Category: Bonner Springs

Six candidates now running for UG Commission, 1st District at large seat

With the filing deadline at noon tomorrow, at least six candidates will be on the primary ballot for the open seat on the Unified Government Commission, 1st District at large.

The primary will be March 3 and the general election is April 7. Filing deadline is noon Tuesday, Jan. 27.

According to the Wyandotte County Election Commissioner’s candidate list, the candidates who have filed for UG Commission, 1st District at large, by Monday included LaVert A. Murray, Tamika Pledger, Janice (Grant) Witt, Christal Watson, Nathan Barnes and Mark Gilstrap.

Some other contests on the ballot are beginning to see more candidates, also.

Candidates include:

For UG Commissioner, 2nd District: Brian McKiernan, incumbent.

For UG Commissioner, 3rd District: Ann Murguia, incumbent.

For UG Commissioner, 4th District: Harold Johnson and Tarence Maddox, incumbent.

For UG Commissioner, 6th District: Angela Markley, 6th District.

For Register of Deeds: Nancy Burns, incumbent.

For Board of Public Utilities, at large, District 3: Norman D. Scott, Murray D. Anderson Sr., Thomas H. Gordon, Chris McCord.

For Board of Public Utilities, 1st District: Robert “Bob” Milan, incumbent, Freddy Wilson Jr.

For Board of Public Utilities, 3rd District: Jeff Bryant, incumbent.

For Kansas City Kansas Community College Board of Trustees: Ray Daniels, incumbent; Mary Ann Flunder, incumbent; Clyde A. Townsend, incumbent, Don Ash, incumbent, Victor B. Trammell.

For Turner Board of Education: Jeff Davidson, incumbent; Sherrie Watkins-Alvey, incumbent; Douglas Lockwood, incumbent, Becky Billigmeier, incumbent; Theresa Tillery, incumbent.

For Piper Board of Education: Tom Beebe, incumbent; Ashley Biondi, Steve Buff, Neal Palmer, incumbent; Lisa K. Sullivan, incumbent; Jeb Vader.

For Bonner Springs Board of Education: Timothy G. McGinnis, incumbent; David J. Pierce, incumbent; Patricia E. Welicky, incumbent, Olliea Jarrett, incumbent.

For Kansas City, Kan., Board of Education: George Breidenthal, incumbent; Maria Cecilia Ysaac, Irene Caudillo, Korri Hall-Thompson, Janey M. Humphries, Brenda C. Jones, incumbent.

For Bonner Springs city: Jeff Harrington, mayor, incumbent; Jack Knight, Bonner Springs City Council, Ward 1, incumbent; Mike Thompson, Bonner Springs City Council, Ward 1; Dani Gurley, Bonner Springs City Council, Ward 2; Racheal Haas, Bonner Springs City Council, Ward 2, incumbent; Jordan M. Mackey, Bonner Springs City Council, Ward 3; Robert W. Reeves, Bonner Springs City Council, Ward 3, incumbent; Eric Freeman, Bonner Springs City Council, Ward 4, incumbent.

For Edwardsville city: Chuck Stites, Edwardsville City Council, at large; Chuck Adams, Edwardsville City Council, at large, incumbent; Craig Crider, Edwardsville City Council, at large, incumbent; Terence P. Dunn, Edwardsville City Council, at large.

Fairfax Drainage District: Martin L. Quinn, director, incumbent, George Breidenthal, director; Kevin S. Brown, director, incumbent; Philip A. Kostelac, director, incumbent.

Kaw Valley Drainage District: James “Bundy” Jenkins, director, incumbent; David R. Morales, director, incumbent; Anthony Talavera Jr., director, incumbent.

Dean’s honor list announced at Saint Mary

Several Wyandotte County students are on the dean’s honor list for the fall semester at Saint Mary University, Leavenworth.

The students had a semester grade point average of 3.5 or better.

Students from Bonner Springs on the list included:

Patricia Courtney
Bailey Hightower
Cory Stephens
Kara Stephens
Christina Ward
Jennifer Whipple

From Edwardsville:

Austin Schuler

From Kansas City, Kan.:

Rachel Anderson
Stephen Connelly
Andrew Kump
Geoffrey Kump
Shanice Palmer
Sofia Pena
Parker Richardson
Ashley Schindel
Jordan Trowbridge

Sullivan named to honor roll

Toby Sullivan, a junior in business administration from Bonner Springs, Kan., was named to the Culver-Stockton College Honor Roll for work done during the fall 2014 semester.

To be named to the honor roll, a student must have earned between a 3.2 and 3.49 grade point average while enrolled in a minimum of 12 hours, with no grade lower than a C.

Culver-Stockton College, in Canton, Mo., is a four-year residential institution affiliated with the Christian Church, Disciples of Christ. The typical 15-week semester is divided into two terms, a 12-week term and a three-week term.