Otto t'Hooft, former Lane County official, dies at 61.Byline: Rebecca Taylor Rebecca Taylor (c. 1969–) is a New Zealand-born fashion designer based in New York, New York, U.S.. To Americans, she is probably the most famous New Zealand designer, with her label at US and European department stores. Her retail outlets include boutiques in Japan. The Register-Guard COTTAGE GROVE Cottage Grove, village (1990 pop. 22,935), Washington co., SE Minn., near the St. Croix River; inc. 1965. There is farming (cattle, sheep, corn, and soybeans) and manufacturing (chemicals and machinery). - Former Lane County Commissioner Otto Adriaan t'Hooft of Cottage Grove died Wednesday of complications from cancer. He was 61. T'Hooft served on the county board of commissioners from 1979 to 1983. He created a stir after his term ended when he led an effort in 1988 to eliminate commissioners' annual salaries and turn the board into a part-time policy-setting panel, much like the Eugene City Council and the Eugene School Board. At the time, commissioners earned $32,032 per year, and the county budget committee had voted to give the commissioners a $9,000 raise. T'Hooft thought the amount was excessive, and he argued that the county would be burdened by the expense. He and two others, former Springfield Mayor John McCulley and local attorney Roger Doolittle, launched a drive to put a proposal on the ballot changing the county charter and eliminating the salaries. The trio also wanted to create the position of a county manager to run day-to-day county operations, and to allow county residents to vote for all five commissioners instead of one per district. But t'Hooft and his partners failed to gain the necessary signatures to get the proposals on the ballot and the effort died. County commissioners now earn $72,800 a year. Apart from his stint as a commissioner, t'Hooft worked as an investor and woodlands manager for private timber stands. He also had been a labor negotiator and had worked as a researcher for the American Institutes for Research in Palo Alto Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. He was born June 1, 1946, in The Netherlands to Arie and Mary Reedyke t'Hooft. His family moved to Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 1951 and relocated to California a decade later. T'Hooft had lived in Lane County for 37 years. He married Judy Peterson Judy Peterson is an American actress working with Tyler Perry and has been in Madea's Class Reunion and Madea Goes to Jail. External links
on July 4, 1969, in Glendora, Calif. He held a bachelor of arts degree in economics and political science from the University of California, Santa Barbara History The predecessor to UCSB, Santa Barbara State College, focused on teacher training, industrial arts, home economics, and foreign languages. Intense lobbying by an interest group in the City of Santa Barbara led by Thomas Storke and Pearl Chase persuaded the State , and earned a law degree from the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. in 1973. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Marla Dearlove of Portland; and two sisters, Henny Vincze of Edmonton, Alberta, and Jeanette Saltonberger of Auburn, Calif. A private family service was held; Andreason's Cremation cremation, disposal of a corpse by fire. It is an ancient and widespread practice, second only to burial. It has been found among the chiefdoms of the Pacific Northwest, among Northern Athapascan bands in Alaska, and among Canadian cultural groups. & Burial Service The religious service performed at the interment of the dead; a funeral service. That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment; as, the English burial service s>. See also: Burial Burial in Springfield handled arrangements. Remembrances may be made to Save Our Wild Salmon, 200 First Ave. West, Suite 201, Seattle, WA 28111, or www.wildsalmon.org. |
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