Beck pitches the arts as a rural economic engine

Beck pitches the arts as a rural economic engine

CONDON - Chris Beck rarely gets asked about the arts at his town halls. He says that voters want to talk about health care, the cost of living and the war in Iran. But with two weeks left before the Nov. 3 election, the Democrat challenging Republican U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz in Oregon's 2nd Congressional District sat down in Condon to argue that painters, potters and fiddle players belong in...