Dwaine Heinrich For Mayor

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR - TESTIMONIAL

Dwaine Heinrich arrived in South Vietnam, a faraway land where he was destined to spend his 19th and 20th birthdays as an 18 year old US Army Private in January 1967. In early 1968 he was a Sergeant serving with Army support troops near Vietnam’s old imperial capital city of Hue during the infamous Tet Offensive In a letter to the editor, one of his former fellow soldiers, Neil Jennings, wrote about Mayor Heinrich. He referred to him as Sergeant Dewey Jennings wrote about how their position was under rocket and mortar attack for 44 consecutive days during the offensive. During this time, Sergeant Dewey and other troops were in Hue City retrieving abandoned equipment left behind when the North Vietnamese overran the city. At this time, the North Vietnamese still controlled most of the city with their flag flying over the Citadel. Sergeant Dewey also took his turns in the perimeter trenches and bunkers. During one difficult period, a much needed self-propelled gun lost a track outside the perimeter and repairs could not be made until the following day At dusk, Sergeant Dewey and another young soldier went out well in front and set up a machine gun as the first line of defense for the exhausted gun crew. After a long night, the gun was successfully put back into operation.

February 29, 1968 was a life-defining day for Dwaine Heinrich. On that day, while attempting to make contact with the newly arrived 82nd Airborne, an ambush left among the dead his friend and First Sergeant Ed Kaminski. Later that day, less than 2 weeks after Dwaine’s 20th birthday, he was appointed Acting First Sergeant and NonCommissioned Officer in Charge, a position he held until August when he returned to the States. In his letter, fellow soldier Neil Jennings went on to say that Sergeant Dewey did his job very well under the most difficult of conditions at a very young age. He closed his letter by saying “If the young soldiers he led and served so well many years ago were the voters in your Mayoral election, the vote would be unanimous.”

• CURRENT PRESIDENT NORTH DAKOTA LEAGUE OF CITIES

• PAST LIONS DISTRICT GOVERNOR

• FOUNDER, HEINRICH AND COMPANY EST. 1980

• MARRIED TO JOYCE - 45 YEARS

• PAST PRESIDENT OF THE NORTH DAKOTA ELKS ASSOCIATION

• BLOOD DRIVE VOLUNTEER WORKER

• MEMBER OF BASILICA OF SAINT JAMES PARISH

• EYEGLASS RECYCLING COORDINATOR

• GRADUATE SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

• PAST PRESIDENT - FOUNDATION FOR ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN EDUCATION

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Therehas been plenty of Flash&Glitz in this Mayoral Campaign with accompanying “Old School”campaignslogansand buzz words. Nothingofsubstancehas been included..

Pleaseconsider theimpactour community hashad thepast8years...

Wehavefaced an economy-killingpandemic, less than ideal farm economy, devastating storms, andmuch more... bothfaced as acommunity,and as individuals.

Inspite of all these struggles, the JamestownCommunity hasseen and maintained:

• Well-run city councilmeetings conductedwithcivility and respect.

• On averageabout$100,000,000 per year of newbusiness investment in ourcommunity.

• 222 neworremodeled income or agerestrictedliving units (2026).

• 36 newaffordableresidential lots available in 2026.

• $1,000,000 ladderfiretruck acquired with the useofnolocally raised taxdollars.

• Special assessmentfor replacementofwater mainsreducedfrom70% property owner/30% city to 30% property owner/70%cityfunds.

•Replacement of $9,000,000 96”storm sewertobecompletedin2026withthe useofnolocally generated taxdollars.

•12th Avenue to 3rdStreetextension completed.

•About $18,000,000 of competitive grantdollars received by the City of Jamestown.

•Moody’sBondRating increased from A1 to Aa3.

• Jamestownleadseastern North Dakotainsales taxincrease by percentage.

Theabove arefacts,not Flash &Glitz or campaign slogans. Theseare resultsyou seewith awell-run city,wherepeoplework together.While Icer tainly cannottakecreditfor all of these accomplishments alone,but Iamtruly proudtoplay arole on theCityofJamestown team, working for YOU!

The above slogans.These areresults yousee with a well-run city, where people work theseaccomplishmentsalone,but workingfor

I would appreciateyourvoteonJune9th.

Thank you, Dwaine Heinrich

Thank youfor your suppor tthese pasteight years. Thereisworktobecompleted, so your Vote on June 9thisveryimpor tant! Iamtruly proudofthiswonder fulcommunity that we all call home, and forthe honorof servingasyourMayor.Thank you! -DwaineHeinrich