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Monday, March 20, 2000 THE DAILY HERALD, (www.herdlJexira.com). Provo. L'uh Page A3 LOCAL Commission candidate Former GOP member runs on Independent American ticket Colorado man enters race for president a volunteer in the U.S. Army, where he learned to appreciate the strength of body and soul which was cultivated in the mountain farms of the Party in 1974 after two decades of service to the GOP as precinct worker, election warden, campaign manager, congres- sional aide, Boston The Daily Herald Earl Farwell Dodge, 68, of Lakewood, is running for U.S. president on the Independent American ticket.

Involved with the Prohibition Party since 1952, he is now their national chairman. Dodge has served as national chairman of the Prohibition Party for more than 35 years and has been the presidential nominee- of that party in each national election- Provo resident joins House race since 1984. He is also secretary-treasurer of the National Prohibition Foundation Inc. and President of the American Civic Leagues. Earl Farwell Dodge He has received awards from the Good, Government Association (Kalamazoo, the Colorado Right to Life Committee and the Sons of the American Revolution, He is on the Board of Deacons of Arvada Baptist Church and Deputy Governor of the Colorado Branch, Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims.

ous building developments in Provo, Orem and St. George. He is a bbard member of the Utah Housing Finance Agency and a member of the Provo City Business Development Committee. Professionally, he is Utah's representative to the Western States Mechanical Contractors Association. 1 Clark served six years on the Provo City Municipal Council where he was council chair and on the energy board of Provo City.

He also served in the U.S. Army Reserve. Clark and his wife, Cynthia Jones, have nine children. on education also a longtime member of the Utah County Republican Party, having served as a precinct, education and legislative chairs from District 67 and the local-area Kiwanis Club. He is also an active member of his church.

The Daily Herald Howard Phillips of Virginia is running for U.S. president on the Independent American ticket. Phillips founded the U.S. Taxpayers Party in 1992 to offer America leadership committed to restoring the Federal Republic to its delegated, enumerated functions and returning American jurisprudence to its original "common law" biblical foundations. Phillips was nominated in 1992 and 1996 to be the USTP presidential candidate.

In 1999, he was chosen as Y2K presidential nominee of the Constitution Party, the renamed USTP. Phillips left the Republican 3rd District entrant ByCANDACE PERRY The Daily Herald PROVO has a Republican challenger. Jason Wright, 29, of Pleasant Grove, announced Friday he will run against incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon for the 3rd District Republican nomination.

"Incumbents are difficult to challenge and Cannon enjoys a powerful position," Wright, said. "This will be a test, but I believe the 3rd District should be served by. someone more representative of its voters. "My obvious disadvantage is that I don't have millions of dollars to spend campaigning. But I also don't have of www.

hera Idex ra i W. Kirk Love west. He served in Vietnam and also served a year in the Utah National Guard. He graduated from Ricks College in mathematics and business, then attended Weber State University, graduating in data processing, mather matics and business. After 10 years he graduated from BYU in computer science.

He has worked within the Republican Party, serving voters of the precinct, participating in the legislative process, testifying before legislative committees, helping draft legislation, and working diligently to maintain an informed and involved population. He expressed his love for Utah County, but said beauty, peace, prosperity, and freedoms are maintained through work and citizen participation in a government that works for the citizen. As county commissioner, he pledges to work diligently to bring common sense and balance back to county government in the ordinance drafting process, planning and zoning, rural development codes and tax collection. for District 16 and serves on the state building board. Jenkins earned his master's degree in business administration from BYU' and has owned and operated a real estate and construction company for.

17 years. He now owns- a small investment and consulting business. "My years of experience in business and government makes me well-qualified to serve in the Utah Senate," he said. "I know how the process works. I know the players.

I know how to get things accomplished in the legislature." His primary priorities are education and safety. He would like a. drug court established in Provo, as 90 percent of first-time offenders in Salt Lake City drug courts do not return. He and his wife, Norma have lived in Provo 35 years and are active in civic and church responsibilities. They have five children and 10 grandchildren.

75 8 MSRP $49.95 dhcount $49.95 PAY $0 mi 250 FREE 500 500 FREE 800 $0 By CANDACE PERRY The Daily Herald PROVO Steve D. Clark will run for legislative House seat 63, formerly held by Rep. Jordan Tanner. Clark is a lifetime resident of Provo and the district. He was educated in Provo schools, graduating from Provo High School and BYU.

He was employed by Chevron Oil Company in San Francisco for 15 years and later left to start Clark Mechanical Contractors Inc. in Provo. He has also been involved in vari Teacher focuses By CANDACE PERRY The Daily Herald PROVO Jim Griffin, 48, of Payson is running for House seat'67. The area, which covers portions of southern Utah County, northern Sanpete County and all of Juab County is being vacated by Rep. Bill Wright.

A history and government teacher at Payson High School, Griffin says his campaign will focus on maintaining and protecting families, responsible growth and developing a "world class" education system. "My family has lived in this district since 1982," Griffin said. "I know how important families and quality of life are to all of us. I am running to represent the people." Griffin has served two terms on the Payson City Council and has been active in coaching and working with local youth. He is anytime minutes 99 per month mm I lUI endorsements By JOSEPHINE ZIMMERMAN The Daily Herald PROVO W.

Kirk Love, Orem, has declared his candidacy for Utah County Commission Scat currently held by Gary R. Herbert. A longtime Republican party worker, Love said he's "not after endorsements from the or powerful," but is seeking endorsements from the more than 300,000 residents who. quietly work to build a livelihood, raise a family, and retire in peace and dignity. The father of eight and grandfather of three, Love was born on a farm and spent his youth working on farms.

He has spent his adult life working in technology. "It will be fun (to be a county commissioner) and we will work together to change laws which are outdated or that impede reasonable progress. Working together we can have a better, more prosperous and more secure county," Love said. As young man he served as Political vet runs ByCANDACE PERRY The Daily Herald PROVO Joe Jenkins will run for state Senate District 16, the seat retiring Sen. Howard rJielsen is vacating.

Joe Jenkins The district encompasses most of east Pjfovo, from 500 west to the njountains and from south Pjrovo to the mouth of Provo Canyon. LJenkins served three years in the House of Representatives, seven years as "Provo mayor and four years athe executive director of the slate's Department of Community and Economic Development. fcHe also served as a real estate commissioner for Utah MSRP $69.95 roleJIlcount $40.00 you pay $29.95 while supplin fasff ft Idle YOU Jth We're TAPPING into some Sife Gershwin musical magic if I Howard Phillip Republican Chairman and assistant to the chairman of the Republican National Committee. During the Nixon administration, Phillips headed two. federal agencies, ending his Executive Branch career as director of the U.S.

Office of Economic Opportunity under, the President. has 'Wright' stuff the nation's largest campaign debts hanging over me. I am a middle-class citizen with the same concerns most voters wake up with everyday" Wright has served as Precinct Chairman in Provo' for the Republican Party and' most recently on the Pleasant" Grove Neighborhood Advisory' Board. He 'and his family own' Wireless Now in Pleasant Grove and he is also a princi-' pal in an Internet company he. co-founded in: 1997.

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