OCCUPATION: Retired

OCCUPATIONAL BACKGROUND: Pulp and Paper Industry - 41 years; 1975 - 1994 - General Vice President, Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers; 1994 - 1995 - Western Research Coordinator, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND: High School Graduate - 1953 - Everett, Washington; Chairman - Pacific Northwest Labor College; Advisory Board - Labor Education Research Center, University of Oregon.

PRIOR GOVERNMENTAL EXPERIENCE: Served as one of the First Three Public Members of the Oregon State Bar Associations Board of Governors.

I am a candidate for City Council because I believe we need a change in the management of our city government. Along with a number of our citizens, I was not happy with either the original presentation of the sewer measure, or the recent major change in mining procedures our city has given River Bend at the Turner Road pit.

I retired in 1996 after spending 41 years in the West Coast pulp and paper industry. My last twenty years were spent in Oregon as the elected General Vice President of the Association of Western Pulp and Paper Workers, a West Coast independent labor organization. My duties included membership on the unions executive board, a responsibility that required daily administrative decisions.

I also was active in labor education and served many years on the University of Oregons Labor Education Research Centers Advisory Committee. In addition, I was selected by the Oregon State Bar Association in 1981 to serve as one of the first three non-lawyers to serve on their Board of Governors.

I list these background activities to show that if the people of Turner elect me, they will have chosen a candidate with an established background in administration and decision making. My union has a motto. It is Guard Well The Democratic Rights Of Your Members. During my many years, I always strived to meet that obligation. Should I be elected to the Turner City Council, I will amend this to say, Guard Well The Democratic Rights Of All Turner Citizens.