By David Peck
Filings for the Nov. 4 General Election are still trickling in, although no one has yet filed for any of the four seats on the Lovell School Board, according to Annette Dillon, elections deputy for the Big Horn County Clerk’s Office.
Filing for the various non-partisan boards including school boards, hospital boards and other special district boards began Wednesday, Aug. 6, and continues through Monday, Aug. 25.
As of Tuesday afternoon, there were no filings for the Big Horn County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees, but three people have filed for the North Big Horn Hospital Board of Trustees. Don Minchow of Cowley and Ruthann Holzer of Lovell have filed for re-election and will be joined on the ballot by Patricea Dean of Byron. There are two at-large seats open on the board and one designated Lovell seat on the board.
As for the School District No. 1 Board of Trustees, incumbent Ed Riding has filed for his designated Byron seat on the school board, and Bill Loveland of Burlington has filed for the at-large seat on the board currently held by board chairman Bryan Lee of Frannie.
No one had filed for the designated Deaver-Frannie seat held by Russell Boardman as of Tuesday evening.
Five persons have filed for the North Senior Service District Board, Dillon said: Ruth Hecker, Agnes Haskins, Loretta Tippetts, Barbara Walker and Dueane Calvin.
Two incumbents have filed for re-election to the Big Horn County Fire Protection District No. 1 Board of Trustees: Keith Grant and Chad Petrich. Three persons also filed for the new Fire Protection District No. 5 (Deaver-Frannie) Board of Trustees: Shirley Banks (two-year term), Coleen Wagner and Clayton Ward.
Three have filed for the Lovell Cemetery District Board -- Jack Nicholls, Ray Minchow and Brent Reasch – and three have filed for the Deaver-Frannie Cemetery District Board: Corine Tilley, Beverly Becker and Shirley Banks.
No one had filed for rural supervisor seats on the Shoshone Conservation District Board as of Tuesday evening.
There were also no filings yet for the Byron, Cowley or Deaver-Frannie cemetery district boards.
Other candidates for municipal and partisan races will be nominated at next Tuesday’s Primary Election.
There is no fee to file for any of the special districts. School board candidates file directly with the Big Horn County Clerk’s Office, but other candidates may file with their respective board secretaries or with the clerk’s office.
Call 307-568-2357 for more information.