Stanley, Noble nominated for Redkey council (05/03/06)

REDKEY — A former town council member scored a decisive victory, and a local businessman edged out an active community volunteer and the only woman candidate in Tuesday’s Democratic primary election here.

With five candidates seeking the two Democratic party nominations for Redkey Town Council, Douglas “Doug” Stanley received 99 votes and Charles Noble finished second with 68 votes, edging out Terri Taylor by less than 10 votes. Taylor received 59 votes. Terry Miller garnered 45 votes, and Zeb Sutton had 23.

Stanley and Miller will be the Democratic nominees in November’s general election. No Republican candidates are currently slated, although that may be done prior to a summer deadline.

“A lot of people turned out to vote, and that’s a good thing,” Taylor said Tuesday night, adding: “Sometimes you get the bear and sometimes the bear gets you.”

She then congratulated Noble and Stanley, saying she would be supporting them in the November general election.

Stanley said he was very pleased with the vote totals Tuesday night.

Informed that he was the front-runner, Stanley jokingly remarked, “Well, that’s good news, I think.” He noted that as a council member his schedule would certainly be busier after next January. A widower, Stanley is retired. He previously served on the town council from 1984 to 1989.

“I definitely want to thank the voters for the confidence they have in me,” Stanley said Tuesday night. “Hopefully, November is going to be good to me, too, and I can do a good job for Redkey.”

Stanley added that when he was elected to his first term on the council in the 1980s, there were serious problems relating to the sewer system to be solved. Stanley said he sought election at that time to get Redkey off a ban on the installation of new sewer hook-ups in the community. “We as a board attacked that problem,” Stanley said, and eventually the results read — “Mission accomplished.”

This time the problems are different — financial in nature, Stanley said. “Hopefully, we’ll get on top of it and get things back to normal.”

Noble said Tuesday night that he was happy to hear that he and Stanley would be the Democratic party’s nominees in November.

Noble was participating in a regularly scheduled Redkey Optimist Club meeting at the Key Palace Theatre when he was informed of the election results. The owner and manager of the theater, Noble said he wanted to thank all the people who voted for him.

Taylor, the only candidate who had professionally made signs on display at locations throughout the community, said she also wanted to thank all of the persons who voted for her. Taylor said Tuesday night that she has already been asked if she plans to run again in the next Redkey council election. Taylor said right now she’s undecided, but she added that she does plan to continue being a regular attendee at town council meetings as well as an active volunteer with the Redkey Fun for Kidz program.

Concerning the two winners in the primary election, Stanley and Noble, Taylor said, “I wish them luck. They will have a lot to deal with.”[[In-content Ad]]