VOTERS PICK DIRECTORS FOR FIRE DISTRICT IN ORAN

ORAN -- Voters Tuesday elected five directors for the newly-expanded Oran Fire Protection District.

All five candidates -- Tom Urhahn, Jerry Dirnberger, Mike Ramsey, John Bertrand and Louie "Buster" Bollinger -- were approved. Fifty-three ballots were cast in the special election.

Bollinger received the most votes with 48 while Urhahn and Bertrand both received 47 votes. Ramsey gathered 44 votes and Dirnberger received 42 votes.

In August, Oran voters approved the formation of a fire protection district. The directors will set the district's tax rate, which will go into effect in January 1997.

Oran residents now pay 15 cents per $100 assessed valuation within city limits. The new district rate could be as much as 30 cents per $100 valuation.