(Editors note: A design error in Thursdays Register omitted the end of an article about Mondays filing deadline for local city and school board elections in Allen County.
Additionally, the article incorrectly reported Gas Mayor Kenny Baker is up for re-election. He is not.
The full article follows.)
Three new names have been added to the mix in Iola as the filing deadline nears for area city and school board candidates. The filing deadline is at noon Monday at Allen County Clerk Sherrie Riebels office.
Josiah DAlbini and Michael Sailor both have filed for a slot on the Iola City Council.
Both are in Ward 3, which covers much of the southwest part of Iola.
They are seeking to fill a seat currently held by Kim Peterson, who said Tuesday evening she also planned to run for a full term.
Peterson was appointed to the Council in December to fill the unexpired term of her predecessor, Michael Middleton, who was appointed to the seat 17 months earlier following the departure of Austin Sigg. Both Sigg and Middleton moved from the Third Ward, precipitating their resignations.
If another candidate from Ward 3 files, it will trigger a primary election in August. Otherwise, voters will choose among Peterson, DAlbini and Sailor in the November general election.
Meanwhile, Nickolas Kinder has filed for a Council seat to represent Iolas Ward 1. Chase Martin, who has held the seat since his appointment since his appointment in January 2018, announced Tuesday he will not run.
Two other seats also are up for grabs.
Aaron Franklin, who represents Iolas Ward 4 in the southeast part of town, announced previously he will not seek re-election. Daniel Mathew, who represents Ward 2 in the northeast side of town, was absent from Tuesdays City Council meeting and has not announced if he is going to file.
TWO OF THE four incumbents up for re-election with the Iola-USD 257 Board of Education, Doug Dunlap and Jen Taylor, have filed to keep their seats. Two other candidates, Mary Apt and Dan Willis, also are at the end of their four-year terms. Willis has not yet filed, but told the Register Wednesday he intended to do so. Apt has decided not to refile.
This is the first USD 257 election in which all of the seats are now considered at large, and not part of as specific region. Voters last November overwhelmingly supported doing away with district boundaries.
