THREE FILE FOR SEATS ON CAPE SCHOOL BOARD

Cape Girardeau voters will consider a field of three candidates for the Board of Education during elections April 3.

Martha Zlokovich, who had a strong showing in her first bid for school board last year, filed Friday for a spot on the ballot. She will vie against incumbents Dr. Ferrell Ervin and Mark Carver for one of two, three-year positions.

The race is one of several to develop late in the filing period. Candidates were required to file before 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Most school districts have two, three-year terms available, but there will be three new faces on the Chaffee Board of Education in April.

In addition to filling the two seats normally elected, the district also needed two candidates to complete the final years of unexpired terms vacated by board members for different reasons last year.

Incumbent Mick Wessel, who was appointed to complete a portion of one of the unexpired terms last year, and Ronnie Eifert Jr. both filed for three-year terms. Ron Eskew was the only candidate to file for one of the special terms.

"It's an unusual situation because the board can only appoint people to fill a term until the next election," said Chaffee school Superintendent Dr. Arnold Bell. Because no other candidates filed for the second one-year term, the school board will appoint someone to the position.

Voters in the Perryville School District will consider four candidates, including husband and wife candidates, Andrew and Christine (Monier) Ostrowski. The couple will vie against incumbent Carolyn Pontillas and William Paradee for two seats on the board.

Andrew and Christine Ostrowski lived in Cape Girardeau between 1994 and 1998. He lost to Attorney General Jay Nixon in his bid for the nomination to the U.S. Senate in 1998. A year later he unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the Cape Girardeau school board.

This is Christine Ostrowski's first bid for public office. Efforts to reach the couple were unsuccessful..

CANDIDATES

The following candidates will compete in school board elections April 3.

Cape Girardeau

INCUMBENTS: Dr. Ferrell Ervin, Mark Carver

FILED: Martha Zlokovich

Delta

INCUMBENTS: Mike Reiminger, Keith Cook

FILED: Kenny Burnett, Roger Seabaugh

Jackson

INCUMBENT: Gerald Adams

FILED: Donna Tidwell, Kevin Schaper, Mack Illers, Jim Woeltje, Thomas Liebeknecht

Nell Holcomb

INCUMBENTS: Karen Fornkahl, Daryl McNeely

Oak Ridge

INCUMBENTS: Roger Thomas, Robert Eisenhauer

Chaffee

Three-year terms

INCUMBENT: Mick Wessel

FILED: Ronnie Eifert Jr., Pamela Foeste

One-year terms

FILED: Ron Eskew

Kelly

INCUMBENTS: David Hamm, Rita Milam

FILED: Doug Lynn, Sherry Glastetter

Kelso C-7

INCUMBENT: Reatha Paul

FILED: Gary Reischman

Oran

FILED: Sandy Diebold Rosalia Friga, Will Bucher, Kelly Campbell, Gil Roslen

Scott City

INCUMBENTS: Debbi Miller, Kevin Hillemann

Altenburg

Three, three-year terms available

INCUMBENT: Albert Boettcher

FILED: Harold France, Corey Hemman

Perryville

INCUMBENT: Carolyn Pontillas, incumbent

FILED: William Paradee, Andrew Ostrowski, Christine (Monier) Ostrowski, Donna Savier

Leopold

FILED: Francis Nenninger, Steve Seiler

Meadow Heights

INCUMBENTS: Robert Wissore, Harold Miinch

FILED: Culley DeSpain

Woodland

Information unavailable

Zalma

INCUMBENTS: Jan Vanes, Tim Burchett

FILED: Rick Kimbrough, Harold James