Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: FRIDAY, April 28, 1995 TAG: 9504280048
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV-2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: RICK LINDQUIST STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: RADFORD LENGTH: Medium
Harman, 67, a Democrat, recently announced he would not seek another eight-year term for the office he has held since 1984.
Brittle, 46, cites his involvement in public administration dating back to 1982. He was Radford's community development director from 1988 until 1991. Earlier, he served as town manager in both his home town of Wakefield and in Richlands.
Brittle also is a member of the city's Board of Zoning Appeals and The New Century Council of Southwest Virginia.
"Having public management background certainly is going to help," he said of his qualifications for the office, which he views primarily as a public service position.
Brittle also has worked in real estate, and in sales and marketing, and has operated Student Utility Deposit Service in Radford, for three years. He is a 1971 graduate of Virginia Tech with a degree in economics.
"I enjoy working with people," Brittle said, adding that one of his personal goals is to get to know 1 million people by name. "I'm well over halfway there," he said.
Brittle and his wife, Nancy, have two children, a son and a daughter.
Jones, 30, is a six-year veteran of the Radford Police Department, where he has served as a detective and a patrolman. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in criminal justice from Radford University, where he's also an adjunct faculty member.
"My education and service within the criminal justice field, coupled with my interaction with the procedures of the Circuit Court, make me well-qualified," Jones said Thursday.
He said he was especially proud of praise he received from Pulaski County Sheriff Ralph Dobbins for helping with a murder investigation there. In 1992, he was named the Radford Police Department's Officer of the Year. He has taught the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program in the city's school for three years.
Jones also said he considers being a "people person" important to the clerk's job. "I look at this as a good opportunity to serve the citizens," he added.
Jones and his wife, Amy, have one son.
The Republican nomination is expected to be decided at a mass meeting in May.
Harman's chief deputy clerk, Zelda S. Vaughn, who came in second to Harman when he was elected to the office in 1984, is expected to announce for the Democratic Party nomination for the job, which pays just over $60,000 a year.
Vaughn has worked in the clerk's office for 23 years.
Harman has said he'll support her if she decides to run.
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