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Noble County voters get a chance to reduce levy

Village mayors, boards of education members and bond levies are among decisions to be made by voters in Monroe, Noble and Morgan counties in the Nov. 5 election.

Voters in Noble County have the opportunity to reduce their rate of taxation related to the Mid-East Career and Technology Centers, which has campuses in Zanesville and near Cambridge, by voting in favor of a renewal levy that would drop the mill rate by 75 percent. The levy also involves improvements to both campuses.

Richard Hall, the career center superintendent, said Wednesday that a $51 million permanent improvement levy passed 10 years ago is now paid off, and the district is asking voters to renew the levy at a quarter of its previous rate to fund improvements to the two campuses.

“Some time ago, we purchased a farm adjoining the Buffalo campus, and we’re proposing to build what’s basically a barn with classrooms to give our students some additional pathways and offerings in the agriculture program,” he said. “It would become a working farm with livestock, and we could also treat small animals through an agreement we have with The Wilds.”

The levy also would fund improvements at the Zanesville campus, he said, through construction of a student activity center that provides physical education facilities and extra space for the early childhood education and criminal justice programs. The school, Hall said, enrolls about 1,100 students from several counties.

Elsewhere on the Noble County ballot, Misty Wells and David E. Evans are running for mayor of Caldwell; Billy Joe Estadt, Brian Frederickson and Matthew Fry are running for two seats on the county board of trustees of public affairs; Jeremy D. Porter and Tabitha Schafer are running for mayor of Summerfield; Greg Bond, David Ogle and Dawn Reed are running for one seat on the Noble Township board of trustees; David D. Clark and Nick Schell are running for one seat as trustee and Jennifer Hayes and Alexandra Madden are running for fiscal officer in Enoch Township; John Border and Herbert Dewaine Linger are running for Jackson Township trustee; Duane Parcell and John Byer are running for Sharon Township trustee; and Duane Ed Dimmerling and Dale Feldner are running for Stock Township trustee and Evelyn Diane Brown and Andrea Hall are both seeking the fiscal officer position in Stock Township.

In education elections, Donna Fields Fogle, Terry E. Rataiczak and Allan Schehl are seeking two seats on the Caldwell Exempted Village board of education, and Nicole Gilliam, Guy Carpenter, Constance Fowler, Lori McElroy and Ruth Nau are running for three seats on the Noble Local School District board.

Monroe County board of elections deputy director Chelsea Cline said the county has just under 8,000 registered voters.

In Morgan County, voters have three countywide tax levies, one renewal in support of the senior citizens center at 0.3 mills, a renewal levy for the county library at 1 mill and a replacement levy for ambulance services that combines three previous levies with a net increase of 0.4 mills, according to deputy elections director Valerie Mayne.

Ballots indicate three candidates for two seats on the Morgan Local School District board of education, Rick Rose, Mary Pat Honson and J.R. Wilson. Rex Copeland and Chris A. Funk are running for one seat as Malta Township trustee; Toni Parsons and Julia A. Garber are running for Marion Township fiscal office; Rick Shriver and Ancil W. King are running for Morgan Township trustee. In Stockport, Cindy Travis and Jessie Riggs are running for mayor, and Steve Cunningham, John Koch and Youlka Yogi Wymer are running for two seats on village council. Cynthia Schaad and Kerri Greuey are running for fiscal officer, and Dana R. Eckert and Mark E. Murphy are running for trustee in Windsor Township.

Cathi L. Jones and Leslie Dolan are running for Homer Township fiscal officer. William Elasky, Daniel Torrence and Stephanie Wilson are running for two seats on the Federal Hocking Local Schools board of education. Steve Cain and Craig A. Clark are running for Manchester Township trustee. Jacob Lindimore and John Cotton are running for Meigsville Township trustee, Larry H. Chipps and Tim Curtis are seeking an unexpired seat, and Jesse D. Hooper and Theresa Massey are running for fiscal officer in the township. Richard smith and Robert Clifford Way are running for trustee, and Erica D. Bush and Michelle Snouffer are running for fiscal officer in York Township.

Mayne said Morgan County has 8,891 registered voters.

In Monroe County, seven candidates are running for three seats on the board of Switzerland of Ohio local schools: Raymond A. Williams, Ron Winkler, Beverly Baumberger Anderson, Kenneth E. Darby, Robert L. Putsock, Denise Riley and Greg Schumacher.

Voters also will decide whether to renew for five years a 0.7-mill levy in support of the county OSU extension office. In Clarington village, two 3-mill levies are on the ballot, both for five years. One is in support of general operating expenses, the other an additional tax for improvement and operations of the cemetery. In Center Township and Woodsfield village, voters are being asked to renew for five years a 2-mill levy for fire services.

Carol Hehr and Michael E. Ricer are running for mayor of Woodsfield.

In Salem Township, Jamison Talkington and Linda Wisvari are running for fiscal officer. In Summit Township, Nate Betts, Stephen Dick and Steve King are running for one open seat as trustee. In Franklin Township, Julie A. Hogue and Logan Norman are running for fiscal officer. Dana A. Parks ad Jason E. Williamson are running for one trustee seat in Bethel Township. Paul N. Alleman and Lawrence Rutter are running for trustee in Green Township. Ryan Conley and Dale Ewers are running for trustee in Jackson Township. In Seneca Township, Carrie J. Heath, Brian K. Nalley and Kevin Weckbacher are running for trustee, and Amy D. Carpenter, Diana Clark and Sherry Lallathin are running for fiscal officer. Russell Goddard and Trey Taylor are running for trustee of Switzerland Township. Derek Bright and Carlos Nalley are running for trustee in Wayne Township.

Parts of Monroe County also will be able to vote in the Noble County Local Schools board of education election and the Mid-East Career and Technology Centers levy.

Monroe County deputy director of elections Moll Landefeld said the county has about 9,200 registered voters.

Michael Kelly can be contacted at mkelly@mariettatimes.com.

Neighboring counties, election highlights:

• Noble County: Levy for Mid-East Career and Technology Centers, contested races for Caldwell and Summerfield mayor, county board of public affairs, three seats on Noble County Local Schools board and various township trustees and fiscal officers.

• Morgan County: Senior citizens center, library and ambulance service levies, contested races for Stockport mayor and village council, Federal Hocking school board and several township trustees and fiscal officers.

• Monroe County: Levies for the OSU extension office, Clarington village cemetery and operating funds, and fire services in Woodsfield. Contested races include Woodsfield mayor, Switzerland of Ohio school board and several township trustees and fiscal officers.

Source: County boards of election.

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