RACES ARE FEW IN JACKSON TUESDAY, EVEN FEWER IN DELTA

JACKSON -- Only two races will face voters in Jackson next week, while in Delta, citizens will elect two school board members from a field of six candidates.

In Jackson, the only aldermanic race is in Ward 4, where two newcomers, Rodney Ladreiter and Fred Leimer, are running for the seat now held by Alderman LeRoy Brown. Brown will retire from the board of aldermen next week.

Leimer is a co-owner and operator of Leimer and Wessell Construction Co. Ladreiter is a Jackson businessman.

Ward 1 Alderman David Ludwig, Ward 2 Alderman David Reiminger and Ward 3 Alderman Glenn Oldham are unopposed for re-election to another term.

The other Jackson race is for the two seats on the Jackson Board of Education. The candidates are incumbents Jack H. Knowlan Jr. and Larry Koenig, and challenger Ken Callis.

Knowlan is seeking his fourth term on the school board. He is now the chief administrative law judge with the Division of Workmen's Compensation.

Koenig is also seeking a fourth term on the school board. The former Jackson police chief is now personnel director and officer manager for the city of Jackson.

Callis is a former one-term member of the Jackson school board. A professional counselor, he has also worked as an English teacher, football coach and school counselor. He worked nine years with the St. Francis Mental Health Center and served as director of the Cottonwood Residential Treatment Center in Cape Girardeau.

There are six candidates seeking the two seats on the Delta school board. They are: incumbent board member Martha Nothdurft, and challengers Erie Foster, George Cox, Arron Altenthal, Robert Goehman and David White. The other school board incumbent, Mike Eby, did not seek re-election.

Nothdurft, who has also served two years as board president, teaches vocational business at the Scott City High School. She lives with her family east of Delta. They have two children in the Delta school system.

Foster lives in Allenville and is employed by Spar Tech Plastics in Cape Girardeau. He is active in the Delta youth summer baseball and winter basketball programs. The Fosters have four children who attend Delta schools.

Cox lives at 19603 Highway 25, west of Delta, and works at the Fruitland Livestock Co. He and his wife have three children.

Altenthal lives west of Crump, and is a pipefitter. He is also involved in the Delta youth baseball and basketball program.

White lives between Delta and Chaffee and works for the Drury Company. He and his wife have two children, one who attends the Delta school system. He served on the school board several years ago.

Goehman lives at 796 County Road 256, near Delta. He is employed by Danny Guilder Trucking Co. of Cape Girardeau. He and his wife have two children, one still in the Delta school system.