SANDPOINT — Early results in the Lake Pend Oreille School District trustee election Tuesday had Gary Suppiger, Lonnie Williams and Cary Kelly in the lead.

Suppiger was ahead of Richard Miller in Zone 2, 368-292. In Zone 3, Williams was ahead of Victoria Zeischegg, 194-78; and Kelly was ahead of Anita Perry in Zone 5 at 729-113.

The three LPOSD trustee positions are being vacated by board chairman Steve Youngdahl in Zone 5, Zone 2 trustee Matt Mire and Zone 3 trustee Joan Fish.

Miller is the owner and operator of Dr. Splinter's Woodworks and lives in Sagle with his wife, Susan. Both he and his wife hold master's degrees in traditional Chinese medicine. He currently serves as a board member on the Injectors' Car Club and supports local causes, such as hospice, Toys for Tots, the food bank, senior center and cancer society. Miller's daughter, Brighten, attended school in the district and graduated with honors. She was awarded a scholarship from the University of Idaho and is studying speech pathology.

Suppiger is the founder, owner and manager of Panhandle Forest Products. He holds a bachelor's degree in art and chemistry and a master's in forestry from Duke University. He and his wife, Sally, reside in Cocolalla and his three children attended public school in the district. His volunteer work includes serving as a Sagle Elementary math coach for 12 years. He has also served on district committees for levies, budgets, curriculum and parent district coordinating.

Williams is the vice president of Sandpoint Title Insurance where he has worked since graduating from Gonzaga University in 2009. His family owns the company and he has lived in the Sandpoint area since he was 2 years old. He and his wife Katie are both products of LPOSD and he believes that playing sports in the district helped shape the person he is today. After moving back to the area after college, where he also played soccer, he began coaching soccer for the high school and the Strikers.Victoria

Zeischegg owns and operates a health and wellness website, drz.org, along with her husband, Peter. She managed Zeischegg Chiropractic Neurology Clinic for 12 years. She is a former board member of Angels Over Sandpoint and is in her sixth year on the board of the Bonner County Republican Women, Inc. It is her fifth year as president of the BCRW. She also serves as the elected Baldy Precinct Republican Committeewoman and volunteers on the Local Emergency Management Planning Committee and is an associate member of Priest Lake Search and Rescue.

Kelly recently stepped down as a Bonner County commissioner, where he served as chairman of the board for four years. Prior to that, he spent 18 years in the marine division of the Bonner County Sheriff's Office, resigning in 2012 to run for elected office. He also spent 28 years in the United States Marine Corps as a naval aviator and colonel. Kelly and his wife, Mona, moved to Bonner County 24 years ago and have two children, five grandchildren and a dog. All five grandchildren attended public school in Sandpoint.

Perry is retired from a career in the public sector that included 20 years of management experience in state and city government. She has volunteered locally in the Community Assistance League's Bizarre Bazaar and served on several grant committees. She has served as president of the Bonner County Republican Women and continues as a board member. She has also served on the Bonner County Property Rights Council, as secretary on the board of the Bonner County Republican Central Committee and as precinct committeewoman.

The LPOSD elections were not the only board member positions up for grabs in the county Tuesday. The East Bonner County Library District had three positions to fill, with Judy Meyers running against Gilbert Beyer for a two-year term; Jeanine Asche was unchallenged for a four-year term, and Joan Terrell and Susan Shea vying for a six-year term. Meyers was ahead 923-558 at Daily Bee deadling Tuesday, and Shea was ahead of Terrell 666-608.

The Pend Oreille Hospital District had five openings and five candidates, four of which were incumbents. The incumbents include Jim Frank, Bart Casey, Tim Cochran and Shawn Woodward. Dan Rose was the only candidate not already serving on the board. Early results indicate Frank had 1,004 votes, Casey had 1,149 votes, Cochran had 1,191 votes, Rose had 693 votes and Woodward had 1,164.

On the other side of the county, in the West Bonner County School District, Zone 4 incumbent Sandy Brower was challenged by David Sears. Sears was ahead 25-12, according to the early results.

In the Priest Lake Library District, Barbara Benscoter and Nancy Bushman vyed for a six-year term on the board of trustees, and Rosemary Yocum was unchallenged for two-year term. Bushman was ahead 8-0 in absentee votes, which were the only votes available by deadline.

Mary Malone can be reached by email at mmalone@bonnercountydailybee.com and follow her on Twitter @MaryDailyBee.