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New Century Council Members Take Office Tonight
January 3, 2011
Two new members of the Century Town Council will be sworn in tonight, taking their place among the five men and women that make up the town’s governing board.
Sandra McMurray Jackson was elected to the Seat 5 on the council currently held by Sharon Scott, who did not seek re-election. Jackson is the owner of Jackson-McMurray Funeral Services in Century. She defeated retired insurance agent Annie Carter Savage by just eight votes — 164 to 156 — to win the seat in October.
“I’ll feel truly blessed,” Jackson said after learning she had been elected to the council. “I love Century; I love the people here in Century.”
Political newcomer and 10-year Century resident Jacke Johnston defeated incumbent Henry Hawkins for Century Town Council Seat 3 in the November runoff election. Johnston received 174 votes to Hawkins 144 votes.
“I am really exited,” Johnston said after the election. “I can’t wait to get in there in January and work toward getting Century back on track.”
Hawkins and Johnston were forced into a runoff for the council’s Seat 3 after neither received a majority of the votes during the October general election.
Hawkins, a retired Air Force staff sergeant and GED instructor for Pensacola Junior College, received 44.55 percent of the October vote — shy of the 50 percent needed for a win. Johnston, a teacher at Byrneville Elementary School, received 32.71 percent of the vote in October, while Robert Lasher, an Edward D. Jones financial adviser, finished third with 22.74 percent.
Gary Riley, who is retired from Gulf Power, ran unopposed and was re-elected to Seat 4.
The Century Town Council meets at 7 p.m. on the first and third Monday of each month.
Pictured top: Newly elected Century Town Council member Sandra McMurray Jackson awaits her seat at the Century Town Council table. Pictured inset: Jacke Johnston defeated incumbent Henry Hawkins. NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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