Voters in Greene County Community Schools elected three new members to the five-member board of education. Catherine Wilson, the only incumbent on the ballot, was not re-elected for a second term.
Bonnie Silbaugh received 1,485 votes (27.24 percent). Also joining the board will be Michelle Fields, with 1,047 votes (19.2 percent) and Cindi Daubendiek with 870 votes (15.96 percent). Wilson received 737 votes (13.52 percent), while Sean Sebourn garnered 668 votes (12.25 percent) and Nicholas Lehman got 627 votes (11.5 percent).
Board members entering the third year of four-year terms are Steve Fisher and John McConnell.
Jefferson voters returned all three incumbents to the city council. Patrick Zmolek was elected to his first four-year term, having been elected to fill the remainder of a term two years ago. Zmolek received 730 votes (23.46 percent). Darren Jackson received 667 votes (21.43 percent) and Harry Ahrenholtz received 652 votes (29.95 percent). Challengers Heath Enns and Mark A. Wright received 561 votes (18.03 percent) and 472 votes (15.17 percent) respectively.
The public measure to retain gaming in Greene County passed overwhelmingly, with 88.76 percent of voters (2,054) voting in favor of the measure and 11.24 percent (260) voting against. Gaming will not be placed on a Greene County ballot again.
In Grand Junction, mayor Gerold Herrick was re-elected with 128 votes (59.81 percent). Challenger Jason McDowell received 80 votes (37.38 percent). No incumbents ran for three seats on the city council. With seven names on the ballot, Paula Hoskinson received 149 votes (24.71 percent), Lora Lyons received 116 votes (19.24 percent), and Mark Renslow received 107 votes (17.74 percent). Other candidates received votes as follows: Michelle Hillman, 99, (16.42 percent); Spencer Kirk, 70 (11.61 percent); Bailey Mount, 31 (5.14 percent); and Brian Pritchard, 12 (2.49 percent).
Churdan voters chose newcomers over incumbents for the city council there. With two expiring terms, challengers Mark Kersey received 65 votes (36.93 percent) and Mary Vogel received 55 votes (31.25 percent. Incumbents Nick Christianson and Heidi Geisler received 33 votes (18.75 percent) and 23 votes (13.07 percent) respectively. Mayor Joleen Killeen ran for re-election unopposed and received 72 votes (93.51 percent).
Gerald Boyd was elected as mayor of Scranton with 60 votes (49.59 percent). David Dideriksen received 51 votes (42.15 percent) and Jerry Erwin received eight votes (6.61 percent). Two at-large council seats were on the ballot with no candidates. Ninety-nine votes were cast as write-ins; the two persons who received the most votes will be elected if they accept the positions.
Incumbent Paton mayor Steve Burrell ran unopposed and received 23 votes (85.19 percent). Incumbent council members Diane Hanlon and Zach Schweers ran unopposed and received 22 votes (45.83 percent) and 25 votes (52.08 percent) respectively. Incumbent council member Jake Bohnet ran unopposed to fill a vacancy and received 28 votes (100 percent).
Schweers was also elected to the Paton-Churdan school board with 149 votes (31.43 percent). Mitch Stream received 165 votes (34.81 percent) and Dennis Tilley received 157 votes (33.12 percent).
In Dana incumbent mayor Mandy Sims ran unopposed for another term. She received six votes (100 percent). Incumbent council members Christopher J. Vargas and Anthony Sims also ran unopposed. They received six and four votes respectively.
Rippey mayor Daniel Brubaker was re-elected with 16 votes (100 percent). Re-elected to the Rippey city council were Garry Higgins and Donald Carpenter, each receiving 15 votes (48.39 percent).
Results are unofficial until the county supervisors canvass the vote next Monday.
