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Show Clark and Rowley to face off in the Republican Primary Clark also expressed a basic support for the Five-County Association of Governments and favored Iron County's rejoining the group. "Not because it's a great organization,' but for its ; basic purpose. The changes which need to be made could be better accomplished with our membership in the association. Clark said he has favored rejoining, but "haven't been able fo get the others to go along." Clark and Rowley will be the GOP representatives represen-tatives in the Sept. 9 primary. Two Democrats, Loraine Juvelin and Raymond Anker, will represent that party in the election. didates who had ever served in public office.' The commission chairman sees a tough campaign ahead. n 'Dennis (Rowley) is good at working with the media to obtain the best coverage, while I'm still somewhat an amateur.' As for the primary issues he wishes to be associated with, Clark stated four: 'First, planned growth and development for the county. I feel I can proudly stand on my record in this area, second, that we continue to work to get county employee salaries up to decent levels. I've felt progress has been made in this direction since I've been on the comission, but more needs to be done. Third, I feel the county could well be facing financial difficulties dif-ficulties in the near future, and there will be a need to be a little more efficient with taxpayer money, a need I feel I'm well prepared to face" Fourth. County Commission Chairman Jim Clark and Dennis Rowley face a September primary battle after emerging as the two top vote-getting candidates in last week's Republican 'Mini-Convention' 'Mini-Convention' in Iron County. The two were among five GOP candidates-Rowley, candidates-Rowley, Clark, Kenneth C. Clark, Kenneth 0. Darby and Uriah Jones-to Jones-to file for the remainder of the four-year commission com-mission seat left vacant with the recent death of Grant Seamon. Rowley was the top vote getter at the convention, con-vention, by one, in polling of chairmen and vice chairmen of Iron County's 29 voting districts, Following Clark, and missing the second spot on the primary ballot by five votes, was Jones. Rowley, owner of a Cedar City advertising and public relations firm, said he was surprised by the outcome of the balloting, placing him ahead of the incumbant Clark. 'I felt my primary task would have been satisfied to come in second and make the primary ballot. Needless to say, I am surprised and pleased.' Rowley felt his success at the convention had a lot to do with how I presented approaches to county problems. Rowley feels his campaign has progressed in the three weeks since he's filed. 'I'm really a newcomer and if you consider that just a short time ago in the polling for a Republican to be the interim commissioner, I was sixth of six names, I think I've come a long way and am being taken seriously now.' Of his plans between now and the mid-September mid-September primary, Rowley said, 'I will conduct an aggressive campaign, work hard and express myself whenever the opportunity presents itself.' Clark, on the other hand, said . his close second place finish in the polling didn't surprise him. 'Ive made a few enemies since I've been in the Commission. Those advocating unplanned un-planned growth and development in the county don't want to see me back. For one, I've opposed lessening restriction on developers, and they don't like that' Clark felt the advantages ad-vantages of incumbancy can also be looked at as disadvantages. 'It's pretty easy to shoot at someone with a record established. At the mini-convention, mini-convention, I was the only one of the five can- " Ml r J ' JAMES CLARK , DENNIS ROWLEY I I |