Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, March 4, 1992 TAG: 9203040213
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: NEW RIVER VALLEY BUREAU
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Tuesday, the deadline for filing for town and city council seats, saw few last-minute candidates surface.
In Radford, a former council member and a Radford University professor have stepped forward to challenge incumbents for two seats on the City Council.
Valiant Mah, a math professor, and David A. Worrell, a former member of the council and owner of Bank Supply Co., will oppose incumbents Guy Wohlford and Bobby Nicholson.
In Pulaski, Mayor Gary Hancock is unopposed, but seven people are running for the four open council seats. They are incumbents Alma Holston and J.R. Schrader Jr. The other incumbents, Mary Lou Copenhaver and James Neblett, are not running.
Newcomers seeking council seats are Elbert G. Black Jr., Roy H. D'Ardenne Jr., Junior "J.B." Warner and Joseph L. Weddle. The other candidate is Pauline "Polly" Mitchell, who has been on council but has been unsuccessful in recent election bids.
In Dublin, Mayor Benny Keister has two challengers, Alice C. Linkous and John M. Richmond. The three incumbent council members whose terms expire this year - Sam Gregory, Alden Hankla and Dr. David Stanley - are unopposed.
In the Giles County seat of Pearisburg, six people have filed for three open seats on Town Council. Incumbents James Daniel Level, George Psathas and Daniel H. Danny Robertson will seek re-election. Also running are Mose C. Adams, William H. Fleeman and James R. "Jimmie" Williams.
Adams is a retired building contractor. Fleeman is a retired Celanese employee. Williams, a member of the town Planning Commission, works as a production assistant for Poly-Scientific in Blacksburg.
In Narrows, Mayor Donald Richardson is unopposed. Six people will vie for three council seats: incumbents Jerry Huffman and H.B. "Benny" Johnson Jr., and Jerry S. Atwell, T.D. "Tom" Burgess III, LaVerne S. Lester and Gary Travis Price.
Atwell was the town's public works director for 8 1/2 years but is now on disability. Burgess is an employment supervisor with the New River Valley Agency on Aging and a retired high school agriculture teacher. Lester is a secretary with the Radford Army Ammunition Plant. Price is owner of Shoppe Smart Grocery.
In Glen Lyn, where all council seats are up for election, all the incumbents are running again without opposition: Mayor James Howard Spencer Jr. and council members T.R. "Rick" Ould Jr., Carl B. Patteson, James Howard Spencer III, Lake E. Thompson and Roger W. Whitt.
In Rich Creek, only the three incumbents in the three available seats have filed: Donald Ferrell, Betty Letsinger and V.T. Van Mann.
In Floyd, two people are seeking two open seats.
Alan M. Williams, brother of former mayor Gino Williams, is seeking a spot on the council and Timothy Slaughter is seeking a full four-year term. He was appointed to the council in December when Gino Williams resigned to begin his duties as commonwealth's attorney.
Not running is Kirby Harris, who was appointed to the council in 1983 and elected in 1984 and 1988.
Beth Obenshain, Kathy Loan, Paul Dellinger and M.J. Dougherty contributed to this report.
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***CORRECTION***
PUBLISHED CORRECTION RAN ON MARCH 5, 1992.
VIRGINIA TECH STUDENT BRIAN MCCONNEL, CANDIDATE FOR BLACKSBURG TOWN COUNCIL, AND RADFORD UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR ROXIE R. NOVAK, CANDIDATE FOR CHRISTIANSBURG TOWN COUNCIL, WERE LEFT OFF THE LIST OF MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS CANDIDATES WEDNESDAY.
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