With the election filing period ending at noon Friday, 22 people have filed for the 10 local school board seats in three area school districts.
The election filing period started July 21. The school board races are for seats on the school boards at Warsaw, Wawasee and Triton.
Ron Yeiter and Gene England currently represent Districts 1 and 7 for Warsaw Community Schools. However, both men have reached their eight-year term limit and cannot run for re-election this year. Their terms end Dec. 31.
Three people have filed for Yeiter's District 1 seat. They are (in alphabetical order): Teresa J. Cosgrove, 1300 Meadow Lark Blvd., Warsaw; Matt Dick, 1720 W. CR 350S, Warsaw; and Raphael Wolff, 3458 W. John Road, Warsaw.
Two people have filed for District 7. Landon Martin, 11440 S. CR 100W, Silver Lake, will face off against Dan J. Metzger, 476 E. Ind. 14, Silver Lake, in the Nov. 2 election.
As previously reported, Delores Hearn, 161 EMS T26 Lane, Leesburg, has filed for re-election as the District 2 Warsaw School Board member. Her competitor is Courtney Walters, 415 Barrington Place, Warsaw.
Incumbent Tamara J. Dalton, 936 Little Eagle Drive, Warsaw, has two rivals for her District 5 position. Monica R. Boyer, 915 E. Market St., and Jennifer Tandy, 13 Stone Camp Trail, also are seeking the seat.At Wawasee, Mary Lou Dixon, 10464 N. Ind. 13, Syracuse, has filed for re-election to the District 2 seat. She will face off against Curtis D. Hursey, 9648 E. Wawasee Lane, Syracuse.
Rebecca L. "Becky" Linnemeier, 12359 N. Camelot Trail, Milford, has filed for the District 3 seat. The incumbent is unopposed.
The other Wawasee seat available this fall is District 1, currently held by Mike Wilson, 310 E. Huntington St., North Webster. He has filed for re-election. Wilson's competition is Robert D. "Rob" Fisher, 28 EMS W16 Lane, North Webster.
Triton has three positions up for election Nov. 2.
Teresa Lynn Barnhart, 4875 14th Road, Bourbon, has filed for the District 1, Tippecanoe Township seat. Barnhart is unopposed for the seat. Rodney Kreft currently holds that seat, but did not file for re-election.
The other positions are for District 2, Etna Township, and District 4, Town of Bourbon.
Debbie Shively, 10625 W. Anglin Road, Etna Green, currently is the District 2 board member, while Jerilyn Anders, 523 S. Main St., Bourbon, currently represents District 4. Both face two opponents in the general election.
Andrew L. Cook, 327 E. High St., Etna Green, and Sonya L. Riffle, 131 Main St., Etna Green, will try to unseat Shively.
Joseph R. Choquette, 601 W. Liberty Ave., Bourbon, and Marcia Keyser, 204 Rose Lane, Bourbon, are running against Anders.
