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News from Lane Community College, Eugene, Oregon
Media contact: Joan Aschim, 463-5591, aschimj@lanecc.edu
Source: Bob Baldwin, chair, government relations action team, 463-5574.
for release April 26, 2004
LCC to hold legislative candidates forum
EUGENE -
Candidates in legislative races from the Lane Community College
district have been invited to participate in a forum on Tuesday, May 4,
at 12-noon, in the Center for Meeting and Learning, Building 19, main
campus, 4000 E. 30th Avenue in Eugene. The forum is expected to last one-and-a-half
hours. The candidates will present a prepared statement followed by a
question-and-answer period. The candidates have been asked to remark on
issues facing community colleges, and address the role of the comprehensive
community college in Oregon's future.
Following the forum, the Associated Students of Lane Community College
(ASLCC) will sponsor candidate information tables in the cafeteria, Center
Building.
Lane's district includes Lane County and parts of Linn, Benton and Douglas
Counties.
House district candidates invited to present are: Robert Ackerman (D)
House District 13; Phil Barnhart (D) House District 11; Terry Beyer (D)
House Dist. 12; Shirley Cairns (D) House Dist. 7; Marlene "Mitzi" Colbath
(D) House Dist. 8; Debi Farr (R) House Dist. 14; Bev Ficek (D) House
Dist. 14; Bruce Hanna (R) House Dist. 7; Paul Holvey (D) House Dist.
8; Susan Massey (R) House Dist. 9; Gary Pierpoint (R) House Dist. 13;
Arnie Roblan (D) House Dist. 9; Michael P. Spasaro (R) House Dist. 11;
Greg Thorne (D) House Dist. 7; Hart Williams (D) House Dist. 8; and Bill
Young (R) House Dist. 8.
Senate district candidates invited to present are: Al Pearn (R) Dist.
5; Floyd Prozanski (D) Dist. 4; Norm Thomas (R) Dist. 4; and Joanne Verger
(D) Dist. 5.
A representative of the League of Women Voters will moderate.
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