THREE VIE FOR TWO SEATS ON ADVANCE BOARD OF EDUCATION

ADVANCE -- Seats on the boards of the Advance schools and the Stoddard County Health Center will be awarded in Tuesday's election.

John F. Johnson Jr., Carl D. Ritter Jr. and Mike Scott are running for the two open seats on the Advance Reorganized School District Board of Education. The terms are each for three years.

Johnson, a farmer, is the lone incumbent.

The other seat is open because board member Jim Rainey decided to retire from the board.

Ritter is in the insurance business, and Scott is involved in car sales.

The district has 525 students and a seven-member board. Jerry Delain Robinson is the superintendent.

Larry Walpole is the lone candidate for two open seats on the Board of Trustees for the Stoddard County Health Center. The term is for four years.

Stoddard County voters like voters statewide will vote on Constitutional Amendment No. 3. Voters will decide whether to allow Kansas City's board of education to set its operating levy at a rate up to but not equal to the 1995 rate set by court order. Setting the rate equal to or higher than the 1995 rate would require voter approval.

A second constitutional amendment would set maximum bonding capacity for schools districts at an amount not to exceed 15 percent of the value of taxable tangible property in the district.