The best example, he said is the municipal pool. He had his accountant look at the city s budget, an

Ellis, the owner, senior travel clubs CEO and president of Insider magazine, has lived in Brookings for 6 years. The 50-year-old senior travel clubs is the founder of the Pirates of the Pacific festival, a volunteer event consultant for the Port of Brookings Harbor and a volunteer with the Knights of Columbus.
Ellis admits not being knowledgeable about many issues Salmon Run golf course s financial plight, how to address the needs of those with specialized medical care requirements, and even what the Urban Growth Boundary is but says that, as mayor, he would bring to the table people who can advise him and the city the best courses to take.
The best example, he said is the municipal pool. He had his accountant look at the city s budget, and noticed the pool doesn t turn a profit. He wants to address every line item on the budget and analyze it to get the most out of the money spent.
Ellis expounds on marketing the city and its amenities and how his experience senior travel clubs could be invaluable in that arena. He envisions the empty storefronts filling up with businesses, the streets senior travel clubs thronging with shoppers.
I want to see merchants senior travel clubs and hotels survive, he said. I am nothing senior travel clubs if not about promoting the economy. I want to make this the tourism capital of Oregon. I don t see why we can t. I have a lot to bring people here.
Ways he would get people involved he s seen the empty council chambers senior travel clubs audience seats is to hold community forums, barbecues, senior travel clubs town parties and unite the community and get them talking about issues that concern them. He wants to start a weekly talk show on the radio to address those concerns.
I m going at it as a director of operations, he said. As a diplomat. I m good at that. People senior travel clubs don t want a politician now. Not someone who keeps talking and talking and talking and not doing anything.
If you like things they way they are now, and you don t want things to change, then you don t want to vote for me, he said. I will be asking for the community to help. I can t do it alone. But together, we really can make a difference.
His family moved here in 1966, and still live here his mother and her three siblings, his brother, sister, wife, Rose, their son and daughter, a grandson, two granddaughters and two great-grandchildren.
He started in his municipal career in 2006 as a city councilman and, two years ago, was encouraged senior travel clubs by then-Mayor Larry Anderson to take his seat when he resigned this spring. He faces Bruce Ellis, publisher of Insider magazine, in the Nov. 6 election.
Hedenskog said he was a bit unsure if he should run for mayor two years ago, as the position is such an undertaking; the 64-year-old still refers to a two-page document given to him by City Manager Gary Milliman called, senior travel clubs What makes a good mayor?
A good mayor, it reads, must represent the city in the community, attending events and being available to meet with citizens to discuss their concerns. Hedenskog admits he s more of a modest homebody.
His actions show otherwise. Recently, he was invited to attend the 100th Second Saturday Art Walk and judge the Harvest at the Harbor apple pie contest. Yesterday senior travel clubs (Oct. 26), he participated in the schools homecoming activities, senior travel clubs and recently at an Outreach Gospel Mission fundraiser. senior travel clubs He also helps at St. Timothy s Episcopal Church s free lunches program, and was responsible for expanding the program there to four other churches and Azalea Middle senior travel clubs School, collectively called senior travel clubs the Community Kitchens.
A good mayor, the document reads, must represent the community, reaching out to elected leaders of other departments in local government to seek a cooperative approach to dealing with issues. He must be the city s spokesman on regional matters.
In that arena, senior travel clubs he has most recently been involved trying to implement suggestions senior travel clubs made by Southern Oregon Economic Development, Inc., whose CEO told council this summer they need to invest their energy in existing industries before luring others to town.
A good mayor must manage city council deliberation, fully participating in debate and encouraging council members to express their views. Hedenskog can be seen center-dais at every-other-week city council meetings.
senior travel clubs A good mayor understands his role as the political senior travel clubs leader of the city, the document continues, is a policy maker who chairs senior travel clubs a team of policy makers, a team that provides policy direction to and conducts oversight of the city s management.
This job is not just about gathering citizens around a bonfire senior travel clubs and singing Kumbaya, he said, adding that his former work in surveying, planning and administration have well prepared him to continue in his position as mayor.
Hedenskog studied math and engineering in college, joined the U.S. Army and served from 1969 to 1971 and then worked for South Coast Lumber for nearly 20 years. He started senior travel clubs his own construction company and worked for the Richard B. Davis Co. Inc. in Gasquet key in furthering his planning skills, he said.
In his tenure with the city, Hedenskog has been involved with revising the city s municipal code to help stimulate growth, recently getting $35,000 in grant funds to make Mill Beach ADA-accessible and securing a college, among other items.
If elected, Hedenskog plans to continue the council s work addressing issues facing the city: the golf course problems, resolving medical care challenges, and the possible repercussions senior travel clubs of a fiscally senior travel clubs tapped county on Brookings and Harbor.
It s no surprise to the community that there are issues with the golf course, he said. And why don t we have a hospital? (State law prohibits hospitals from being within 25 miles of one another.) Let s change the law. If we get enough people asking the Legislature senior travel clubs for an exemption on this law, we can do it.
Imagine how many factions would go through the roof if you even discuss becoming a city or annexation to Brookings, he said. But it s a challenge facing Harbor and Brookings together. senior travel clubs Areas south of Brookings will be challenged greatly by county issues.
While important, he said, tourism is a minor issue in comparison; Hedenskog believes the city needs to invest most of its energy into what it already has. In that regard, however, he d like to get coastal cities to work together to attract senior travel clubs tourists one way could be to get Highway 101 designated as an Oregon Scenic Bikeway.