SCOTT COUNTY ELECTIONS: INCUMBENTS, NEWCOMER TO SC SCHOOL BOARD

SCOTT CITY -- Voters narrowed a field of eight candidates Tuesday to fill three, three-year positions on the Scott City Board of Education.

Incumbents Wayne Pettit and William Wilthong easily won additional terms in office, receiving 665 and 512 votes, respectively. Sally Porch also was elected, receiving 625 votes.

Pettit is completing his fifth year on the board. He and his wife, Kim, have one daughter attending Scott City Elementary School.

Wilthong is completing his first three-year term in office. He is a retired Scott City schools educator and athletic director and lives in Scott City with his wife, Linda.

Porch, a registered nurse, and her husband, Tim, have two children.

Others receiving votes in the race were: Kenneth Raney, 363; Terry Johnston, 228; Rocky Sharrock, 259; Dean Wadlington, 386; and Donna Bedwell, 287.