Commissioner Todd Tondee swears in Jim Brannon as the new Kootenai County clerk, as Commissioners Dan Green and Jai Nelson look on. The county commissioners unanimously selected Brannon to the the next clerk, in place of the late Cliff Hayes, Friday afternoon. He was there choice from a list of three candidates submitted by the Kootenai County GOP Central Committee that included Bjorn Handeen and Dean Isaacson. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)