Forum Shows Elections Heating Up

DAYTON - Close to 200 people packed the Dayton Liberty Theater last Wednes­day evening to hear candi­dates in this year's controver­sial general election sound off during the annual Ameri­can Association of University Women forum. "We only have 150 seats, so rarely do we get this many people coming in here," said theater manager Reid Hel­ford. Helford said the last time anywhere close to this many Columbia County vot­ers flocked to the forum was the first time Terry Nealey ran for state representative. Sherrie Flaman Keifer, co-president of the Dayton chapter of AAUW, said in the 10 years she'...