Gila County Superintendent of Schools Linda O’Dell reports that the following persons have qualified as candidates for the November general election ballot as school district or community college governing board members. The filing deadline was Wednesday, August 6th, 2008.
Globe Unified School District:
Two Year Term (2 positions)
Bradley D. Beauchamp (incumbent)
Frankie Scott DalMolin (incumbent)
Anna Maria Harmon
Vernon Lee Perry
Four Year Term (3 positions)
David John Haden Fletcher (incumbent)
Jacque Cline Griffin
Cayci L. Vuksanocich (incumbent)
Hayden-Winkelman Unified School District:
Four Year Term (2 positions)
Rosie B. Martinez (incumbent)
Belinda G. Cruz (incumbent)
Miami Unified School District:
Four Year Term (2 positions)
Thomas Castaneda (incumbent)
Paul Phillip Licano (incumbent)
Payson Unified School District:
Four Year Term (3 positions)
Richard Arthur Meyer, Jr
Barbara Underwood
Matthew C. VanCamp
Buzz Walker
Pine-Strawberry School District:
Four Year Term (3 positions)
Margaret H Parker (incumbent)
Diane M. Nathe-Roeder
Michelle Susan Wintrich
San Carlos Unified School District:
Four Year Term (2 positions)
JoAnn Thompson (incumbent)
David Reede (incumbent)
Paul Nosie, Jr.
Tonto Basin School District:
Four Year Term (1 position)
Katy Conway Taylor
Pat A. Taylor
Young School District:
Four Year Term (3 positions)
Judith A. Ellis (incumbent)
Judy C. German (incumbent)
Michael Wayne Tackett (incumbent)
Cobre Valley Institute Of Technology (CVIT):
Four Year Term (2 positions)
Yvonne Lees – Representing San Carlos USD (incumbent)
Arthur Alvarado – Representing Hayden/Winkelman USD (incumbent)
Northern Arizona Vocational Institute Of Technology (NAVIT):
Four Year Term (1 position)
G. Scott Flake – Representing Payson USD (incumbent)
Whiteriver Unified School District:
Four Year Term (3 positions)
Noreen “Katy” Aday (incumbent)
Jerry Gloshay, Jr. (incumbent)
Elizabeth Perry
Mark Tate
Gila County Community College District II – (Representing Payson No. 2, 4, 5, 6, Star Valley, Whispering Pines):
(Six Year Term – 1 position)
Larry K. Stephenson (incumbent)
Gila County Community College District III - (Representing Gisela, Globe No. 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 8, Miami No 1, Roosevelt, Sierra Ancha, Tonto Basin, Young, Zane Grey):
(Six Year Term – 1 position)
Armida G. Bittner
Roberta L. Johnson
In accordance with Arizona Revised Statutes §15-424 D, the Gila County Board of Supervisors may be asked to cancel the election and appoint as governing board members those who have filed as candidates where the same or fewer number of positions are open for election. Any person appointed in accordance with this statute is fully vested with the powers and duties of the office as if elected to that office. For the 2008 election, the Gila County Board of Supervisors may be requested to invoke ARS §15-424 D for the following entities: Hayden-Winkelman, Miami, Pine-Strawberry, Young, CVIT and NAVIT school districts and Gila Community College District II.
For further information, contact your local school district or the Gila County Schools Office at (928) 402-8784. Other sources of assistance with voter registration and elections are the Gila County Recorder’s Office and the Gila County Elections Department, which can be reached through the county’s switchboard at (928) 425-3231.