Tuesday, February 6, 2007 9:29 PM CST
36 people competing for school board seats in area school districts
By KATE HENDERSON, Staff Writer
khenderson@jg-tc.com
Area school boards may see some new faces as only a few incumbents are seeking continued terms in April 17 elections.
Okaw Valley, Sullivan, Arcola, Lovington and Arthur school districts had a total of 36 people, including nine incumbents, file for positions.
The deadline to file in each school district was 5 p.m. Monday.
Seven people have filed for four positions in Arthur. Scott Daily will be the only incumbent. All spots on the board are for four-year terms.
Others filing for positions included Tosha Duzan, Todd Dukeman, Monica B. Miller, Jason L. Ray, Toby L. Wiley and Nadine S. Miller.
The district office said five of the seven are vying for positions in one area.
At the Okaw Valley district office, those who filed will be running for three four-year terms and one two-year term. District office staff said two filed for the unexpired two-year term and six for the four-year terms.
Sean Creviston, who is finishing a four-year term, is the only incumbent in the race. Tim Rothrock, who was appointed to fill a vacancy for an unexpired four-year term in November, is also running for a four-year term.
Others who filed for four-year positions include Brian Gill, John Vanderburgh, Brooke Bartimus and Robin Bear. Doug Miller and Craig Macklin filed for the two-year unexpired term.
The Arcola school district will also only see one incumbent run. Steve Holaday was the only incumbent of 11 filing for four school board positions. Others who filed include Mark W. Thomas, Lisa Van Ert, James E. Crane, Randy Rothrock, Judy L. Blaase, Joseph C. Fortney, Deborah Romine, Jeff A. Moore, Timothy J. Jones, Garry J. Stenger.
Terry Pearcy, superintendent for Sullivan, reported that six people filed for five seats on the seven-member board. One of those five is an unexpired two-year term, while the other four are full four-year terms.
Pearcy said R. Scott Atchison, Chad C. Mitchell, Brad Wheeler, incumbent Gary R. Emel, Mary Ann Wiley (who filed for the unexpired two-year term and was appointed to the board in September 2005), and incumbent Bobby E. Winskill, filed by Monday’s deadline.
Emel and Wiley reside in Township 13N Range 6E where a maximum of two candidates can be elected and Atchison, Mitchell, Wheeler and Winskill reside in Township 13N Range 5E also where a maximum of two candidates may be elected.
In Lovington, five seats are open, but only four people have filed. All four are incumbents.
Lovington school officials said the fifth seat is a two-year term and will be determined after the election. The district said it’s possible a write-in candidate could fill the spot and if not, someone will be appointed by the board.
Alma Fair, Paul Kuhns, Tina Bolsen and Dave Kinert are the four incumbents who filed for board positions.
Contact Kate Henderson at khenderson@jg-tc.com.
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Stephen N. wrote on May 24, 2007 12:14 PM: