Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: THURSDAY, June 10, 1993 TAG: 9306090441
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-3 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: MARK MORRISON STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
Tuesday night was the deadline for candidates to file petitions with the county registrar to run for a seat on the Board of Supervisors.
Incumbent board members Calvin Updike, James Teass and Henry Creasy all filed to seek re-election. No other candidates filed.
Del. Lacey Putney also filed to seek a 17th term to the 19th District House of Delegates seat he has held since 1962. He also is unopposed.
Updike, 67, a semi-retired cattle farmer, was first elected to the Board of Supervisors in 1977 after being appointed to the board to finish the term of H.L. Cooper, who died before his term expired.
He was re-elected in 1981, 1985 and 1989, when he defeated Norris Bunn by a 2-to-1 margin. This is the first time Updike will run unopposed.
Updike, a Bedford County native, is the District 2 supervisor, representing the Moneta area. He has never served as the board's chairman - by his own choice, he said.
Teass, 72, also a semi-retired cattle farmer, first served on the board from 1960 to 1964, but lost a re-election effort. Teass also lost a bid for county treasurer in 1975. He won his board seat back in 1979 as a write-in candidate - the only time anyone has successfully waged a write-in campaign for a board seat in Bedford.
Teass has remained on the board since, beating opposition in 1981 and 1985 and winning unopposed in 1989.
Also a Bedford County native, Teass has served as the board's chairman twice and he is currently vice chairman. He is the District 3 supervisor, representing the section of the county bordering Campbell County from Smith Mountain Lake to New London.
Creasy, 46, was appointed to the board in February of last year, replacing T.D. Thornton who resigned before his term expired to devote more time to his business, Progress Printing in Lynchburg.
Creasy was unopposed in a special election to fill Thornton's seat in November.
A Lynchburg native, Creasy is president of Henry Creasy Inc., a contracting and building company. He has lived in Bedford County since 1979. He is the District 4 supervisor, representing the Forest section of the county.
Creasy, Teass and Updike are all running as independents, as is Putney.
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