Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 8, 1990                   TAG: 9003081367
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV10   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST SPECIAL TO THE ROANOKE TIMES & WORLD-NEWS
DATELINE: DUB                                LENGTH: Medium

TWO TO CHALLENGE INCUMBENTS FOR DUBLIN TOWN COUNCIL SEATS

Elsie Repass, who was town treasurer for nearly 40 years, and Colbern Linkous, a former meatcutter and Lynchburg Foundry worker, have filed for council seats.

Repass and Linkous will challenge three incumbents in the May 1 election. Veterans Patsy Akers, Doug Anderson and Dr. David Stanley are seeking to retain their seats.

If elected, Repass, who is 72, would be the oldest member on council. She was town treasurer from 1943 - when she moved to Dublin from Wythe County - until her 1982 retirement.

Repass, a member of the Dublin Planning Commission, said she hopes her experience in local government "might help them out" on council. She supports the town's efforts to buy the former Burlington Industries plant in Newbern, but is reserving judgment on whether the town should try to expand its boundaries.

Linkous, 69, who faithfully attends county and town public meetings and often is outspoken on local issues, said he was encouraged by friends to run for office. He favors annexation and the Burlington plant purchase.

He is a World War II combat veteran and has been an amateur radio operator for over 30 years.

Akers, 49, a real estate agent and part-time New River Community College student, is seeking her third term. She was first elected in 1982. Akers is chairwoman of the Planning Commission, chairwoman of the Building and Grounds Committee and sits on the town's Recreation, Water and Sanitation committees.

She is chairwoman of the Legislative Action Committee for the Pulaski Chamber of Commerce, is on New River Recreation's board of directors, and has been a member of the Salvation Army board. Akers, who has twice run unsuccessfully for mayor, favors Dublin's annexation efforts and led the town's Boundary Change Committee.

Anderson, 52, was first elected to council in 1982 and is seeking his third term. The quality-control inspector at Industrial Drives in Radford said he thinks the Burlington purchase and extending the town's boundaries are among the town's major issues.

Anderson is chairman of the Ordinance and the Streets and Lights committees and is a member of the Recreation and Personnel panels. He is a 22-year member of Dublin's volunteer fire department.

Stanley, 47 and a councilman for 10 years in the 1960s and '70s, was appointed to council two years ago to complete Benny Keister's term when Keister became mayor.

The veterinarian heads Dublin's Recycling Committee and serves on the Finance, Water, Streets and Lights, Sanitation and Building and Grounds committees.

He also said the proposed Burlington plant purchase offers "a lot of potential," and that he hopes Dublin can "show some leadership" in community recycling.

Stanley has been a member of the Salvation Army board for about 30. He is a Rotarian.