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Lake Worth City Council

Star-Telegram

    Council members serve two-year terms and are paid $25 a month.

    Place 1

    Incumbent E.B. "Gene" Brooks is unopposed and will keep his seat until 2010.

    Place 3

    Name: Perry Lunsford

    Age: 33

    Occupation: Owner, lawn-mowing business

    Online: none

    Background: Lunsford received a bachelor's of business management and accounting from Park University in Parkville, Mo., and served in the U.S. Air Force for 10 years.

    About the candidate: He said that he wants to make the city better for the next generation.

    Name: Ronny Parsley (incumbent)

    Age: 58

    Occupation: Maintenance director for a health services organization

    Online: none

    Background: Parsley says he has a high school education and has been on the council since 1993 and from 1986 to 1990.

    About the candidate: Parsley said his familiarity with city issues makes him the right candidate.

    Place 5

    Name: Pat O. Hill

    Age: 65

    Occupation: Retired, part-time sales for industrial supply business

    Online: none

    Background: Hill is a high school graduate, has two years of college experience and retired three years ago.

    About the candidate: He said that he is a retired volunteer firefighter and is familiar with City Hall because he has been on the city boards of planning and zoning and economic development.

    Name: Don Koehler

    Age: 67

    Occupation: Builds plastic injection molds

    Online: none

    Background: Koehler is a high school graduate who has taken a few college classes. He's a supervisor at his job.

    About the candidate: Koehler said he has been interested in government for 15 years, adding that, by living here, he has taken from the town and now wants to give something back.

    Name: Howard "Doc" Williams

    Age: 70

    Occupation: Retired Lake Worth postal worker

    Online: none

    Background: Williams said he graduated high school, spent 20 years in the Navy and then 20 more as a postal worker.

    About the candidate: Williams said he is an average guy who is generous, kind and not afraid to speak his mind. He said that he and his family are well-known in the community.

    Place 7

    Incumbent Clint "Dewayne" Narmore is unopposed and will keep his seat until 2010.