Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, May 18, 1993 TAG: 9305180259
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-8 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RADFORD LENGTH: Medium
The list includes two incumbents seeking reappointment - Vice Chairman Guy Gentry and George Ducker.
The meeting starts at 7:30 p.m. in council chambers at the City Administration Building on Second Street.
Gentry, 42, is hoping to serve his third term on the board. He's in the retail pharmacy business in Pulaski County.
Ducker, the 45-year-old pastor of Radford Presbyterian Church, has served seven years and seeks his third full term.
Ducker and Gentry have stressed the need for continuity on the board in the face of board Chairman John McPhail's resignation one year before his term expires.
Both men also face opposition.
Seeking Gentry's West Ward I seat is Chris Strange, 39 and the director of support service at Radford Community Hospital.
Strange has said that he believes his "people skills" and management expertise would come in handy if he is appointed.
Ducker faces opposition from lawyer Meg Stone, 31, for his East Ward reappointment bid.
Stone has said that she mainly wants to get involved in community activities and has offered no major agenda.
Squaring off for the remainder of McPhail's West Ward II term are Guy Gilmore, 50, who is the accounting manager for Hercules Inc. at the Radford Army Ammunition Plant, and former city councilman and insurance man Guy Wohlford, 46.
Gilmore has said that he hopes to put his financial expertise to work as a member of the School Board.
To prepare himself, he has attended several recent board meetings, including those dealing with the fall budget.
Wohlford has said that he believes his council experience puts him in good stead to serve on the School Board.
During his council term, Wohlford was a frequent visitor at School Board meetings.
In the past, council has interviewed School Board candidates individually in open session. Candidates already quizzed by council have been allowed to sit in on the remaining interviews.
Council is expected to go into closed session to consider its choices before voting in open session following its deliberations.
Also tonight, council will consider candidates for various boards and commissions. Council had put off action on those positions, which do not require interviews, because of a lack of candidates.
by CNB