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Eight of 10 area school board seats up for election in November will be contested.
At Warsaw, School Board President Ron Yeiter, 4795 W. CR 600N, Warsaw, will be up for re-election against Barbara Smolen, 3057 S. CR 175W, Warsaw, for the district 1 seat.
Fifth District incumbent Tamara J. Dalton, 936 Little Eagle Drive, Warsaw, will face off against challenger Thomas J. "Tom" Heuer, 1326 E. Islandview Drive, Warsaw.
Neither candidate for district 2 is an incumbent. Cathy Folk is the incumbent, but can not run for re-election because she served the maximum number of consecutive terms allowed. The race will include Bradley S. Hagg, 139 E. Birchwood Court, Warsaw, against Delores M. Hearn, 161 EMS T26 Lane, Leesburg.
The only incumbent who will not face a challenger this fall is Board Secretary Eugene England, 10736 Bouse Drive, Silver Lake, who holds the district 7 seat.
One Wawasee Community School board member is unopposed for the fall election. Mary Lou Dixon, 10464 N. Ind. 13, Syracuse, will retain her district 2 seat as no candidate filed against her by the Aug. 25 noon deadline.
Incumbent Marion Acton, 103 N. West St., Milford, will face Rebecca L. "Becky" Linnemeier, 12359 N. Camelot Trail, Milford, for the district 3 seat.
Brian Dawes is the current district 1 Wawasee school board member. However, Dawes chose not to seek re-election. Candidates running for the open district are Lydia Stech Clark, 324 E. Huntington St., North Webster, and Michael D. Wilson, 310 E. Huntington St., North Webster.
All three districts are contested this fall for Triton School Corp.
Incumbent Steven C. Blackford, 18113 Hartz Drive, Tippecanoe, will be up against Rodney J. Kreft, 2811 18th Road, Tippecanoe, for the district 1, Tippecanoe Township position.
District 2, Etna Township candidates are incumbent Deborah M. Shively, 10625 W. Anglin Road, Etna Green, and Sammy K. Cullison, 10218 W. CR 350N, Etna Green.
The final race has three candidates for the district 4, town of Bourbon position. Candidates are Jerilyn Elaine Anders, 523 S. Main St., Bourbon; Kevin R. Boyer, 305 Rose Lane, Bourbon; and Marcia Keyser, 204 Rose Lane, Bourbon. According to the information provided by the Kosciusko County clerk's office, none of the three candidates are incumbents.
