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April ballots filled out
The slate of candidates for the city, school board and township elections to take place in April are set.
The deadline for filing for city and school board positions was Monday. Township candidates were slated January 13 by the
Democrat and Republican parties.
Of the seven offices up in the city election, only two will be contested. Mary Gillock and Tom Appelt filed for city treasurer to replace
Gerry Boyd who did not seek re-election after serving 24 years.
The other contested position will be in the Fourth Ward for alderman. Incumbent Barb Stamer will be opposed by Rod Johnson.
The latter formerly served on the council but had to resign when he moved to another ward several years ago.
Mayor Joe Powell will be unopposed as he seeks his fourth term. Also running unopposed will be three incumbent aldermen,
Matt Gillock in Ward I, Tom Berola in Ward II and Chris Warwick in Ward III.
Mary Thornton, who served on the council a number of years ago, is the lone candidate for the city clerk position that is being
vacated by Myra Sample.
Four of the five seats for the school board, all four year terms, will be contested. The fifth seat, an unexpired two year term, has
one candidate, incumbent Laurie King.
Seeking the four year terms are incumbents Fred Jessup and Jeff Mortimer along with John Cox, Sean Snyder, Scott Norris, Vince
Speranza and Linda Wood.
Holdover members are Chuck DuBois and Casey Norris. Not seeking re-election are Tim Seifert and Mike Heren.
In the township election, the Republicans slated the following: Jill Horn, (incumbent supervisor; Elsie Semanik, incumbent,
township clerk; Annette Pignon, incumbent, tax collector; trustees, incumbent Beth Heren, plus Chris Allen, Tim Seifert, and Tammy
Longmeyer; and Mike Heren for road commissioner.
On the Democratic side, slated were, Matt Brown, incumbent, assessor; Christy Codron, incumbent, trustee, Jack Bailey, road
commissioner; Marc Landers, supervisor and Ken Fritzche, trustee.
The slate of candidates for the city, school board and township elections to take place in April are set.
The deadline for filing for city and school board positions was Monday. Township candidates were slated January 13 by the
Democrat and Republican parties.
Of the seven offices up in the city election, only two will be contested. Mary Gillock and Tom Appelt filed for city treasurer to replace
Gerry Boyd who did not seek re-election after serving 24 years.
The other contested position will be in the Fourth Ward for alderman. Incumbent Barb Stamer will be opposed by Rod Johnson.
The latter formerly served on the council but had to resign when he moved to another ward several years ago.
Mayor Joe Powell will be unopposed as he seeks his fourth term. Also running unopposed will be three incumbent aldermen,
Matt Gillock in Ward I, Tom Berola in Ward II and Chris Warwick in Ward III.
Mary Thornton, who served on the council a number of years ago, is the lone candidate for the city clerk position that is being
vacated by Myra Sample.
Four of the five seats for the school board, all four year terms, will be contested. The fifth seat, an unexpired two year term, has
one candidate, incumbent Laurie King.
Seeking the four year terms are incumbents Fred Jessup and Jeff Mortimer along with John Cox, Sean Snyder, Scott Norris, Vince
Speranza and Linda Wood.
Holdover members are Chuck DuBois and Casey Norris. Not seeking re-election are Tim Seifert and Mike Heren.
In the township election, the Republicans slated the following: Jill Horn, (incumbent supervisor; Elsie Semanik, incumbent,
township clerk; Annette Pignon, incumbent, tax collector; trustees, incumbent Beth Heren, plus Chris Allen, Tim Seifert, and Tammy
Longmeyer; and Mike Heren for road commissioner.
On the Democratic side, slated were, Matt Brown, incumbent, assessor; Christy Codron, incumbent, trustee, Jack Bailey, road
commissioner; Marc Landers, supervisor and Ken Fritzche, trustee.
Issue Date: Jan. 29, 2009
