EXTRA: Ballot count; Tracy wins; AG scandal
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NO CHANGES FROM CANVASS:
The official count of ballots from the Nov. 3 general election has been completed and did not result in changes in the outcomes of any races.
The candidates for Marietta City Council's 1st and 2nd Ward seats were separated by 19 and 10 votes respectively. There were 19 and 10 provisional ballots, which had not been counted on Election Night, in each ward, meaning there was at least a mathematical chance of a tie vote.
The final results, however, resulted in incumbent Republican Councilman David White having 411 votes and challenger Louise Gwinn, a Democrat, having 394.
The canvass also secures the victory of Democratic challenger Mike McCauley, a former council member, over Councilman Randy Wilson, R-2nd Ward.
Complete final results will be posted on MariettaTimes.com Thursday.
EX-PIONEER NAMED NL MANAGER OF THE YEAR:
DENVER (AP) - For Marietta College baseball standout Jim Tracy has been named the National League Manager of the Year.
The Colorado Rockies promoted Tracy, who played for the Pioneers in the mid-1970s, from bench coach in late May after Clint Hurdle was fired. The Rockies went 74-42 under Tracy and won the NL wild-card spot. Colorado lost to Philadelphia in the playoffs.
An hour after the award announcement, the Rockies announced they had rewarded Tracy with a three-year contract.
FIGURE IN AG SCANDAL SENTENCED TO 45 DAYS:
COLUMBUS (AP) - A one-time aide who helped bring about the downfall of former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann has been sentenced to 45 days on unrelated theft in office and other charges.
Anthony Gutierrez may serve the time on weekends in the Franklin County Jail in Columbus, under the sentence imposed Wednesday. A judge also gave Gutierrez a nearly $6,900 fine.
Gutierrez pleaded guilty to several counts, most involving his private construction business in Youngstown.
He was the central figure in a sexual harassment scandal that brought down Dann. Gutierrez was Dann's general services chief and his roommate at a Columbus condo where the two men and a third cohort hosted booze-filled parties with young female employees. Dann resigned last year.
