OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND:

1. Partner in Cornerstone Insurance Inc: computer system/accounting.

2. Rose Paper Products: Sales Rep.

3. Ashton Photo: Purchasing/warehouse/facilities mgr.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

North Salem High School: High School Diploma

Chemeketa Community College: Computer courses

Weber State College: Computer Courses

Military Career courses: Management and Technical training

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: On Turner City Council for 5 years.

My family and I have lived in Turner for 20 years. Genie and I have made many friends, and have great neighbors. We consider that whole town as being our neighborhood. I became a member of the city council at the end of the River Bend gravel pit issue. It was a controversial issue that had some of our neighbors in heated disagreement. Then came the sewer system which again caused some turmoil in our city, but brought with it not only a badly needed piece of infrastructure to our town, it also has brought some needed growth and some very visible improvements to properties in our city. We are now looking at doing some upgrades to certain areas of our cities water system, our storm system, and now there is renewed interest in improving our city park our main street and our downtown area. The real challenge of providing these services is funding. We are facing another issue with controversy, in the energy facility that is being proposed. I feel that of all our options in today’s environment of declining state and federal funding, and despite negative propaganda being presented by outsiders, this would be a low impact solution to the future of our city, providing a means to give our citizens what they want. The recent festival that a lot of us were involved in has shown that the people of Turner are interested in improving our city, and I want the city to continue supporting these efforts.

(This information furnished by Michael F. Dennis