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Richard Byrd | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 7 years, 5 months AGO
by Richard Byrd
| May 22, 2017 4:00 AM

EPHRATA — Barring any last minute candidate withdrawals, the names of 151 people will be on the ballot in the August primary.

Friday was the last day for candidates to file for the Aug. 1 primary. The Grant County Auditor's Office reports the last day to withdraw is today.

Candidates who have filed as of the Columbia Basin Herald's press time are as follows:

Grant County Port District 1

  • Port commissioner 2: Patric F. Connelly, of Quincy.

Grant County Port District 2

  • Port commissioner 1: Frank (Skeeter) Mianecki Jr., of Royal City.
  • Port commissioner 2: Alan Schrom, of Royal City.

Grant County Port District 3

  • Port commissioner 2: Lauri Dayton, of Mattawa.

Grant County Port District 4

  • Port commissioner 3: Travis Liening, of Coulee City.

Grant County Port District 5

  • Port commissioner 3: Wesley Sieg, of Hartline.

Grant County Port District 6

  • Port commissioner 3: Pat Hochstatter, of Moses Lake.

Grant County Port District 7

  • Port commissioner 3: Leonard Sanders III, of Electric City.

Grant County Port District 8

  • Port commissioner 3: Dale Pomeroy, of Warden.

Grant County Port District 9

  • Port commissioner 2: Shelly Rivard Detrick, of Ephrata.

Grant County Port District 10

  • Port commissioner 2: Stroud Kunkle, of Moses Lake.

Grant County Hospital District 1

  • Commissioner position 3: Julie Weisenburg, of Moses Lake.
  • Commissioner position 4: Dale Paris, of Moses Lake.

Grant County Hospital District 2

  • Commissioner position 5: Michele L. Talley, of Quincy.

Grant County Hospital District 3

  • Commissioner position 3: Kimberly Allen-Holman, of Ephrata.
  • Commissioner position 5: Amanda Green, of Ephrata.

Grant County Hospital District 4

  • Commissioner position 2: John R. Martin, of Soap Lake.
  • Commissioner position 4: Jean Dillenburg, of Soap Lake.
  • Commissioner position 5: Signe-Slough Knudsen, of Soap Lake.

Grant County Hospital District 5

  • Commissioner position 3: Ray Holloway, of Mattawa.

Grant County Hospital District 6

  • Commissioner position 3: Jerry Kennedy, of Electric City.
  • Commissioner position 4: Geary Oliver, of Grand Coulee.

Grant County Hospital District 7

  • Commissioner position 3: Paula L. Boyce, of Royal City.
  • Commissioner position 4: Patti Klefbeck, of Royal City.

Wahluke School District

  • School director 2: Jerry Yorgesen, of Mattawa.
  • School director 5: Lorraine Jenne, of Mattawa.

Quincy School District

  • School director 1: Tricia C. Lubach, of Quincy.
  • School director 5: Alex Ybarra, of Quincy.

Warden School District

  • School director 1: Doug Skone, of Warden.
  • School director 4: Bryce Cox, of Warden.
  • School director 5: Seamus McPartland, of Warden.

Coulee-Hartline School District

  • School director 1: Karen Whitaker, of Hartline.
  • School director 3: Christina Jalali, of Coulee City.
  • School director 5: William H. Murray, of Coulee City.

Soap Lake School District

  • School director 2: Victoria Shtyba, of Soap Lake.
  • School director 3:
    • Joan Fleming, of Ephrata, and
    • Curt Dotson, of Soap Lake.
  • School director 5:
    • Donald Clark, of Soap Lake, and
    • Renee Detrick, of Soap Lake.

Almira School District

  • School director 1: Paul McArthur, of Almira.
  • School director 3:
    • Lisa Peha, of Almira, and
    • Todd Monson, of Almira.
  • School director 5:
    • John Hughes of Almira, and
    • Kelsey Nachtigal, of Almira.

Royal School District

  • School director 1: Justin Brown, of Royal City.
  • School director 5:
    • Warren Small, of Othello, and
    • Susan Piercy, of Othello.

Moses Lake School District

  • School director 2:
    • Vickey T. Melcher, of Moses Lake, and
    • Oscar J. Ochoa, of Moses Lake.
  • School director 4:
    • Elliott Goodrich, of Moses Lake,
    • James Liebrecht, of Moses Lake, and
    • Kevin J. Donovan, of Moses Lake.

Ephrata School District

  • School director 5: Alan Key, of Ephrata.

Odessa School District

  • School director 1: Janie Steward, of Odessa.
  • School director 3: Carmen Weishaar, of Odessa.
  • School director 5: Heather Valverde, of Odessa.

Wilson Creek School District

  • School director 3:
    • Paul Friend, of Marlin, and
    • Brent K. Finkbeiner, of Marlin.
  • School director 5:
    • Ron Lesser, of Marlin,
    • Teresa (Teri) Garay, of Wilson Creek, and
    • Lane Ribail, of Wilson Creek.

Grand Coulee School District

  • School director 1:
    • Tammy James-Pino, of Coulee Dam, and
    • Carla B. Marconi, of Coulee Dam.
  • School director 2: Kenneth W. Stanger, of Coulee Dam.
  • School director 3: George LaPlace, of Electric City.
  • School director 5:
    • Kelly N. Steffens, of Grand Coulee, and
    • Richard Black, of Grand Coulee.

Grant County Fire District 3

  • Fire commissioner 1: Carl Yeates, of Quincy.
  • Fire commissioner 2: Alan Williamson, of Quincy.

Grant County Fire District 4

  • Fire commissioner 2: Dave Whitney, of Warden.

Grant County Fire District 5

  • Fire commissioner 2:
    • K.L. (Buck) Naff, of Moses Lake, and
    • Lee Creiglow, of Moses Lake.

Grant County Fire District 6

  • Fire commissioner 2: William “Bill” Higginbotham, of Almira.
  • Fire commissioner 3: Gerald F. Dormaier, of Hartline.

Grant County Fire District 7

  • Fire commissioner 3: Jeff Grass, of Coulee City.

Grant County Fire District 8

  • Fire commissioner 2: Scott J. Nesbit, of Desert Aire.
  • Fire commissioner 4: Debra Crain, of Desert Aire.

Grant County Fire District 10

  • Fire commissioner 3: Michael Moore, of Royal City.

Grant County Fire District 11

  • Fire commissioner 2:
    • Ray Wardenaar, of Othello, and
    • Dustin Biela, of Royal City.

Grant County Fire District 12

  • Fire commissioner 2: Mark Kane, of Wilson Creek.

Grant County Fire District 13

  • Fire commissioner 2: Shane Heston, of Ephrata.

Grant County Fire District 14

  • Fire commissioner 2: Gary V. Rosco, of Electric City.

Grant County Fire District 15

  • Fire commissioner 1: Richard Wentworth, of Ephrata.

Coulee City

  • Mayor: Robert Dove, of Coulee City.
  • Council position 1: ShirleyRae Maes, of Coulee City.
  • Council position 4: Anita Paulsson, of Coulee City.
  • Council position 5: Vaughn Jordan, of Coulee City.

Coulee Dam

  • Mayor:
    • Gayle Swagerty, of Coulee Dam, and
    • Larry Price, of Coulee Dam.
  • Council position 1:
    • Dave Schmidt, of Coulee Dam, and
    • Fred Netzel, of Coulee Dam.
  • Council position 2: Bob Poch, of Coulee Dam.

Electric City

  • Council position 1: Aaron Derr, of Electric City.

City of Ephrata

  • Mayor: Bruce Reim, of Ephrata.
  • Council position 1: Justin Kooy, of Ephrata.
  • Council position 2: Mark Wanke, of Ephrata.
  • Council position 3: Matt Moore, of Ephrata.

City of George

  • Council position 2: Katie Schooler, of George.
  • Council position 3: Terry R. Nelson, of George.
  • Council position 4: Julia Schooler, of George.

Grand Coulee

  • Council position 1: Tammara J. Byers, of Grand Coulee.
  • Council position 2: Thomas L. Poplawski, of Grand Coulee.
  • Council position 4: Mike Horne, of Grand Coulee.

Town of Hartline

  • Mayor: Jim Baergen, of Hartline.

Town of Krupp

  • Mayor: Tracy Lesser, of Marlin.
  • Council position 5: Lori Friend, of Marlin.

Mattawa

  • Council position 1: Sun Hwang, of Mattawa.
  • Council position 3: Silvia Barajas, of Mattawa.
  • Council position 4: Ellen Hopkins, of Mattawa.
  • Council position 5: Alexander Heredia, of Mattawa.
  • Council position 7: Wendy Lopez, of Mattawa.

Moses Lake

  • Council position 1:
    • Dean Hankins, of Moses Lake,
    • Michael Riggs, of Moses Lake, and
    • Todd Voth, of Moses Lake.
  • Council position 2:
    • Karen Liebrecht, of Moses Lake, and
    • Jason F. Avila, of Moses Lake.
  • Council position 4: Bill Ecret, of Moses Lake.
  • Council position 5:
    • David Curnel, of Moses Lake, and
    • Nathan Pack, of Moses Lake.

Quincy

  • Mayor:
    • Scott B. Lybbert, of Quincy,
    • Paul D. Worley, of Quincy,
    • Ricardo (Ric) Garces, of Quincy,
    • and Ricardo Ruesga, of Quincy.
  • Council position 2:
    • Joel Martin, of Quincy, and
    • Luke Garrison, of Quincy.
  • Council position 4: Andrew Royer, of Quincy.
  • Council position 5:
    • David Day, of Quincy, and
    • Jacob Compton, of Quincy.

Royal City

  • Mayor: Preston K. Andersen, of Royal City.
  • Council position 1: Gary A. Fanning, of Royal City.
  • Council position 5: Tiffany Workinger, of Royal City.

Soap Lake

  • Council position 3:
    • Kandis (Kandi) Lair, of Soap Lake, and
    • Dave Tweedy, of Soap Lake.
  • Council position 4:
    • Robert L. Brown, of Soap Lake,
    • Debra Parmeter Still, of Soap Lake, and
    • Judith E. Gorman, of Soap Lake.

Warden

  • Council position 2: Byron Starkey, of Warden.

Wilson Creek

  • Mayor: Kevin Newland, of Wilson Creek.
  • Council position 3:
    • Kellie Ribail, of Wilson Creek, and
    • Willow Conley, of Wilson Creek.
  • Council position 4:
    • Michael S. Goetz, of Wilson Creek, and
    • Scott Mortimer, of Wilson Creek.
  • Council position 5:
    • Raymond Kelby, of Wilson Creek, and
    • Mike Conley, of Ephrata.

Warden Cemetery District 4

  • Commissioner position 4: Delmar Laib, of Warden.

Royal City Cemetery District 5

  • Commissioner position 1: Wayne C. Brown, of Othello.

Cascade Valley Water District 3

  • Commissioner position 2: Anita L. Graham, of Moses Lake.

Grant County Airport District 1

  • Commissioner position 1: Vincent Himsl, of Mattawa.
  • Commissioner position 2: Kenneth F. Broda, of Desert Aire.
  • Commissioner position 3: Karl L. Gruber, of Desert Aire.

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