More Than 50 Line Up as Candidates in 8 Cities

Nominations closed Tuesday for mayor and council seats in eight San Gabriel Valley cities, with more than 50 candidates filing to run in the April 10 elections.

The original filing deadline was extended five days because at least one incumbent in each city decided not to seek reelection. Nominations in 16 other San Gabriel Valley cities closed last week.

In Diamond Bar, the decision by Gary Miller to give up his council seat to run for the state Senate helped attract a large field of nine candidates for the council race.

Other council members who did not seek new terms are Jeff Marrone in El Monte, Leonard Martyns in Glendora, Christopher Houseman in Monterey Park, Robert Bacon in West Covina, Lisa Fowler and Bruce Crow in Sierra Madre, Maria Tortorelli in San Dimas and Samuel Knowles in South Pasadena.

In San Dimas, Mayor Terry Dipple was virtually assured of reelection when no one filed to oppose him, but seven candidates did file for the two seats at stake on the City Council.

Here are candidates who submitted nomination papers before the close of filing:

Diamond Bar

Council (three seats): John Forbing, incumbent; Greg Gaffney, data base administrator; Cleve Holifield, project engineer; Jay Kim, engineer; Thomas Ortiz, retired law-enforcement officer; Jim Paul, retired firefighter-paramedic; Garry J. Stitt, sales manager; Bryan Thomas, computer systems analyst; Gary Werner, incumbent.

El Monte

Mayor: Maurice Lopez, architect; Don McMillen, incumbent; Art Platten, business man.

Council (two seats): Robert (Mickey) Bojorquez, labor relations representative; Felice Durazo, restaurant owner; Ernest G. Gutierrez, incumbent; Ken Kim, businessman; Jack Thurston, businessman; Patricia A. Wallach, high school district board member.

Glendora

Council (three seats): John T. Cashion Jr., architect; Martin Harper, high school teacher; Doran Hearn, roofing superintendent; Bob Kuhn, incumbent; Molly MacLeod, attorney; Tony Miller, businessman-consultant; Marshall Mouw, mail carrier; Lois Shade, incumbent.

Monterey Park

Council (three seats): Fred Balderrama, county commissioner/businessman; David Barron, city clerk; Barry L. Hatch, incumbent; Samuel Kiang, engineer/lawyer; Marie T. Purvis, businesswoman; Patricia Reichenberger, incumbent.

San Dimas

Mayor: Terry Dipple, incumbent.

Council (two seats): Carla Damrill, broker consultant; John Ebiner, senior programmer; Gary Harshman, airport manager; Ed Jones, businessman; Sandy McHenry, incumbent; Abraham Vanwyk, businessman; Mary Young, homemaker.

Sierra Madre

Council (three seats): Gary Adams, corporate chief executive officer; Clem Bartolai, incumbent; Richard Freeman, regional advertising director; Mary MacGillivray, marketing vice president; Larry D. Peal, stockbroker; Aksel Petersen, internal audit director; Bill Tice, gardener.

South Pasadena

Council (three seats): Wallace Emory, account executive; Norman Getchell, real estate broker; James Hodge Jr., incumbent; Harry Knapp, corporate finance executive; Robert Wagner, retired developer and wine merchant; James Woollacott Jr., incumbent.

West Covina

Council (two seats): Steve Herfert, Southern California Edison service representative; Richard Jennings, independent businessman; Richard Lewis, incumbent; Benjamin Wong, small businessman; Rodolfo (Rudy) Valles, college dean.

Elizabeth Lu and Sue Avery of the San Gabriel Valley edition contributed to this report.