THURMONT, Md. – Thurmont residents elected incumbent Glenn Muth and newcomer Bob Lookingbill to fill two seats on the Thurmont Board of Commissioners.

After taking the day after the election off, Lookingbill said, he would “start gearing up to help make this town even better.”

He listed as his priorities once he’s sworn in as: starting a senior commission, trying to get an urgent care facility for the town, fixing the sewer problem and dealing with the town’s annexation requests.

Lookingbill was the top vote getter on Oct. 1 with 433 votes. Muth had 312 votes.
“I’m glad it’s over,” Muth said after the results were announced. “It’s been very tiring.”

Voter turnout was 28 percent of the 3201 registered voters in town or 909 votes. While the number of votes cast was higher than the 2005 election, it is lower than the numbers in the 2001 and 2003 elections.

Florence Martin was one of the voters. She said, “I always vote. It’s something I’ve always done.” She had also prepared by reading up on the candidates and knowing her choices when she arrived at the Guardian Hose Company Activities Building at the carnival grounds.

Candidate John Ashbury agreed that most voters knew who they were voting for when they arrived. That didn’t stop him from spending most of the day at the carnival grounds along with the other six candidates who were running for election.

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