SEMINOLE – The “peaceful transition of power” dictated by the Constitution was on display at the Gaines County Courthouse Jan. 18 as newly sworn-in Cindy Therwhanger took up the county judge’s gavel for the first time to begin her four-year term in the office.Seated just to Therwhanger’s left was Benette McDonald, with whom, just a few short months earlier, she had been locked into an historic campaign for the position that would be settled by fewer votes than there were available seats at the room’s meeting table.Also seated was Josh Elder, a third generation Seminole resident who is also beginning ...