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County residents continue to file their candidacies for public office and a place on the May 2 primary election ballot.
The deadline to file is noon Feb. 17.
As of Friday, the office of sheriff has turned into a three-way race with Louis "Bill" Brown adding his name to the primary ballot.
Unless otherwise indicated by an (*), all candidates are Republican.
County council incumbents Harold Jones, Leesburg, of District 2 and Brad Tandy, Winona Lake, of District 3 have filed to retain their seats on the county council.
The township assessors seeking re-election are Dorothy Biesemeyer, North Webster, for Tippecanoe; Patty Gammiere, Syracuse, for Turkey Creek; and Kristy Mayer, Warsaw, for Wayne.
Running for township trustee offices are: Carolyn Wallen, Claypool, Jackson; Dean Rhoades, Pierceton, Washington; Sandra Fiedeke, Pierceton, Monroe; Julia Goon, Warsaw, Prairie; Molly Bradford, Silver Lake, Lake; Elizabeth Winchester, Milford, Van Buren; James Moyer, Atwood, Harrison; and Barbara Griffith, Syracuse, Turkey Creek.
Four township trustee seats have yet to file and several township advisory positions remain "open." Each township has a three-member advisory board.
New candidates for township advisory board positions are: Clay - Donald Morris, Claypool; Etna - Joe Mooney, Etna Green; Harrison - Gerald Weirick and Richard Jordan, both of Warsaw; Jackson - Fred Kinch and Joyce Sherwin, both of Claypool, and Ray Fisher, Pierceton; Jefferson - John Beer, Milford; Plain - Robert Bishop, Leesburg; Prairie - Marjorie Himes, Warsaw; Seward - Roland McFadden and Jason McSherry, both of Claypool, and Kevin Hohman, Silver Lake; Tippecanoe - Arlus Schaefer, Warsaw, and Danny Conkling, North Webster; Turkey Creek - Arlen Bobeck, Carl Myrick and Richard Waterson, all of Syracuse; Washington - James Craig, Pierceton; Wayne - Kyle Babcock, Warsaw; and Van Buren - William Troup, Milford.
Several precinct committeeman seats remain open as well as state convention delegate posts.
Filing as precinct committeemen are: Harold Jones, Plain 2; Charlene Knispel, Turkey Creek 2; Susan Myrick, Syracuse, Turkey Creek 3; Randall Girod, Syracuse, Turkey Creek 6; Kathleen Keirn, Wayne 2; Kathy Harmon*, Warsaw, PR1; Steven Foster, Warsaw, Wayne 5; Warren Tatter, Warsaw, 5-1; Karen Swinger, Warsaw, 4-1; Beverly Brown, Warsaw, 1-1; and Joe Mooney, Etna Green, Etna.
New state delegate filings are: Randall Girod, Syracuse, District 6; Charlene Knispel, Syracuse, District 5; Dan Hampton, Warsaw, District 21; Steven Foster, Warsaw, District 12; and John Elliott, Wayne 1.
Paul Stoelting, Warsaw, seeks re-election as the District 2 Syracuse Town Council representative.
Filing for a seat on the Tippecanoe Valley School Board is Bryan Murphy, Akron.
Deborah Collier, Pierceton and Shannon Langmaid have filed for the Whitko School Board.
