Deadline passes for spring election ballot

The deadline passed Friday at 5 p.m. for anyone interested in running for the local city council or school trustee. There will be a school trustee election in Clarksville and a city council election in Avery.

In the case of the Clarksville City Council, incumbents Charlie Wright (Ward 1) Juanita Moore (Ward 2) W.F. “Babe” Higgins (Ward 3) and Chrissy Witmer (Ward 4) all filed again and drew no opponents, so the city will be able to forego an election.

On the other hand, the Clarksville ISD Board of Trustees has two positions open. Incumbents Lanetta Roberts and John McPeters did not run again.

Five candidates will compete for the at-large positions: Michael Turner, Patricia Antonelli, Sterling Dockins, Latreece Hobbs, and Gabby Lewis.

In Avery, there are four seats up for election on the city council and three will have contests.
The Place 1 seat is vacant because of the resignation of Vickie Roseberry. Connie Kedrowski and Lewis “Bud” Callaway have filed to run for that seat.

Kedrowski is currently the council member in Place 3, but she filed to run again in Place 1.
Thomas Chesshire (Place 2) being opposed by Tracey Lambert. Doug Gortney and Peggy Strickland are running for the Place 3 seat Kderowski vacated. Elaine Belt (Place 5) is unopposed.

In the case of the Avery ISD, trustees whose terms are up this year are Brody Baird, John Murphy and Nancy Hendley. All three have signed up for another term and drew no opponents, so the district should be able to cancel the election.