From the February 18, 1982 edition of The Wayne Herald:
Candidate seeks seat on Council
The starting gun has sounded on the non-partisan ballot race for
Wayne City Council seats.
The first and only candidate to file for one of the four council seats open is Vernon F. Russell, owner of Wayne Refuse Service and former councilman.
Russell, 50, a 13-year resident of Wayne, was elected to the council from Ward 1 in 1972. He served until 1978.
On Friday, Russell filed for the Ward 1 seat currently held by
incumbent Councilman Darrell Heier. Heier has not filed for reelection.
Arkansas-born, Russell moved to Nebraska with his family when he was five years old. The family settled in Lincoln.
A 1949 graduate of Lincoln High Schhol, Russell spent 13 years as a bookbinder in the state's capital city before purchasing the refuse service and moving to Wayne.
While working as a Lincoln bookbinder, Russell served as president of the Labor Temple Building Association and was a member of the Central Labor Union.
He also was a member of the Committee on Political Education
and the Printers Union. Russell also served as president of the
Bookbinders Union in Lincoln.
He and his wife, Darlene, are the parents of three children —
Susan, Marshall and Karen.
Susan works as a part-time dispatcher for the Wayne Police
Department. Marshall works for Schmoldt Trucking. Karen is an
eighth-grader at Wayne Middle School.
Russell said his campaign slogan is: "Return City Government to
the People."
