Hedley will be the site of the only boards holding elections this May after the filing period closed for candidates last Friday, February 28.
The Hedley Independent School District will elect three members of its Board of Trustees. Incumbent Ted Wright will be joined on the ballot by Troy Monroe, Michelle McCann, and Holly McCleskey. Two other incumbents – Tonja Ruthardt and Karen Watt – are not running.
Hedley Mayor Leon Ward is unopposed for re-election, but there will be a three-person race for two seats on the Board of Aldermen. Challenger Diana Postma will join Aldermen Lonnie Roby and Carrie Butler on the ballot.
Elections for the City of Hedley and Hedley ISD are scheduled for May 10.
Five other local governments will be canceling their elections for this spring as candidates for each of those boards are unopposed.
The City of Clarendon will, however, get a new face on its board. With three seats available this spring, Aldermen Beverly Burrow and Larry Jeffers both signed up for re-election, but Alderman Will Thompson is not seeking another term in office. John Lockhart will take Thompson’s seat on the board.
Howardwick will lose two current aldermen, but they will be replaced by two former mayors, H.L. Baird and Sam Grider, who joined incumbent Alderman Robert Brewster in signing up for three available seats. Aldermen Gene Rogers and Corrine Longan did not seek re-election.
It will just be familiar faces on the Clarendon College Board of Regents where incumbents Dr. John Howard, Dr. Bill Sansing, and Jack Moreman were the only ones to sign up for office.
The Donley County Hospital Board will also have no changes as incumbent Directors Jan Farris, Jeannie Owens, Mark C. White, and Lori Howard are set to return.
There will also be no changes on the Clarendon ISD Board of Trustees where incumbents Weldon Sears and Reneé Betts were the only ones to file.
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