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01/09/2007: "New Elected Officials Sworn In"

(Court Clerk Joan White Takes Oath of Office)
With standing room only in the county court room, friends and supporters showed up to witness the swearing in of the recently elected public officials. As is the custom, a judge performs the ceremony, and this year Judge Stewart Andrew did the honors, asking each of the officials to come forward and take the oath of office appropriate to their particular office.

In his introductory remarks, Judge Andrew reminded the newly elected officials, and the members of the public, that they were about to forge yet another link in an unbroken chain that started 200 years ago, by completing a smooth and continuous transfer of authority. An act, he said, that reflected the success of the greatest experiment in the history of government, the continuing success of the American form of government.

Each official then came forward, read the oath of office, thanked the public for electing them, and promised to live up to the voters expectations. The newly elected officials are: County Council members: Gene Knapp, Robert Myhr, Richard Peterson & Howie Rosenfeld. Auditor: Milene Henley; Assessor: Charles Zalmanek; Clerk: Joan White; Prosecutor: Randy Gaylord; Sheriff Bill Cumming; and Treasurer: Jan Sears