
graduated from Irrigon High
School.
He is a re tire d
tugboat pilot
Creamer has served
on the Planning Commission
for 15 years and on the Port
Commission for 16 years and
is the current chairman of the
commission. He has also
served on the M orrow
County Budget Committee.
He is also a past president of
the O regon Public Ports
Association.
Question 1) I have
nothing to say against my
opponents.
Q u estio n
2)
Integrating all the rulings and
rules, along with keeping up
w ith th e e n v iro n m en tal
issues.
Q u estio n
3)
Continuing to create jobs for
M orrow County. Through
the grow th in businesses
w e’ve already created over
900 jobs in Morrow County
and have created the larges
barge container dock in the
United States. We also need
to w ork to continue the
T illam pok C heese Plant
expansion and get the loss
ends tied up.
Question 4) Working
with continuing changes in
w ater and environm ental
issues.
Taylor, 36, came to
Morrow County in 1971. He
and his wife, Cheryl, and
their tw o children live in
Boardman. He graduated
from Heppner High School.
He served three years with
the US Air F orce as an
airman first class He served
two years at Ramstein Air
Base in Germany.
T aylor has been
farming for 12 years and is
in p a rtn e rsh ip w ith his
b ro th e r in D ouble T
Farming.
He is a member o f
th e K iw anis C lub o f
B oardm an and has been
p re sid en t elect and is
currently president o f the
club. He is also chairman o f
a num ber o f d ifferen t
committees within the club
He is Zone 1 director
for the M orrow Soil and
Water Conservation District
and has served on the board
for eig h t y ears and is
currently chairman. He is
the committeeman for the
B oardm an area fo r the
Morrow County Republican
C om m ittee He was also
ap p o in ted to the B lue-
M ountain
R eso u rce
C o n se rv a tio n
and
Development Council and
serves as vice chair.
Q u estio n
1)
“ B ecau se I have the
experience o f growing up in
the south end o f the county
and op eratin g a farm ing
business in the north, I have
an interest in helping to
improve the economic base
o f the whole county.”
Question 2) “Getting
familiar and knowledgeable
about all o f the projects that
the Port currently have on
their agenda.”
Q u estio n
3)
“Finishing up the sale o f the
pow er plant in Heppner.
Continuing to expand and
d iv e rsify
the
jo b
opportunities in M orrow
County.”
Q uestio n 4) “ The
environmental communities
pressure to limit the uses of
the Columbia river, weather
it be dredging for larger ships
to get to the port o f Portland,
a g ric u ltu re w a ter use,
municipal/industrial use.”
Vander Does (also
running for Morrow County
School District board) also
has experience in business
m anagem ent, healthcare,
customer service, accounts
receiv ab le m anagem ent,
payroll and personnel and
insurance contracting.
Q u estio n 1) “No
preconceived opinions. Will
treat all parts o f the district
equally. A wish to contribute
to the community and its
economic development.”
Q u estio n
2)
“U nderstand current Port
p o licies and S ta te and
Federal laws impacting Port
operations.”
Q u estio n
3)
“Increasing energy costs;
basic economic issues such
as increasing interest rates,
in flation and a sluggish
economy; and environmental
issues.”
Question 4) “Same
as above plus the need to
lobby at state and federal
levels.”
Port of Morrow-
Position 3
R unning fo r this
position are Michael Dipo
and Jerry Healy.
Dipo, 28, and his
wife Misty, and their three
children came to M orrow
C ounty in 1998 and
currently live in Boardman.
He graduated from Kearns
High School and attended
Salt L ake C om m unity
College. He has his insurance
license in both p ro p erty
casualty and life and health.
H e is c u rre n tly
employed as the Boardman
branch m anager fo r the
Simmons Financial Group.
He is president of the
B oardm an C ham ber o f
PO R T OF MORROW
C O M M IS S IO N E R
P O S IT IO N # 1
JIM
H O LLA N D SW O RTH
commerce and is. past chamber Chatter
member o f the Boardman
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Exec. Dir.
Planning Commission.
Question 1) “A new
perspective on issues facing
Morrow County. I think it’s
important that our county
continues to grow, so many
children don’t have to move
away just to get a good job.”
Q u estio n
2)
“Making sure that the voices
o f the people in M orrow
County are heard.”
Q u estio n
3)
Unanswered.
Q u estio n
4)
“Growth, I feel it is very
im p o rtan t th at we, as a
com m unity, look for
econom ic
g ro w th _ (L-R): Brenda Sherrell of Farmer’s Insurance and Nancy Snider
opportunities, not just for US of Wheatland Insurance.
but for children’s future.’
This
y ear
the Committee, shared his ideas
Healy, 54, was
Heppner
Chamber
has
been
and enthusiasm for this new
raised in M orrow County
featuring
member
businesses
M ain S tre e t business.
and he and his wife, Carmen,
currently live in Heppner. on the third Thursday o f Visitors to the gallery will
a rtistic
They couple has three grown each month April businesses receiv e and
fe
a
tu
re
d
w
ere
F
a
rm
e
r’s
experience,
as
well
as a
children. He is a graduate o f
Insurance
and
W
heatland
chance
to
shop
and
enjoy
a
Heppner High School and
graduated with a bachelor of Insurance, represented by v ariety o f b ev erag es
science degree in business Brenda Sherrell and Nancy C o rn e rsto n e G allery is
lo cated acro ss
from
administration- finance from Snider respectively.
N
orthw
estern
M
otel
and
In
su
ran
ce
was
University o f Oregon He
defines
as
“a
transfer
o
f
risk
next
to
the
museum
also attended the University
from one p erson to the
In M arch, G eorge
ofNebraska.
He is c u rre n tly other ” These tw o ladies K offler p resen ted an
how in te re stin g h isto ry o f
em ployed by C olum bia d em o n strated
b
u
sin
esses
w
ork H eppner’s local bank, the
B asin E lec tric C o -O p ,
working 15 years as office cooperatively together and Bank o f Eastern Oregon It
manager and seven years as are able to compliment each continues to grow and has
know n
o th er They defined the becom e well
manager.
different
types
o
f
insurance
statew
id
e
An
a
tte
n tiv e
He is a member o f
St. P a tric k ’s C ath o lic as in d e p en d e n t, d irect audience was given a quiz
Church. He has served on writers and 800 companies. after his historic presentation
the Morrow County School The audience was instructed with a door prize awarded
D istric t, serving on the on hard markets versus soft One o f th e many g reat
u n d erw ritin g features of BEO is being able
budget committee for eight m ark ets,
years, growth committee for flexibility, etc. Challenges are to deal w ith real human
tw o y ears and TAG d ealin g w ith unhappy beings w ho su p p o rt our
committee for two years. He custom ers because often communities and to whom
served th re e y ears as their hands are tied due to all our success is as important
president o f Willow Creek th e in su ran ce ru les and as theirs. There are real
Little League; 16 years as a regulations. Their primary people, not just a recording
P io n eer
M em orial concern at all times is their at the end o f a long wait
BEO is a full service bank
ambulance driver; six years clients.
O
th
er
b
u
sin
esses
with
friendly people
as an Air M em bership
It has been proven
volunteer; and 12 years on featured this year include
the Columbia River Peace Murray Drugs, featured in that successful businesses
January. John and Ann attract other businesses and
Corps Association
Q uestion 1) “ I do Murray shared the history of com plim ent the existing
not know my opponent so it th e ir fam ily com ing to businesses in a community.
would be difficult to say why H eppner and buying the If you are a C ham ber
a voter would select me over d ru g sto re in 1959, its member business and would
Mr. Dipo. I would like the expansion, its downsizing like to be the featured third
voters to consider my long and their challenges They Thursday program, or are a
term voluntary commitment also shared the many new b u sin ess in te re ste d in
to our schools, community things they are doing to keep b ecom ing a C ham ber
co n tact the
and county. With this long th e ir b u sin ess v iab le in m em ber,
Chamber
at
676-5536
The
Heppner
history o f volunteering I
Chamber
o
f
Commerce
is
T
he
F
eb
ru
ary
believe I have demonstrated
busin ess
and
my desire to serve all o f fe a tu re d b u sin ess was ab o u t
Cornerstone Gallery. Alvin community supporting each
Morrow County.”
Q u estio n
2) Liu, w ho heads up the other and helping each other
C ham ber
M erch an ts thrive
Unanswered.
Q u estio n 3) “ The
four year lack o f business
W illow
C reek Hams, Tom Sturgeon and
expansion from co ast to
Country
Club’s
first
annual Rick Sturgeon Their names
coast has been especially
hard on the Port. We have benefit golf tournament was will be put onto a trophy
struggled to attra ct new well a tte n d ed w ith 56 (d o n a te d
by
M ark
in v estm en t
and
are m em bers and frien d s in Schlichting) and placed on
continuing to try to find a attendance on Sunday, May display at the WCCC Club
w orkout solution for the 24 There were 14 teams in House
all for 18 holes o f scramble
Kinzua Generating Plant.”
The WCCC Board
Question 4) “Being Snacks and a luncheon meal a p p re cia te d
all
w ho
on Eastern Oregon Port will was provided by various participated to make its first
always be an issue We need m em bers o f the club In annual tournament a great
to expand water availability. addition to reg istratio n , success. Even the weather
All businesses will continue mulligans were sold and the cooperated
to feel the affects o f energy 50 /5 0 pot w as well
Marriage License
cost, environmental cost and supported All helped to
A p ril 22: C harlie
m ake the day a great
work force availability.”
Jam es
H ughes,
30,
success
The first place team P en d leto n and Teena
consisted o f Don Taylor, Jeff M ullinda S hilling, 36,
Pendleton
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Golf benefit well attended
^ Wedding Tables ^
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• Engineering Background: Heavy Construction
• Stability: 35 years of Marriage
All 3 children are College Grads
Paid for by Committee to Elect Jim Hollendsworth
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Wedding Saturday, May 21st
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L ena G o s s e tt a n d B en ja m in M c fillig o tt
• Investment in the County: Business Owner
• Civic Minded:
- Past President, Boardman Chamber of
Commerce
- Current President of Boardman City Council
• Member of Latino Commission
• Church Board Member
Tyan S a n d e r so n & L ube S w a n so n
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Over the Tee Cup
L adies g ath ered
April 12 at Willow Creek
Country Club for Over the
Tee Cup play
Pat
E dm undson
took low gross of the field;
Loa Henderson took low net
o f the field; and Luvilla
Sonstegard took least putts
o f the field
In flight A, Corol
Mitchell took low gross and
Karen Thompson and Jan
Paustian tied for low net
In flight B, Virginia
Grant took low gross and
Lorrene Montgomery took
low net
In flight C, JoAnn
Barbee took low gross; Ann
Elgin to o k low net; and
B etty Carlson took least
putts
Edmundson also had
chip-ins on holes #6 and #7.
S ev en teen ladies
gathered in cool conditions
onApril 19 at WCCC for
Over the Tee Cup play
Mitchell took low
g ro ss
o f the
field;
Montgomery took low net of
the field; and Edmundson
and Paustian tied for least
putts o f the field
In
flight
A,
Henderson took low gross;
Sonstegard took low net;
and Thompson took least
putts
In flight B, Jackie
A llstott to o k low gross;
Sally Walker and Bernice
Lott tied for low net; and
Lois Hunt took least putts.
In flight C, Carlson
took low gro ss and Pat
Dougherty took low net.
S o n steg ard had a
chip-in on hole #10 and
Carlson had a chip-in on hole
#18.
Long putt went to
Henderson in the A flight
and Hunt in the B flight
Garden Club to
meet
The
H eppner
Garden Club will be meeting
on Monday, May 2 at 7 p.m.
at St P a tric k ’s Senior
C enter H osts for the
meeting are Mabel Heath
and Gladys Alderman Judge
Terry
Tallm an,
from
B oard m an , will d iscu ss
cutting flowers for a flower
show
Ladies’ Thursday
night golf to begin
L a d ie s’ T hu rsd ay
Night Golf will begin on May
5 at 6 p m , at Willow Creek
Country Club All ladies are
welcome A short meeting
will be held at 5:45 p.m.,
before play begins
Justice Court
report
ShayneK Mayberry,
18, Durham, Driving while
Suspended-violation,
D riving Uni ns ur ed and
Expired Vehicle License, fine
$662.
David Lee Barnett,
76, lone, Violation o f the
Basic Rule, 82 mph in a 55
mph zone, fine $180.
F e a tu rin g
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Wedding - Satu rday, June 4th
C H EC K O U T O U R S P E C IA LS
ON SATURDAY!
M elissa C u tsfo r tli an d O la f Pedersen
Wedding Saturday, June ISth
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Tricia C o e & Jon L oren ce
O p e n 6 a .m .-9 p .m . T h u r s d a y - S a t u r d a y
6 a .m .- 2 p .m . S u n d a y
Wedding Satu rday, June 25th
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