Courthouse tax gets nod from voters, 1 challenger joins Marshall Board of Education

The 1/4-cent sales tax to finance a major renovation of the Saline County Courthouse won handily in the local election Tuesday, April 8.

The unofficial count was 1,608 voting in favor of the tax and 927 voting against.

In other races, one challenger will join the Marshall Board of Education while current President Jay Barton will not.

Mark Gooden was the top vote-getter with 716 and Stouffer tied with incumbent Anita Wright at 525 each.

Barton came in fourth with 466 votes, followed by challengers Roger Blakely with 442 and Thomas Bell with 326.

The 9-1-1 Commission will continue to have John Fletcher in the four-year at-large seat. Fletcher received 1,467 votes to challenger Gene Griffith's 946.

In the 9-1-1 Commission's Southern District, Jesse Coslet received the most votes, 1,071, and will therefore serve a four-year term.

Coming in second and third were Jack Lenz Jr., with 971 votes, and Corbin Allred with 929. Both will serve two-year terms. Carl W. Webb received 722 votes.

In the commission's Northern District, incumbent Cindy Schroeder received the most votes, 731, and will serve a four-year term.

Winning two-year terms were Cathie Jeffries, with 689 votes and John Rieves with 682. James E. Bird received 473 votes.

For Marshall City Council, three unopposed council members -- Sheila Cook, Ward 1; Vince Lutterbie, Ward 2; and Ron Duvall, Ward 4 -- were re-elected.

Dan Brandt fended off a challenge from John Walden, getting 154 votes in Ward 3 to Walden's 54.

In Arrow Rock's Board of Trustees election, Diana Dickey received 32 votes to Karen Murray's 25.

In Blackburn, Karen Sims received 40 votes, Charles E. Dollens received 31 and Florence Wilson received 14.

In Emma, James P, Parks received 11 votes and kathy Tebbenkamp received 5.

In Gilliam, Joe Trapp received 16 votes, followed by Gayle Dobbins, with 9 and Greta Hagenah with 7.

In Grand Pass, Joyce Dambacher received 9 votes, Beverly Richtermeyer received 8 and Herbert Richtermeyer received 7.

In Malta Bend, M. Scott Moore received 30 votes, Allen Clemons received 20 and Jack Rash received 12.

In Miami, John R. Bakert received 48 votes. Christopher Hedrick followed with 41, Denise R. Ward received 39, David Arends received 36, Christina Taylor received 35 and Tom Driskell received 2.

In Mt. Leonard, Elaine C. Wagner recevied 15 votes and Merle R.Trelow received 13.

In Nelson, Gale Cornine received 26 votes, Richard Clause received 14, Elwood Waller received 7 and Ruth Younger received 0.

In Slater, Rex Cantlin held off challenger Frank Dolezal, getting 26 votes to Dolezal's 6. The rest of Slater council's incumbents -- Harry Lightfoot, Matt Campbell, Ruby Romine and Cathie Jeffries -- were unopposed.

In Sweet Springs, Jim Lindemann received 87 votes. Also on the ballot for the seat on the Board of Aldermen was the late Derl Bernard, who received 28 votes.

Raymond Kinney will be Sweet Springs mayor. He ran opposed for the position. Billie Clevenger was also unopposed in her bid to remain on the board.

Incumbent City Collector Janice Bybee received 139 votes and will retain the office. Challenger Amanda Schlatweiler received 79 votes.

In the Sweet Springs Board of Education race, the top three vote-getters were Robert Fuehring, 262; Troy Schroeder, 226; and Brian Vogelsmeier, 221.

Jack Thomas received 183 votes and tom Tyler received 115.

In the Miami school board election, Jennifer Land received 86 votes, followed by Mark Petzoldt with 81 and Mendell Elson with 81. Walter Malan received 52, Jamie Tighe received 50, Margaret Hirt received 47 and Dwight Mikels received 38.

In the Hardeman school district, Mark W. Borgman received 97 votes, Becky Van Vactor received 95 and Lee Vogl received 94. Dennis Gessling received 49 votes.