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Show JANETTE Appointed Elected C. 1988 1989 to HALES to 1988 1991 for the Utah state filed to run Hales Janette C. Legislature, District #63 in Provo, following the sudden death from cancer of her husband, Robert H. Hales, in March, 1988. Rep. Hales received strong support in the mass meetings and was able to secure enough to beat her votes Republican opponent and receive the party Since she did endorsement at the county convention in June, 1988. in the general election, she was have a Democratic opponent the unexpired appointed by Governor Norman Bangerter to fi 11 She was sworn in by the governor legislative seat of Craig Call. and took positions on the Revenue and Taxation Committee and the These committee in 1988. Health Committee assignments July, continued following her election for a two-year term in November, the served on 1989. her term she also During two-year Appropriations Committee for Economic Development. not her husband, Robert H. Hales, had been active for many in medical politics, Rep. Hales was knowledgeable about she health needs throughout the state. Because of her background, worked on a special task force to study the needs of rural Utah. She supported legislation for loan repayment and scholarship for She physicians who made commitments to practice in rural Utah. felt this was an interference with free enterprise and should be dealt with by private businesses and their clients. Because years While serving in the legislature, Rep. Hales was appointed by the Utah County Commissioners to be co-chairman with President Kerry the Clean Air Commission. This committee made Romsberg of recommendations to prepare for the state implementation plan for the Environmental Protection of Utah Agency. Many County's recommendations were used as a model for the state for the SIP. Representa ti ve Ha 1 es fi 1 ed to run for another term in 1990, but withdrew her name when she was asked by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be a second counselor to Ardeth G. Kapp, the president of the Young Women of the LOS Church. Janette was born in Springville, Utah, June 7,1933, a daughter of L. and Hannah Carrick Callister. She received her education in Spanish Fork, Utah, graduating from Spanish Fork High and also School, graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, with a defree in clothing and textiles and child development. She married Robert H. Hales June 29, 1955, in the Salt Lake LOS Thomeas his graduation from the University of Utah they lived in San Antonio, Texas, where Dr. Hales completed an internahip at the Lackland Air Force Hospital and graduated from the School of Aviation Medicine at Randolph Air Temple. Medical Force 204 Following School in 1957, Base. |
