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Home My Public Portal AboutWilde, GayleAle,W Gayle Wilde Wilde seeks House seat BY TOM GROTE The Star -News Gayle Wilde of McCall an- nounced on Monday that she will seek election to a seat in the Idaho House from District 9. Wilde, a Republican, said she will seek the seat now held by Kep. , \Lydia Justice Edwards, R- Donnelly, who announced last week that she was running for the office of Idaho State Treasurer. Wilde, 44, and her husband, Ralph, retired recently from the Chevron distributorship in Mc- Call. She is an Idaho native, a graduate of the University of California at Los Angeles, and has lived in Valley County for nearly 19 years. Wilde said she was encouraged by Edwards and others to run, and she said she believes she can do a good job representing District 9, which includes Valley, Adams, Gem and Boise counties. "I favor letting the people vote on the lottery issue, and I am for promoting Idaho for tourism and economic development, and good educational and transportation systems, which also help attract businesses to the state," Wilde _ said. She is vice president and treasurer of the Valley County Republican Central Committee and has been precinct commit - teeperson since 1978. Wilde has served in leadership positions in the McCall Area Chamber of Commerce, McCall Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, the American Association of Univer- sity Women, Beta Sigma Phi, and Agents Alliance, which is a multibrand petroleum marketers association in the western United States. She also serves on the Counsel - ing and Career Development Ad- visory Board for the McCall - Donnelly School District. Wilde is a voter registrar in Valley County, but she is giving up that job to avoid concerns over possible conflicts of interest. However, there are no state laws against registrars running for of- fice, she said. /7Z Wildes note 25th Friends of Ralph and Gayle Ann Wilde of McCall are invited to cel- ebrate the couple's 25th wedding anniversary on Saturday. A recep- tion for the couple will be held from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the McCall Senior Citizen Center at 701 First St. in McCall. No gifts, please.