Dateline: May 10, 2007

Elections to be held Saturday

Voters will head to the polls this Saturday, May 12, to cast ballots in local elections and in a state constitutional amendment election.

Clarendon voters will be choosing a mayor and two aldermen. Lauraine Paul is challenging Mayor Mark White to be the city’s chief executive; and Claude Debord, Ann Huey, Terry Noble, and Bobby Woodard are vying for two open positions on the Board of Aldermen.

City ballots can be cast at the Clarendon College Bairfield Activity Center, the Donley County Courthouse, the Clarendon Community Center, or the Burton Memorial Library.

Voters in the Hedley school district will have several candidates to choose from with nine people competing for four on the Board of Trustees. Incumbents Rex Morris, Abby O’Neal, Jason Sargent, and Marlee Sharp are being challenged by Mary Jon Hicks, James Lollar, Troy Monroe, Kelly Patton, and James Edward Potts.

Ballots in the Hedley school election can be cast only at the Hedley Lions Club building.

In addition to local races, all voters in Donley County can participate in the state constitutional amendment election to cast ballots for or against Proposition One, which would “provide for a reduction of the limitation on the total amount of ad valorem taxes that may be imposed for public school purposes on the residence homesteads of the elderly or disabled to reflect any reduction in the rate of those taxes for the 2006 and 2007 tax years.”

Polling places for the state constitutional amendment election are as follows: Precinct 101 – Bairfield Activity Center, Precinct 102 – Howardwick City Hall, Precinct 201 – Donley County Courthouse, Precinct 301 – Clarendon Community Center, Precinct 303 – Hedley Lions Club, and Precinct 401 – Burton Memorial Library.

Polls will be open Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.