Aurora school district proposing bond issue
Miller voters will choose three directors for three-year terms on the school board. The candidates are Mark A. Harrington, Richard M. Buus, Richard P. Smith and Todd J. Cook, and Chad Hill and Scott Jack, both incumbents.
A mayor will be chosen for a two-year term. The candidates are Allan LaSalle, the incumbent, and Dennis Ray Harris.
For alderman at large, voters will choose two candidates for two-year terms. The candidates are Garry Baker and Leonard Lawmaster, and Avon L. Snyder and Richard A. Dunn, both incumbents.
Mount Vernon voters will choose three directors for three-year terms on the school board. The candidates are Ron Schmidly, Gary Emerson and Gene Ingle, all incumbents, and John Mareth.
For Ward 4 alderman, voters will choose one candidate for a two-year term. The candidates are James W. Schmitt, Michael J. Tebow and John Hull, the incumbent.
Pierce City residents will choose three directors for three-year terms on the school board. The candidates are Randy Staponski and Kevin Hatfield, the incumbents, and Kelly Lakin, Jason Chapman, Jim Barchak, David Jones and Hollis Webb.
For Ward 3 alderman, voters will choose one candidate for a two-year term. The candidates are Ben H. Slagle and Larry Bartkoski, the incumbent.
Verona voters will choose three directors for three-year terms on the school board. The candidates are Roger Bandy, Edward D. Kristek and YaVonne Koehler, all incumbents, and Roy Snyder and Rebecca A. Sherwood.
Lawrence County Ambulance District voters in District 3 will choose a board member for a three-year term. The candidates are Ashley E. Anderson and Deborah Schoen.
Unopposed candidates
The following candidates are unopposed and virtually assured of election.
Freistatt — Trustees: Delpha Bowling and Mike Ortwein.
Mount Vernon — Mayor: David Eden; Board of Aldermen: 1st Ward, Bruce P. Conway; 2nd Ward (two years), Carol Millsap; 2nd Ward (one year), David Van Pelt; 3rd Ward, April Mieswinkel-Thompson.
Pierce City — Mayor: Carol S. Hirsch; Board of Aldermen: 1st Ward, John Archer; 2nd Ward, Scott L. Wahl; 4th Ward, Willie Parks.
Stotts City — Mayor: Joel Margolis; Board of Aldermen: North Ward, Carl Hobbs; South Ward, Kenneth Shepard.