From Deseret News archives:
5 running for Clearfield mayor
High school senior, former recorder last to enter race
The deadline for letters of interest to be submitted to the city recorder closed Tuesday at 5 p.m. Andrew Higham, an 18-year-old student who couldn't vote in the November election, and Richard Waite, a former Clearfield city recorder, were the most recent applicants for the job.
The other candidates are Mark Shepherd, who ran against Phelps in the November election; Jim Barlow, a former city council member; and Don Wood, a City Council member who is now acting mayor.
Political newcomer Higham said he realizes he's up against an experienced field of politicians and city administrators.
"They're as qualified as I am, in different ways," Higham said. "The city could use a fresh face."
The City Council, according to law, must pick a new mayor by March 23. Wood, who is on the council as the mayor pro tem, cannot participate in the selection process because he is a candidate for the job.
Phelps stepped down Feb. 21 and cited family and personal issues as the reason for his departure. He also resigned as an instructor at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seminary at Central Davis Junior High School in Layton.
Phelps recently was released as a stake president of the LDS Clearfield North Stake.
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