Election Day Preview: April 5th Elections

Voters across the Ozarks will go to the polls Tuesday to elect school board and municipal leaders and decide money issues.

Polls open at 6 a.m. Tuesday and close at 7:00 p.m.

Click here for Greene County sample ballots:

Click here for Christian County sample ballots:

Click here for Webster County sample ballots:

Here are the candidate races and ballot issues we’ll be following closely Tuesday night, with updates throughout Election Night on 93.3kwto.com and on air in bottom of the hour newscasts on 93-3 FM/560 AM KWTO.

***(I) indicates an incumbent****

Springfield School Board Race: (Vote for 2 for a 3-year term)

     Charles Taylor (I)

     Steve Makoski

     Chad T. Courtney

     Brandi VanAntwerp

     Kelly Byrne

Greene County School Races/Issues:     

FAIR GROVE SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for 2 for 3-year term):

     Josh K. Butler

     Jennifer Harp (I)

     John Morris

     Cheryl Kepes (I)

     Jeremy George

    

REPUBLIC SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for 2 for 3-year term):

     Reggie George

     Travis Edwards (I)

     Robin Davidson

     Dave Daniel

    

STRAFFORD SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for 2 for 3-year term):
    

Steve Heil    

Sarah June Call

   Kyle Muncy

   

WILLARD SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for 2 for 3-year term):   

Kip A. Baker (I)

    Jennifer Triplett

    Elizabeth Nothum

    Christopher Moak

    David A. Menditto

    

WILLARD SCHOOL DISTRICT BOND ISSUE 4/7TH’S MAJORITY    REQUIRED FOR

PASSAGE—57%)

    NO TAX INCREASE 29.5 MILLION DOLLAR BOND ISSUE FOR THE

    PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTING MULTIPURPOSE SAFE ROOMS,

    SECURED ENTRYWAYS AND CLASSROOM ADDITIONS, SAFETY AND

    SECURITY UPGRADES AND REPAIRING AND RENOVATING SCHOOL

    FACILITIES.

Christian County School Races/Issues:     

OZARK SCHOOL BOARD: (Vote for 2 for a 3-year term)

     Sarah Adams Orr (I)

     Andrew Hedgpeth (I)

     Randy Taylor

     Mark A. Jenkins

    

OZARK SCHOOLS QUESTION 1: (4/7THS MAJORITY REQUIRED FOR

     PASSAGE—57%).

     19 MILLION DOLLAR NO TAX INCREASE BOND ISSUE FOR

     IMPROVING AND REPAIRING SCHOOL FACILITIES, INCLUDING

     CONSTRUCTING STORM SHELTERS AT THE EARLY CHILDHOOD

     CENTER, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL.

    

OZARK SCHOOLS QUESTION 2:

     10 CENT NO TAX INCREASE LEVY TRANSFER TO HELP WITH RISING

     OPERATING COSTS. WOULD PROVIDE THE DISTRICT $500,000 A

     YEAR. THE DISTRICT’S TAX LEVY HAS STAYED THE SAME SINCE

     2003.

    

NIXA SCHOOL BOARD: (Vote for 2 for a 3-year term):

     Glenn R. Scott

     Mike Copeland (I)

     Bridget Bidinger

     Michael Miller

    

BILLINGS SCHOOL BOARD: (Vote for 2 for 3-year term):

     Gary Verch (I)

     Stacie McGuire

     Randall Whitman (I)

     Michael Tomlinson

     CLEVER SCHOOL BOARD: (Vote for 2 for 3-year term):

     Jaredd R. King

     Samantha Mendenhall

     Sarah Christina Camp (I)

     Kendall Austin Hedgpeth

     Jaren Monger

    

SPARTA SCHOOL BOARD: (Vote for 2 for 3-year term):

     Blake Leyland

     Jason Albert Loveland (I)

     Dennis G. Lilly (I)

    

SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT PROPOSITION O: (4/7TH’S MAJORITY

     REQUIRED FOR PASSAGE (57%)

     NO TAX INCREASE BOND ISSUE: BORROWING SIX MILLION

     DOLLARS TO BUILD A NEW FIELD HOUSE AND MAKE OTHER

     IMPROVEMENTS TO SCHOOLS.

Webster County School Races/Issues:

     MARSHFIELD SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for 2 for 3-year term):
     Mark William Messick (I)

     Tara Isringhausen-Thomas

     Travis Lee Hammons

     Janette Clark

     Jill Norton

    

Logan-Rogersville School Board (Vote for 2 for 3-year term):

     Julie Ann Gipson (I)

     Justin Coyan

     Whitney Williams

    

Logan-Rogersville School District Question: (4/7THS MAJORITY

     REQUIRED FOR PASSAGE (57%)

     32 MILLION DOLLAR BOND ISSUE FOR BUILDING AND RENOVATING

     SCHOOL FACILITIES. INCLUDES CLASSROOM ADDITIONS AND

     RENOVATION AT THE PRIMARY, LOGAN ELEMENTARY, UPPER

     ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS

     SEVERAL OTHER PROJECTS.

    

SEYMOUR SCHOOL BOARD (Vote for 2 for 3-year term):

     Robert Joseph Crump

     Ashley Kelley (I)

     Joshua Wright (I)

Money Issues in Greene, Christian and Webster Counties:

    GREENE COUNTY:

    EBENEZER FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT:

    SIX MILLION DOLLAR BOND ISSUE ((4/7TH’S MAJORITY REQUIRED

    FOR PASSAGE (57%) THE BOND WOULD REPLACE EBENEZER’S

    HEADQUARTERS AND UPDATE EQUIPMENT TO SERVE THE 118

    SQUARE-MILE DISTRICT. IF APPROVED, FAMILIES IN THE AREA

    WOULD PAY A MONTHLY TAX, DEPENDING ON THE COST OF THEIR

    HOME.

   

STRAFFORD FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT PROPOSITION FIRE:  

    (4/7THS MAJORITY REQUIRED FOR PASSAGE (57%)

    8 MILLION DOLLAR BOND ISSUE FOR ACQUIRING, CONSTRUCTING,      

    RENOVATING, IMPROVING, REPLACING, EQUIPPING, FIRE STATIONS

    AND EMERGENCY VEHICLES AND RESCUE EQUIPMENT. THE MAIN

    FOCUS OF THE MONEY WOULD BE TO UPDATE AND RENOVE FIRE

    STATION 2. THE BOND ALSO INCLUDES ADDING ANOTHER FIRE

    STATION ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF THE CITY.

   

CITY OF FAIR GROVE:

    USE TAX FOR GENERAL REVENUE PURPOSES (A TAX ON BUYING

    GOODS OR SERVICES FROM OUT OF STATE PROVIDERS)

CHRISTIAN COUNTY:

    NIXA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOND ISSUE: (4/7THS MAJORITY

    REQUIRED FOR PASSAGE (57%)

    SHALL NIXA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ISSUE GENERAL

    OBLIGATION BONDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $6.4 MILLION FOR     

    CONTRUCTING, FURNISHING AND EQUIPPING A NEW FIRE

    STATION?

   

BILLINGS SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT PROPOSISTION:

    35 CENT TAX LEVY CONTINUATION

   

OZARK SPECIAL ROAD DISTRICT PROPOSITION:

    RESTORING A 35 CENT TAX LEVY.

   

CITY OF BILLINGS: PROPOSITION 1

    USE TAX ISSUE

   

CITY OF OZARK: QUESTION

    3/8THS CENT SALES TAX CONTINUATION FOR STREETS,

    PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS AND BRIDGES 

    

VILLAGE OF SADDLEBROOK:  PROPOSITION A

     $370,000 BOND ISSUE FOR ROADS AND BRIDGES (4/7THS

     MAJORITY REQUIRED FOR PASSAGE (57%)

    

WEBSTER COUNTY:

WEBSTER COUNTY QUESTION 1: “MAKE IT EQUAL”

     USE TAX ISSUE: PASSAGE OF THE ISSUE WOULD ENSURE THE SAME

      LOCAL TAX RATE THAT IS IMPOSED ON SALES FROM LOCAL    

      RETAILERS IN RURAL WEBSTER COUNTY WILL APPLY TO

      PURCHASES AND SALES FROM ONLINE SELLERS AND VENDORS.

    

CITY OF MARSHFIELD QUESTION 2: “MAKE IT EQUAL”

     USE TAX ISSUE

    

Contested Municipal Races in Greene, Christian and Webster

     Counties

     GREENE COUNTY:    

CITY OF ASH GROVE MAYOR’S RACE:

     Caleb Smith

     Lester Gardner (I)

    

ASH GROVE ALDERMAN—WARD 1:

     Jerry A. Kane (I)

     Ty Thornton

     

CITY OF WILLARD—WARD 3 ALDERMAN:

     Landon Hall (I)

     Rehela Petian

   

 CITY OF FAIR GROVE—MAYOR’S RACE:

     Sherry Veach

     Stephen Short (I)

    

CITY OF WALNUT GROVE—MAYOR’S RACE:

     Jean Thompson

     Jim Cole

     Eldon Locke (I)

    

WALNUT GROVE ALDERMAN—SOUTH WARD:

     Rodney Choate

     Jonathan Clay

     Tony Douglas

   

WALNUT GROVE ALDERMAN—NORTH WARD:

    Ronald Stevens (Butch)

    Russell Morgan

   

CHRISTIAN COUNTY:

CITY OF HIGHLANDVILLE: WARD 1 ALDERMAN

     Gene Drove

     George Pezold

    

HIGHLANDVILLE ALDERMAN: WARD 2

     Joe Gault

     Bob Kindrick

    

CITY OF NIXA: COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT 2

     Aron Peterson (I)

     Corin Harskey

    

CITY OF NIXA: COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT 3

     Isaiah Lockhart

     Jeff Belcher

     Justin Orf (I)

     CITY OF OZARK: ALDERMAN WARD 2

     Bruce Calloway (I)

     Kevin A. Rusenstrom

    

VILLAGE OF SADDLEBROOKE TRUSTEES (Vote for 2 for 2-year term):

     John Gardner

     Brent Ponder

     Chris Stewart

     

CITY OF SPARTA: ALDERMAN WARD 2

      Jarrett Ray Iorg

      Amy Hammons (I)

     

WEBSTER COUNTY:

      CITY OF MARSHFIELD WEST WARD ALDERMAN:

      Stacy Lee (I)

      Earl Terrill

     

CITY OF FORDLAND: ALDERMAN (vote for 2 for a 2-year term):

      Brett Simmons (I)

      James Budd

      Michael Swallow

     

CITY OF ROGERSVILLE: WARD 1 ALDERMAN

      Kory Stucki

      Victor Osenniy

     

CITY OF SEYMOUR: MAYOR’S RACE

      Alicia Hagen

      Richard B. Bell

     

VILLAGE OF DIGGINS: BOARD OF TRUSTEES (vote for 2):

      Barbara Holmes

      Ryan L. Rinehart

      John M. Curtis