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

DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 14, 1995                   TAG: 9506140068
SECTION: CURRENT                    PAGE: NRV-1   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: B. LYNN WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short

COOK RUNNING AGAIN FOR GILES TREASURER

Giles County Treasurer Rick Cook, who has kept everybody guessing about his intentions, filed petitions Tuesday to run for a second term.

With his filing at 5 p.m., he becomes the seventh candidate for treasurer in a crowded field.

Cook, 31, waited until the last day to declare his candidacy.

It has been widely speculated that Cook would consider running for the Board of Supervisors - the same board with which he has wrangled over financial reports and accounting procedures in meetings and in court.

"That's just a rumor," Cook said, when asked about a run for the board.

In announcing his bid for re-election to the treasurer's office, Cook said that he had no apologies to make.

"I've done what I've said I would do. I've kept my promises to the people of Giles County and I run a fine office," he said. "I've been able to do this without selling out my convictions or my integrity and without playing 'Good 'Ol Boy Politics.' Now, it will be left in the hands of the people."

Cook is a general contractor in Narrows.

Other candidates who will vie for the $44,000-a-year treasurer's job are: JoAnn Atkins, a store owner; Laura Collins, a certified public accountant; Clayton Davis, who owns a service station; Bendy Shrader, office manager for an environmental firm; Clay Stafford, an employee of Hoechst-Celanese; and Curtis Williams, also a store owner.

In another late filing Tuesday, Pearisburg lawyer Garland Spangler handed in paperwork saying that he will face off against Commonwealth's Attorney James Hartley for the part-time prosecuting job which pays $39,145 a year.

by CNB