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Show Republicans retain chairman Meeting Wednesday evening, the Iron County Republican Convention retained present chairman Rex Michie, Cedar City, as local head, Roma Jensen, Parowan, as Vice Chairman and added Barbara Sue Jensen, Cedar City, as party secretary. Steve Van Dyke was elected treasurer by the group. Representatives for Senators Orrin Hatch, Jake Garn and Representative Dan Marriott, all Republicans, spoke briefly to the group. Also present were local Republican elected officials. The convened body voted to form a group to study alterntive forms of county government. The motion came in response to a plan presented by . Robert Price, a retired government employee and three-year Iron County resident. Price said the commission should be changed to a five-man commission, elected from districts, rather than the present three at-large members. He , said the possibility of three next door neighbors being elected county eom- i missioners always exists. The study group will look at the feasibility of changing forms of government. |