Dateline: February 21, 2008

Sign up underway for seven local boards

Roger Estlack, Clarendon Enterprise

Sign up is underway for seven local boards holding elections this spring, and candidates have begun to emerge for the local races.

As of Tuesday morning, the City of Clarendon has three aldermen’s terms open this year, and so far Billy Ray Johnston and incumbents Tommy Hill and Chris Ford have signed up.

The City of Howardwick is electing three aldermen, and one incumbent, Rod Donaldson, has filed for office.

The Clarendon College District will choose three members for the Board of Regents, and incumbents John Howard, Bill Sansing, and Jack Moreman have filed for re-election.

With two positions on the Clarendon ISD Board of Trustees up this year, only one incumbent, Weldon Sears, has filed so far.

The City of Hedley will select a mayor and two aldermen, and no one has signed up yet.

Hedley ISD has three positions available, and no one has signed up for that election yet either.

The Donley County Hospital District will select four positions on its board. A call to the hospital district had not been returned at presstime.

Local offices are elected at-large, but hospital board candidates must sign up for a specific place.