LIGHT TURNOUT FOR PERRY COUNTY RACES

With only two contested races on the ballot -- one for the Perry County School District, and one in the city of Perryville's third ward -- most Perry County voters stayed home Tuesday.

Perry County Clerk Randy Taylor called voter turnout "terrible," adding that 1,680 voters, or 17.28 percent of the county's registered voters, headed to the polls.

"That's about what I expected, though. There wasn't much to vote on," Taylor said.

Perry County School District

In the school board race for School District No. 32, where three seats were up for grabs, Donna Tucker pulled the most votes, garnering 1,074.

Also winning seats on the board were Terry L. Miederhoff and John McDaniel, with 882 votes and 832 votes, respectively.

Tucker, Miederhoff and McDaniel will serve three-year terms.

Jeanette Carter garnered 658 votes and Thomas A. Wesolek 309.

City of Perryville

Paul R. "Butch" Flentge won the race for Ward 3 for the Perryville Board of Aldermen, garnering 171 votes.

Also running were John T. Chappius, who had 86 votes, and Harvey E. Schamburg, who received 83 votes.

Uncontested races in Perryville were Paul Miget, mayor; Wilma Weinkein, city collector; Robert Hershey, municipal judge; Roger Prost, alderman, Ward 1; and Frank "Bill" Bergman, alderman, Ward 2.

Amendment 4

Amendment 4, which would require a statewide vote for tax or fee increases exceeding $50 million or 1 percent of total state revenues, passed in Perry County by a vote of 1,276 to 335.

Altenburg School District

Charles Gerler and Colleen Steffens won three-year school board terms in an uncontested race.

City of Altenburg

Greg Hecht, Ward 1, and Robert Birk, Ward 2, were elected to the Altenburg Board of Aldermen in uncontested races.

City of Frohna

Mayor Marvin School won re-election, and Dennis Hecht and Boyd France won terms on the Frohna Board of Aldermen in Wards 1 and 2, respectively, in uncontested races.

Longtown

Darrell Tanz and Roy Lohmann won seats on the Longtown Board of Trustees in an uncontested race.