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1995-09-19 - Voters Pamphlet - County JJ CD VOTER REGISTRATION VOTING INSTRUCTIONS DESCHUTES INFORMATION The September 19,1995 election is be- COUNTY To be eligible to vote in the September ing conducted by mail-in ballot. In addition 19, 1995 election, a completed voter reg- to this Voters' Pamphlet, this ballot packet VOTERS' PAMPHLET Dear Deschutes County oter: istration card must be postmarked by contains a blue return envelope,a white se- ry crecy envelope,and your official ballot with August 29, 1995. candidate(s) and/or measure(s) for which BALLOT TYPE A We have received numerous requests from vot- you are eligible to vote. ers asking for additional information on candi- YOU MAY REGISTER TO VOTE IF: dates and measures. I am pleased that we are now able to produce a County Voters'Pamphlet 1. You are a citizen of the United States VOTING YOUR BALLOT E S CO for every election. 2. You will be 18 years of age or older on �� G election day. To vote, blacken the oval (4m)completely CO Since this is a small pamphlet,we were able to 3. You are a resident of Oregon. to the left of the response of your choice. —A include it with your ballot.By doing so, there is a cost savings for the election. YES OYES I 410M Please read the pamphlet,which will assist you YOU MUST RE-REGISTER TO VOTE IF: OR in becoming a more informed voter.If you have 1 Your residence or mailing address O NO 41111111110 NO . any questions about the September 19th Elec- g i tion, please call 388-6547. changes. 2. Your name changes. If you make an error on your ballot, spoil it "R A\ in any way or lose it, you may obtain a re- E G \" Sincerely, 3. You wish to change party affiliation. placement ballot by contacting the 244�� Deschutes County Clerk's office at 388- IMPORTANT NOTE:IFYOU HAVE MOVED 6547. Mary Sue"Susie" Penhollow ORYOUR NAME HAS CHANGED ANDYOU SPECIAL ELECTION Deschutes County Clerk HAVE NOT YET RE-REGISTERED, YOU RETURNING MAY STILL BE ABLE TO DO SO.CONTACT YOUR VOTED BALLOT SEPTEMBER 19 1995 THE DESCHUTES COUNTY CLERK'S OF- FICE,388-6547 FOR FURTHER INFORMA- Vote your ballot.Fold the ballot and insert it TION. into the secrecy envelope.Seal the secrecy envelope and insert into colored envelope. Ballots must be returned to the Seal the colored return envelope and sign Deschutes County Clerk's Office the statement on the back of the envelope. by 8:00 PM, September 19, 1995 MARY SUE "SUSIE" PENHOLLOW YOUR BALLOT WILL NOT BE COUNTED DESCHUTES COUNTY CLERK i 1130 NW Harriman Street IFYOUR ENVELOPE IS NOT SIGNED. Bend, OR 97701 i Office Hours on September 19, 1995 7.00 AM to 8:00 PM I MEASURE NO. 9-26 EXPLANATORY STATEMENT ARGUMENT IN FAVOR ARGUMENT IN FAVOR BEND LIBRARY More than 70 years ago the Bend Township Com- The Bend Library building was constructed in 1939 The Bend Library is incredibly crowded.A careful COUNTY SERVICE pany donated a lot at the corner of Idaho and Wall when Bend was much smaller.It is dramatically over- public process led the Library Board to plan a criti- Streets for a new library.This commitment to Bend's crowded.The children's library is in the basement. cally needed expansion of the current library site. DISTRICT future is the heritage we all enjoy today. The shelves are full.The Bend Library has a critical But, to recognize how critical such an expansion need for this bond measure which will provide ex- is we must remember why we have libraries in the In 1939 Bend library moved into its new quarters at panded space so the library can continue to do the first place. the site donated by Bend Township Company. In the good things it does. GENERAL OBLIGATION 55 years that have followed, the number of people Here are three significant reasons why libraries LIBRARY SERVICE living in the Bend Library Service District has grown The Bend library brings the people of the community are important to our American heritage. from a quiet community of 12,000 to more than together. A library day sees users from seniors to FACILITIES BONDS 50,000. Libraries serve all citizens with impartial fairness. mothers with infants and pre-schoolers to school They make as much information from as many While the library service area has grown more than children to teenagers to families to working adults. points of view as possible available to all Ameri- QUESTI©PI: Shall the District be autho- Y 9 P P 4 times since 1939, the library building has not kept Children congregate in one section, teenagers seek cans.For example,more than 5,400 Bend citizens rued to issue up to$7,95Ct,OQp of general references for school and people of all ages seek obligation bonds for library service facili- pace with that growth.The resulting congestion-over P P 9 use the Bend Library every week. Libraries con- ties? #f the bonds-are approved,they will crowded book shelves, very limited seating, and, self-help and how-to books. Library patrons borrow tinue to be one of the vital parts of the living,breath- more and more often, non-existent parking - has contemporary fiction and non-fiction at an amazing ing experiment of a Democracy with free access be payable from taxes on property or prop- reached a crisis point.This congestion and crowding rate.The Bend library is both productive and efficient, to all information. erty ownership that are not subject to the is crippling the library's ability to serve Bend area more than 270,000 people use the library each year. limits of section 11 b,Article XI of the Or- residents. Libraries promote civic responsibility and partici- egon Constitution. Much is made of the availability of information on line. pation.Thinkers from Dewy to Carnegie have seen The bond issue before voters will construct a new While more and more information will become avail- a significant connection between libraries and par- SUMMARY: measure authorizes the Bend library to be located next to the present library. able electronically,access to that information will also ticipation in the political process.The immense net- ' It will provide seating, book shelves, ample parking, continue to be more costly than information available work of libraries in America is not duplicated any- meeting space (something the library had in 1939, in your public library.The information age will change where in the world and every local library is an finance library service facilities,and to al- but not today), and relief to the extremely crowded the way we use libraries but the space requested in important part of that network. low the District to acquire property, con` working conditions suffered by the staff. The bond this levy is urgently needed and will always be needed struct and remodel buildings, make im- will provide computers and other technology equip- Libraries serve citizens of all income levels.They for books, information and access to the information provements erty to real prop , acquire fur- ment to deliver library services to people of the dis- age. also provide access, especially for children, to nislvings, equipment, fixtures, and auto- trict well beyond 2010. science,the humanities, self-help, and entertain- mated The new library will be well connected to the central technology, and to pay related The Bend library-your public library-is a traditional ment that is free of commercialism and sensation- alism.A child has access to many thousands of costs.The bonds will finance a new library business core and conveniently located for people part of American democracy upholding the idea that books and checks out hundreds of books in a year. in;Bend nearthe present library in the Heri- who visit the library directly or while shopping and open and ready access to information of all kinds Few families can afford 100 books a year yet a rage Square'area.The bonds would be doing other business in the downtown. promotes independent thinking and informed opin- e library makes book available to each citizen many general Obligations and would mature over ion. By supporting the bond measure for the new times over. a period of not more than 20 years. The project will cost 7.95 million dollars and be paid Bend facility, you will assure that children, teenag- back from property taxes over twenty years. Funds ers,young adults,families and seniors benefit for the For these reasons our predecessors filled this na- will provide for construction of the building and park- future. tion with public libraries which are as important to ing, and purchase of furniture, equipment and land our future as they were to our heritage and to our required for the project.The county has reserved the Library YES'95! culture.The crowding in the Bend library interferes old National Guard Armory land for this project. with its ability to do its job.Make the choice to vote This information furnished by Louis B.Queary, YES for a new Bend library. Only voters who live in the Bend Library County Ser- Library YES Committee vice District will decide on this issue.The district area This information furnished by Marian W.Over, from north of Bend to Lava Butte on the south and Friends of the Deschutes County Library,Bend west to east from the Cascade Mountains to Harney County. NO ARGUMENTS AGAINST THIS MEASURE WERE FILED. This information furnished by Ralph Delamarter, The printing of these arguments does not constitute an endorsement by the County of Deschutes, nor does the county Bend Library County Service District I warrant the accuracy or truth of any statement made in the arguments. y h W ZLM � 0 �C �+ a J c 02 �• O W V .- — 0� obi eo �L` H W W W W .0 � Q) %A a0 y H 0 N Q m y �� � � 3 C ° o W V m �y� V W � o W H = pm o � Lij I— sp a C o t ? 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OCCUPATION:Ponderosa Pines Water Co.Systems OCCUPATION: Retired. OCCUPATION: Retired OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Electronic Mgr. OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Albany Public OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND:Mgr Dis- Superviser for U.S.Navy, Pacific Missile Test Cen- OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Deputy Sheriff, Library; Tangent, Oregon Kindergarten; Albany tribution Center,Jewel Tea Co(51-57);Route ter. Multnomah County,25 yrs. Democrat Herald(Newspaper) Sales Creamcrest Dairy(58-62);Route Sales EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Community EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Reedville Grade, EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Parma, Idaho &Dist MgrValley Uniform Supply(62-79);(79- College,two years;14 years Radar and Electronic Oregon; Hillsboro High, PSU, Gresham Community high school;Oregon College of Education B.S.De- 83) Elect Const. Retired 1983. Schools;U.S.Civil Service. College,Ass.Police Services gree. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Linda PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Citi- PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Deputy PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: None. Elem. 7th, Olivehurst Elem. 8th; Marysville zens Advisory Board for City of Port Hueneme,Cali- Sheriff,25 yrs,Multnomah County. — — —— — — — — — — — High, Calif 10th; Rumbar High 12th. fornia;Federal Civil Service,31 years. _ _ _ — — — — — PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: WILLIAM(BILL)HALLCRAFT None. ——— —— —— — — VERLYN VANDEBERG - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PHILO H.PHEIGH OCCUPATION: Retired OCCUPATION:Retired. OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Building Con- ROBERT L.OLSON OCCUPATION: Retired Federal Civil Service, 34 OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND:Freightliner Corp. tractor; Mechanical Construction Superintendent; yrs;Retired U.S.Army National Guard,37 yrs;Vol- EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:8 yrs. Construction Project Manager OCCUPATION: Retired. unteer,Oregon Fish&Wildlife. PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE:None stated EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: High School 12 OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: U.S. OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Electronic — — — — — — — — — — — — yrs; Navy Engineering School; 4 yr Carpenter- Postal Service, 27 yrs.; Beaverton School Mechanic. Millwright Apprentice Dist., 9 yrs. EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Military RUDY KELLISON PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: 1991 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: 12th Schools,H.S.Grad. Elected President Shadow Ranch Home Owners Grade; Kalama,WN PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: N/A OCCUPATION: Retired Association, Roseburg, OR. PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Georgia Pacific Water Board Director (Capitol Hwy Water ——————— ————— Corporation,Toledo,Oregon — — — — — — — Dist.) Portland, OR (Elected). RODNEY F.BROWN EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: 2 Years Lebanon LARRY D.SMITH High School;GED-U.S.Army;4 Yrs State approved — — — — — — — — — OCCUPATION: Retired. Millwright apprenticeship,Toledo, Oregon OCCUPATION: Retired, Union Pacific RR. OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND:Law enforce- PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE:2Yrs City OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: 31 yrs, Union (END OF CANDIDATE LIST) ment - Deputy Sheriff, 30 yrs. - last 15 years in Council,Siletz,Oregon;7-1/2Yrs Mayor,Siletz,Oregon Pacific(20 yrs in management). Administration.2 yrs as Detective Commander. 1 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: 12th Grade. yr in charge of grant programs.1 yrJail Commander. — — — — — — — — —— PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: None. 10 years in charge of Personnel,Training and Spe- NORMAN L.GEER cial Investigations(Civil Litigation, Background in- — — — — — — — — — — — vestigations,internal investigations) OCCUPATION: Retired EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: Stockton Col- OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Kansas City En- lege, 1950 Graduated 12th Grade; San Joaquin velope Co.;Missouri Pacific Transportation;U.S.West Delta College,AA Degree,Police Science&Busi- Communications ness Administration;Sacramento State,about 20 EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: High School Di- units;Humpherus Law School,2 years law school. ploma;attended Linn Benton Community College PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: 30 PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE:None years as Deputy Sheriff