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WEST ST. LOUIS PCST-DISPATCH THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1988 13W VOTER'S GUIDE Municipal month for the convenience of residents. She says notices for city auto licenses should be mailed with personal property tax bills "so people can pay for them at the same time." She is 57, a widow, has seven children and lives at 12-1 Southwinds Circle. LILLIAN W. BOLAND She has worked as a cashier and clerk in the city collector's office since 1984 and says that her experience qualifies her to be collector.

She says that tax rec-1 ords are being computerized and that she is familiar with the process. She has taken courses in computers and accounting at East Central College and worked for 17 years in a medical office. She is 56, married, has four children and lives at 904 Nora Street. City Attorney He is completing his first term as alderman. He says the board members work well together and he wants to continue contributing to the stability of the board.

He says the new zoning regulations are potentially good for the community. His priority is street improvements and park development. He is a lawyer and has degrees from Washburn University, Southeast Missouri State University and East Central College. He is 33, married, has three children and lives at 33 Frank Street. WADE HAMPTON A first-time candidate for public office, he is a past commander of American Legion Post 347 in St.

Clair and is a prelate in the Mosse Lodge at Union. He is for stricter law enforcement. He says stiffer fines for violations of the law might deter crime. He is concerned about "gray areas" that allow city ordinances to go unenforced. He attended Kansas City Junior College and has been in the sales division of American Greeting Cards for 18 years.

He is 57, married, has five grown children and lives at 620 South Lincoln Street. of the Army. He is 56, married, has three grown children and lives at 1077 Sappington Bridge Road. J. DOUGLAS STRAUSER A newcomer to politics, he is the owner of Four Rivers Home Care, a hospital equipment company, and pharmacies in Sullivan and Linn.

He says he became interested in public service when his father served as mayor of Sullivan. He would promote industrial 1 growth to bolster the tax base. He would seek to lower the sewer user fee, which he says Is excessive, and repeal a penalty for late-paying utility customers. He is a graduate of Sullivan High School and the St. Louis College of Pharmacy.

He is 34, married, has three children and lives at 515 Country Lane. RICK ADAMS He is making a second attempt as an aldermanic candidate. He is a staking engineer for Crawford Electric Cooperative and formerly was a construction surveyor for 14 years. He proposes a beautlfication program starting with the right of way of Interstate 44. He favors an enterprise zone to encourage business and Industrial growth in rundown parts of the community.

He says city and federal funds should match money put up by local businesses to renovate the downtown area. He is a graduate of Owensville High School. He is 35, married, has one child and lives at 527 Country Board of Aldermen Ward 2 A. DAVID ARAND (Incumbent) ate the computers at the county office and knows the system. He has taken real estate and appraisal courses at East Central College.

He is a member of the National Association of Independent Fee Appraisers and the Missouri Mappers Association. He is 30, married and lives at 534 West Third Street. JOSEPH C. PHILIPP (Incumbent) He has been city assessor for eight years and served six years on the City Council. He ran unsuccessfully three years ago for Franklin County assessor.

He is a dock hand and driver for Yellow Freight System Inc. Because of his experience, he says he is the best qualified. He is 52, married, has two children and lives at 333 State Street. 1 MARY ANN KAMLER She is a deputy Franklin County collector and has worked in the county office for 25 years. The experience, she says, qualifies her for the job.

She says she is familiar with how county records' are filed and can operate the computer equipment. She says she has taken several courses at East Central College. She is 58, married, has six children and lives at 511 West Ninth Street. RON TOBBEN He has been a real estate broker for five years. He attended the University of Missouri at Columbia for two years and is past president of the St.

Francis Borgia Athletic Association. He says his profession "goes hand in hand with the office I'm seeking" and that he knows what is happening in the Washington real estate market. He is 44, married and lives at 395 Grand Avenue. lance District Volunteer Association. He says he has experience in criminal defense cases and that his law firm in Washington handles about 90 percent of the municipality's criminal cases.

He is 27, single and lives at 909 Glen Avenue. JONATHAN DOWNARD For three years he has been associated with the law firm of Hansen Stier-berger Downard Melenbrink in Union. He has a law degree from Oklahoma City University and degrees from the University of Missouri at Columbia and East Central College. He has been the prosecutor for the city of Pacific for two years and says he had a 95 percent conviction rate. He says he has both civil and crimi-' nal trial experience.

He is 27, married and lives at 3 Meadowood. CHARLES A. HARTER He has been a lawyer since 1979 after receiving degrees from Drury College in Springfield, the University of Missouri at Columbia and the St. Louis University Law School. He worked for two years for the Department of Revenue in Jefferson City, was an assistant prosecuting attorney in Jefferson County and had a private practice for four years in Hillsboro before moving to Washington, last year.

He says he is qualified and independent. He is 36, married, has three children and lives at 410 West Second Street. City Assessor JEFFREY A. MAUNE He is an appraiser of commercial and industrial property in the Franklin County assessor's office. He says he can oper if SS 4 A mm A ted mmm a Ed From page 12W veloped as an industrial park may be more than is needed.

He says too much aldermanic business is conducted behind closed doors. He is 69, married, has two grown children and lives at 1077 Elmont Road. D.F. "MARV" PRATER A first-time candidate for public office, he favors industrial growth and hopes the city can get a federal grant to help develop a new airport and to help develop a 300-acre industrial park next to the site, He also wants the present airport and the surrounding 70 to 80 acres developed as an industrial park. He is a salesman for Feese Chevrolet Olds Bulck Inc.

and was a Chrysler dealer for 13 years in Sullivan. He attended business college in Springfield, Mo. He is 59, married, has three children and lives at 278 George Street. Ward 3 JIM SQUIRES (incumbent) He has been an alderman for two years. "We've started several things I want to continue," he says.

He wants to attract new business and industry. He says sanitary sewers are being improved on the east side of town and he favors more attention to the west end of town to prevent flooding. He has been a deputy sheriff in Crawford County for five years and formerly was the municipality's chief of police. He is a graduate of Sullivan High School and received two years of college credit through the Department Schools From page12W family farm. She is 44, married and has three children.

CAROL REHMERT She has never sought public office before. She says she has learned a lot about how educational boards operate in her job of taking minutes for the trustees of East Central College. She has been secretary to the president of the college since 1974. She says she wants to make a contribution to an "already excellent district." She believes "in education for each rather than for all," explaining that some students graduate from high school while still in need of remedial help. "That must be addressed somewhere on the elementary or secondary level," she says.

She is 41, married and has one child. Director 'A 'J'i t.4 1 4 i Hubbatd Hoven Two to be elected E. GAYLE ROGAN She is a first-time candidate and has lived in the district 1.8 years. She says she has attended board meetings, served on school committees and knows "a lot about the operational process" and now wants to "take a different avenue to contribute to the district." She says the school program has Improved, but she is concerned that a shortage of funding might threaten the computer-based writing center and the early childhood program. She is a former English teacher in Pacific City Collector MARY BETH HADDOX She has been a receptionist at City Hall for two and a half years and formerly worked in the Department of Education and the State Purchasing Agency in Jefferson City.

She is a graduate of Capital Business College. She proposes to keep the collector's office open one Saturday morning each She says, "We need to Increase our awareness and effort for the individual child." She stresses the need to "reach every child to encourage them to reach their potential." She has been a manager in a medical office in New Haven for 17 years. She is 46, married and has three children, CENE ADAMS This is his second time as a candidate for the board. He says someone on the board needs "to help protect the children" from what he calls "uneven justice." He contends that some students have been suspended unfairly and says that some high school students quit rather than be subject to "harassment." He says that too many of the board members are "yes people." He has worked for 13 years for the Division of Employment Security and has a degree in business administration fromOhio State University. He is 52, divorced and has one child.

PAUL RAY FARIS (incumbent) -He has been on the board for six years and has served the past two years as board president. He has been self-employed as a manufacturers representative for textile products for 18 years and has a masters degree from Washington University. He says the board members are young and are pleaded with the new superintendent and principal. "We need to keep the management team together to keep the program rolling and ease the transition of the administrators," he says. He wants to proceed with roof repairs and energy-saving projects.

He is 45, married and has three children. Director Two to be elected KEITH B. BRANT (incumbent) -He has been on the board for 18 years and is the board president. "We've got a good school system with a good board and a good principal," he says. "It's all running smoothly." The tax rate is $1.50 for each $100 of assessed valuation, the cheapest rate in the county, he says.

The teacher turnover rate is low, with many of them living in the district. He is an auto salesman for Modem Garage in Sullivan. He is 54, married and has three children. MARK HEAD (incumbent) He is completing his first term on the board. "I've learned a lot," he says, "but it takes more than one term." He wants to keep the best teachers by giving them adequate salaries consistent with the district's ability to pay.

"I'm not tight with the pay," he says. Harter Downard MARK C. PIONTEK This is his first try for public office. He is in private law practice with the firm of Briegel Dempsey Baylard and Patane in Washington, A native of Washington, he received his law degree from Washington University and a degree in business administration from St. Louis University.

He is president of the Washington Area Ambu He is a central office supervisor for Fidelity Telephone Co. in Sullivan, where he has worked for 15 years. He graduated from Linn Technical School. He is 34, married and has three children. RUTH ANN THOMPSON She is seeking public office for the first time.

She is concerned about the district's finances where the money is, where it comes from and how to get more if needed. She says the board ought to be buying more equipment and supplies for the school instead of relying on donations from the local Community Club. She is a graduate of Sullivan High School and worked for six years as a lab technician at Sullivan Community Hospital. She is 32, married and has two children. Director Two to be elected GILBERT E.

HOFFMAN (incumbent) He has been on the board for 15 years. "I enjoy it," he says. "Over the years, we've had many accomplishments with our building program and providing a good education, the best for our dollars." He describes the district as "one of the soundest in the state." A graduate of the St. Clair High School, he has worked for the post office in St. Clair for 28 years.

He also operates a garage and wrecker business. He is 55, married and has one child. KATHLEEN GLORE SCHULZ -A first-time candidate, she operates a crisis center providing a food pantry, job counseling and other services for the poor. She is taking home-study courses from Writers Institute and Liberty University School of Lifelong Learning. She says the St.

Clair schools offer quality education, but she thinks teachers should have more opportunity to present their ideas to the board. She is 29, divorced and has two children. WILLIAM M. GRATZER A board candidate for the second time, he says he is qualified because of his experience of operating a business and managing money. He thinks the board needs "fresh ideas" and younger members.

Because two of his children are blind, he thinks he might offer another perspective in providing services for other handicapped children. A general contractor for 12 years, he owns Gratzer Brothers Construction Co. He is 35, married and has four children. NORMA LEWIS She says the district attend high school in St. Clair.

Explaining the district's financial crisis, Principal Vernon Wagoner said the district had been overspending in past years, "hoping the Legislature would provide us with more aid." But he defended the overspending, saying it has taken the form of keeping class sizes small the average is 20 in a class and by keeping a full-time nurse and counselor on the staff and hiring teacher aides. Wagoner said the budget also is being squeezed by the state requirement for a minimum teacher salary. Unless the tax increase is approved, he said, the salaries of as many as 12 of the district's 25 teachers would be below the state-required $17,000 annual salary next year. The alternative, he said, is to increase class sizes and reduce the staff. Wagoner said the present building fund is supported by a 3-cent tax, "not enough to do anything." He said the school building Is beginning to show its age and that roof repairs are needed.

Much of the operating budget is for contracting for buses and for paying tuition for students from the district to attend high school in St. Clair, he said. Wagoner said promoters of the tax increase "are zeroing in on the parents, emphasizing that we have an excellent program and snail classes." He said that solid support is needed from the parents to counteract the negative vote traditionally cast by large landowners in the and is a graduate of Maryville College. She is 39, married and has two children. JANET C.

HUBBARD She was a candidate last year for the board and says she wants to remain involved in education after having resigned as a teacher two years ago. "I have a unique perspective as a teacher, a parent and having earned a master's degree in school administration," she says. She received degrees at the University of Missouri in Columbia and in St. Louis. She is for the "best and highest quality education" and stresses the need to research issues facing the board.

She is 30, married and has two children. BOB HARDCASTLE (Incumbent) He is completing his third year on the board. He has been an insurance agent for 5'2 years and worked for 15 years at the Chrysler plant at Fenton. He is a graduate of the Gideon, High School. He says he is dedicated to the betterment of education.

He looks forward to working for a sports complex, a project that would require a bond issue. He says he is pleased with the district's administrators and staff members. He is 41, married and has two children. DAVID I. HOVEN (Incumbent) -He has been a board member for 21 years and serves as its president.

He is a self-employed plumber. He says the board needs his experience to maintain continuity and to keep "some touch with the past." But, he says, he is not chained to the past. He says that board members work well together and that the district's administrators and faculty are of a high caliber "even if their pay is lower than in St. Louis County." He is 57, married and has six children. Director Three-year term Two to be elected JOYCE L.

SMITH (incumbent) -She has been on the board for six years and says she has "made a difference on the board." She says the curriculum is good, but more money is needed "to keep up with the times." Proposed Annexation FrenKHn Co. St ClaT 6q) If: Pou-DitpiKch map residents who want to join the St. Clair district are frustrated that their proposal is tied up in litigation and has not been put on the ballot. One of those petitioners, Joyce Joseph, said, "We are seeking a better education for our children than what they (the Anaconda district) have to offer." She said that Anaconda school officials say they are trying to upgrade their unclassified school system to a double-A rating. But, she observed, the St.

Clair schools already are rated triple-A by the state School Board. The only school in the Anaconda district has 91 students in kindergarten through the eighth grade. The St. Clair district has four schools with an enrollment of more than 2,000. Wo An.iconda I 87 I River Counta he is a graduate of Parkway West High School and the Logan School of Chiropractic.

He describes the school district as "solid," and he wants it to continue offering quality education. He is interested in starting a drug awareness and rehabilitation program and wants students to get more information about AIDS, information "they can share with their He is 34, married and has four children. RUTH J. DUNCIL A first-time candidate for the school board, she says she has gained valuable experience by being involved with the community, her church and sales work. She is a sales associate for Coldwell Banker Real Estate and has been selling real estate for seven years.

She is a graduate of Hancock Place High School in Lemay and has taken classes at East Central College. She wants an opportunity "to help make decisions as the school system grows." She says the administration and faculty are doing an excellent job. She is 51, married and has two grown children. mm Director A Weideman Viehland Freeman Two to be elected VIRGIL L. WEIDEMAN (incumbent) He has been a board member for nine years and served as board president for three years.

He is the corporate purchasing manager of Hazel Inc. of Washington, and has a master's degree in business ad-See SCHOOLS, Page 14W Tax Hikes Hospital Administrator Dewey Smith need help." Cutbacks in Medicare allowances, as well as increased costs, account for the need for more revenue, he says. The hospital has been losing money for the last three or four years, Smith says. The loss last year was about $115,000. The hospital district has a yearly budget of about $3.5 million.

Approval of the tax increase would produce an additional $137,000 a year, Smith estimates. The 49-bed facility is located in Hermann and Is the only hospital in a 30-mile radius. Smith said voters should understand that additional revenue from a tax increase would not be used for a nursing home that is in the planning stage in the district. "The hospital tax would be used exclusively for hospital operations," he said. Pacific voters are being asked to approve a daily fee for the reservation and use of the pavilion at the Pacific City Park.

If approved by a simple majority of voters, a fee of $15 a day would be charged for using the building Glen-da Titter, the assistant city clerk, said the fee would help defray the costs of electricity and maintenance. She said the pavilion is used for family reunions, birthday parties and by organizations for meetings. The city does not now charge a fee for the use of the pavilion. board members are doing an excellent job, and she wants to be a part of the effort. She says the board should let the teachers know that their profession is appreciated, that they are important.

She says she can work well with other board members and the faculty "and be responsible to the voters." She wants to contribute to the planning of a new library for the district. She has done office work for 17 years and has a degree in accounting from East Central College. She is 45, married and has three children. CATHY BAILEY ADAMS A first-time candidate, she says it's time for a change on the board, that "a lot of them are business people and some don't have children in school anymore." She wants to help make decisions about hiring teachers. She says the Murray Middle School needs new equipment.

She is concerned about how money is being spent by the board. A former employee in the high school cafeteria, she has worked for the past year and a half at the Jefferson Smurfit Corp. in Pacific. She is 36, married and has two children. MONTY R.

PERKINS He is pleased with the way the school is being operated, and he wants to be a part of it. He says he would stress academics as opposed to sports because the students "are there for an education." He is a graduate of St. Clair High School and is a production foreman for Arrow Specialties in St. Louis. Formerly, he worked for 16 years for the Von Weise Gear Co.

in St. Clair. He has been a member for nine years of the local American Legion Post board of directors and formerly was a Jaycee director. He is 38, married and has three children. One-year unexpired term One to be elected THOMAS L.

CALVIN (incumbent) He was appointed to the school board in June. He is a graduate of the Washington, High School and has been the manager of a Shop 'N Save market in Ellisville for five years. He says he has been active in school affairs for four years, particularly in the sports program. He commends the administration and faculty for their performances and says he wants "to be a part of a good school board." He says new construction may be needed to handle growth and he foresees the need for a new library. He is 41, married and has four children.

JAMES V. TEDESCO He was a candidate last year for the board. A chiropractor in St. Clair for 12 years, district. Voters who live in the Gasconade County R-l school district are being asked to approve a 31-cent tax increase.

The district's 1987 tax rate was $2.40. A simple majority is needed for passage. Sam L. Frink, vice president of the board and a candidate for re-election, said that the higher tax would pay for building expansions in Hermann that would add nine elementary school classrooms and four high school classrooms. The two other candidates for the board, Nancy A.

Kirchhofer and Sharon Eldringhoff, also support the lax increase. But Eldringhoff acknowledged that it may be difficult to get voter approval of a higher school tax because the Hermann Area Hospital District also is seeking a tax increase. The school district has about 325 registered voters living in Franklin County. About 400 registered voters in the western part of Franklin County live in the Herman Area Hospital District. Voters in the district are being asked to approve a 39 cent tax increase.

The 1987 tax rate was 11 cents. Measure Would Move Boundary For Schools Franklin Coiinly Voters Consider Nobody really believes that a proposal on the ballot in the Anaconda and St. Clair school districts Tuesday will become reality. The proposition is to move the boundary so that much of the St. Clair School District including its senior and juntor high schools and its middle school would become a part of the tiny Anaconda School District.

What may be confusing to some voters is that the measure was put on the ballot by a group of petitioners in the Anaconda district who want their school district boundary to remain unchanged. They had become irritated at the repeated efforts of some new residents in the district to dissolve the Anaconda district and join the St. Clair district. Those seeking to retain the present boundary decided to turn the tables and propose that the Anaconda district engulf much of the neighboring St. Clair district.

"We don't really want to take in the St. Clair High School," said Charles Cox, one of the petition signers. He explained that he and the other petitioners merely want to demonstrate how easy it is to get almost anything on the ballot to change a school district boundary. If voters in the Anaconda district want to drive their point home by giving the proposal a majority approval, the Anaconda School Board or the peiiiioners themselves could prevail on the state Board of Education to submit the issue to arbitration for a final decision. Meanwhile, Anaconda district For the third time in 14 months, school officials in the Lonedetl R14 School District are seeking approval of a tax increase of $1.24 for each $100 of assessed valuation.

Elsewhere In Franklin County, voters who live in the Gasconade County R-l School District are being asked tc approve a lax increase. Also, a tax increase is being sought in the Hermann Area Community Hospital District that includes a small part of western Franklin County. And Pacific is asking voters to establish 8 fee for use of its park pavilion. In the Lonedell School District, the proposal is to increase the levy by 64 cents for the operating fund, 43 cents for the teacher fund and 17 cents for the building fund. The district's tax rate in 1987 was $1.31 A similar tax increase proposal in the district was defeated by six votes in February of last year.

The measure was resubmitted in the April ejection, It appeared at first that voters had approved the increase until an error was discovered two days later showing that the proposal had lost by fiti votes. A pimple majority is net. ltd for passage. Trie school district has about 1,140 registered voters. The only school in the district is in Lonedell.

it has an enrollment of 381 In kindergarten through the 8th grade. About 175 older students in the Lfe imtritlilmimAAi.