With less than one week left to file, several area school districts and cities still have positions left to fill for the April election ballot.
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Voters will go to the polls on Tuesday, April 8 to decide school board and city council members. Persons wanting to file for open positions may do so until next Tuesday, Jan. 22.
A list of candidates thus far includes:
School
(three-year terms unless
otherwise noted)
Trenton R-9 – Kevin Bailey, Tracy Utley and Terry Spillman. All three are incumbents.
Pleasant View R-6 – Toni Wilson and Kyle Russell. Both are incumbents.
Grundy R-5 – Damon Neff and Dennis McDonald. Both are incumbents.
Laredo R-7 – Brad Tolson and Kendall Foster for three years, Jason Meeker for two years and David Lowrey for one year. All are incumbents.
Spickard R-2 – Lindsey Glenn. Mrs. Glenn is the incumbent.
Princeton R-5 – Linda Siemer, Brad Bruse, Beth Gilbert and Dale Kellen. Mrs. Siemer and Mrs. Gilbert are the incumbents.
Tri-County R-7 at Jamesport – Mike Huston, Philip Showalter and Rodney Odom for three years, Ron Ledesma for one year. Huston, Showalter and Odom are incumbents.
Newtown-Harris – Chris Gibson. He is an incumbent.
Gilman City – Dennis Burrows and Allan King. Both are incumbents.
College
North Central Misssouri College – Steve Busch and Dr. John Holcomb, six years; Dr. Albert Cross, four years. Busch and Dr. Holcomb are incumbents.
City
(two-year terms unless otherwise noted)
Trenton – Dr. Nick McHargue, first ward; Larry Huffstutter, fourth ward. Dr. McHargue is the incumbent.
Laredo – David Davis, mayor; Maria Messer, Jennifer Courntey and Rebecca Burns, council (two to be elected). Ms. Messer is an incumbent.
Spickard – Harry Brown and Don Stephens, council (two to be elected). Brown and Stephens are incumbents.
Jamesport – Dave Bequette, west ward; Ron Ledesma, east ward. Bequette is an incumbent.
Princeton – Mike Greenlee, mayor; Dee Hobbs, north ward; George Scurlock, south ward. Greenlee and Scurlock are incumbents.
Nursing Home District
Grundy County (Sunnyview) – Don Altes and Edna Foster. Altes is the incumbent.