Dateline: March 4, 2004

Candidates signing up for local offices

By Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

With less than two weeks left to sign up, many local governments were still looking for candidates to run for office at press time.

So far, only two boards currently face the prospect of contested elections.

In Hedley, three people have signed up to run for two at-large positions on the board of aldermen. Pamela Casteel is challenging incumbents Leon Ward and Terry Stevens. Mayor Janie Hill is running unopposed for re-election.

At the Donley County Hospital District, Linda Kay Bell is challenging incumbent Carolyn Moffett for her Place 5 seat on the Board of Directors. Incumbents Onita Thomas and Jim Douglas are running for re-election to their Place 6 and Place 7 seats. No one has signed up to run for the Place 4 seat formerly held by the late Jerry May.

The City of Clarendon has three citizens seeking three seats on the Board of Aldermen. Ron Lamberth and incumbents Janice Knorpp and Tommy Hill have filed to run.

All three incumbents on the Clarendon College Board of Regents have filed their paperwork. Ruth Robinson, Susie Shields, and Charles Deyhle, Sr., are all seeking re-election.

Incumbent Marvin Thompson is the sole candidate for three seats on the Clarendon ISD Board of Trustees; and incumbent Marlee Sharp is similarly alone in the contest for three seats on the Hedley ISD Board of Trustees.

The City of Howardwick remains the lone entity with no candidates at all with three seats on the Board of Aldermen open this year.

Sign up for local offices will continue through March 15, 2004. This year’s elections will be held on May 15.