OKANOGAN – Several candidates filed for election to non-partisan position during the first day of filing June 1.
     Filing continues through June 5 at the Okanogan County Auditor’s Office.
     An extended filing period of June 10-12 will be offered for any offices that draw no candidates during the regular filing period.
     First-day filers include:
     Hospital District No. 3 (Mid-Valley) – Gary H. Oestreich, position No. 1.
     Town of Conconully – Sam Martin, mayor. Donald G. Smith, council position No. 1.
     Town of Nespelem – Brian S. Nanamkin, mayor. Jonnie L. Bray, council position No. 3. Jama VanBrunt, council position No. 4.
     City of Omak – Cindy Gagne, mayor. Michael Foth, council position No. 1. Dino DeCesari, council position No. 4. Lew Goebel, council at large.
     City of Pateros – Gail A. Howe, mayor. Michael D. Thurber, council position No. 1. Brent Stillito, council position No. 2.
     City of Tonasket – Patrick D. Plumb, mayor.
     Bridgeport School Board – Richard Halterman, position No. 2. Stuart Dezellem, position No. 5.
     Lake Chelan School Board – Siri Tift, position No. 1. Ken Brunner, position No. 3. Mary Horlebein, position No. 3.
     Republic School Board – Ralph C. Ellingson, position No. 1.
     Methow Valley School Board – Mary Anne Quigley, position No. 3. Gary L. Marchbank, position No. 4.
     Tonasket School Board – Lloyd E. Caton Jr., position No. 1. Ernesto Cerrillo, position No. 4.
     Cemetery District No. 4 – Johnny L. Minyard Sr., position No. 2.
     Fire District No. 6 – Roy Reiber, position No. 1.
     Positions up for election, with incumbents listed, are:
     Hospital District No. 1 - Commissioner position No. 2 (six-year term), William Bayless.
     Hospital District No. 3 - Commissioner position No. 1 (six-year term), Gary Oestreich.
     Hospital District No. 4 - Commissioner position No. 3 (six-year term), Herbert Wandler.
     Hospital District No. 6 - Commissioner position No. 2 (six-year term), Greg W. Behrens.
     City of Brewster - Mayor (four-year term), Lee Webster, $60 filing fee. Council position No. 1 (four-year term), Art Smyth. Council position No. 2, (four-year short and full term), Jerry Tretwold. Council position No. 3 (four-year term), Dave Freels.
     Town of Conconully - Mayor (four-year short and full term), Sam Martin, $12 filing fee. Council position No. 1 (four-year term), Donald Smith. Council position No. 2 (four-year short and full term), Cheryl Russell. Council position No. 3 (four-year short and full term), Mary Jean Pell. Council position No. 5, (two-year unexpired term), Jim Lemaster.
     Town of Coulee Dam - Mayor (four-year term), Gayland "Quincy" Snow, $14 filing fee. Council position No. 1 (four-year term), Bob Poch, $10 filing fee. Council position No. 2 (four-year term), Steve Chapman, $10 filing fee. Council position No. 3 (four-year short and full term), Raymond Duclos, $10 filing fee.
     Town of Elmer City - Mayor (four-year term), Mary Jo Carey. Council position No. 1 (four-year term), Jeff DeWinkler. Council position No. 2 (four-year term), Cliff Layton. Council position No. 3 (four-year term), David Finch.
     Town of Nespelem - Mayor (four-year short and full term), Brian Nanamkin. Council position No. 1 (four-year short and full term), vacant. Council position No. 3 (four-year term), Jonnie Bray. Council position No. 4 (two-year unexpired term), Jama Vanbrunt.
     City of Okanogan - Mayor (four-year term), Michael Blake, $90 filing fee. Council position No. 1 (two-year unexpired term), Joan Pfeiffer, $12 filing fee. Council position No. 2 (four-year term), Tracey Nicholas Orr, $12 filing fee. Council position No. 3 (four-year short and full term), Synthia Edwards, $12 filing fee (Edwards resigned May 19). Council position No. 5 (four-year short and full term), Steven Gadd, $12 filing fee. Council position No. 6 (two-year unexpired term), Ken Thompson, $12 filing fee.
     City of Omak - Mayor (four-year short and full term), Cynthia Gagne, $144 filing fee. Council position No. 1 (four-year term), Mike Foth. Council position No. 2 (four-year short and full term), John Q. Sackman. Council position No. 3 (four-year term), Donna Short. Council position No. 4 (two-year unexpired term), Dino Decesari. Council at large (two-year term), Lew Goebel.
     City of Oroville - Mayor (four-year term), Charles Spieth, $30 filing fee. Council position No. 1 (four-year term), Jon Neal. Council position No. 2 (four-year term), Tony Koepke. Council position No. 3 (two-year unexpired term), Edward Naillon.
     City of Pateros - Mayor (four-year term), Gail Howe, $84 filing fee. Council position No. 1 (four-year term), Michael Thurber, $10 filing fee. Council position No. 2 (four-year term), Ronald Roberson, $10 filing fee.
     City of Riverside - Mayor (two-year unexpired term), Margie Lou Mefford. Council position No. 1 (four-year short and full term), vacant. Council position No. 2 (four-year short and full term), Kathy Armstrong. Council position No. 3 (four-year short and full term), Bill Armstrong. Council position No. 5 (two-year unexpired term), William Bond.
     City of Tonasket - Mayor (four-year term), Patrick Walter, $54 filing fee. Council position No. 1 (four-year term), Jean Ramsey. Council position No. 3 (four-year short and full term), Connie Maden.
     Town of Twisp - Mayor (two-year unexpired term), Stephanie Hickman, $48 filing fee. Council position No. 1 (four-year term), Vicki Hallowell, $10 filing fee. Council position No. 2 (four-year term), Clinton Estes, $10 filing fee. Council position No. 3 (two-year unexpired term), vacant, $10 filing fee.
     Town of Winthrop - Mayor (four-year term), Dave Acheson, $78 filing fee. Council position No. 1 (four-year term), Rick Northcott. Council position No. 2 (four-year term), James Langdalen.
     Nespelem School Board - Position No. 1 (two-year unexpired term), Patrick Morin Jr. Position No. 3 (four-year term), P. Jolene Marchand. Position No. 4 (four-year term), Jeannie Moon. Position No. 5 (four-year term), Andrew Joseph Jr.
     Omak School Board - Position No. 1 (four-year term), Wendell George. Position No. 4 (four-year term), Mike Thornton.
     Curlew School Board - Position No. 1 (four-year term), Harold Strandberg. Position No. 3 (four-year term), Brad L. Miller.
     Bridgeport School Board - Position No. 2 at large (four-year term), Rick Halterman. Position No. 5 (four-year term), Tracy Zahn.
     Okanogan School Board - Position No. 2 (four-year term), Jane Cline. Position No. 3 (four-year term), Sabrena Smith.
     Brewster School Board - Position No. 3 (four-year term), Dana Divis. Position No. 5 (four-year term), Edith Sattler.
     Pateros School Board - Position No. 2 (two-year unexpired term), Marc Armstrong. Position No. 3 (four-year term), Patti Luchte. Position No. 4 (four-year term), Jerry Evans.
     Lake Chelan School Board - Position No. 1 (four-year term), Siri Tift. Position No. 3 (four-year term), Kenneth D. Brunner.
     Grand Coulee Dam School Board - Position No. 1 (four-year term), Carla B. Marconi. Position No. 2 (four-year term), Donna L. DeWinkler.
     Republic School Board - Position No. 1 (four-year term), Ralph C. Ellingson. Poisiton No. 2 (two-year unexpired term), Jamie Parker. Position NO. 5 (four-year term), Richard Eich.
     Methow Valley School Board - Position No. 2 (four-year term), William Boosman. Position No. 3 (two-year unexpired term), John Sinclair. Position No. 4 (four-year term), Mary Anne Quigley.
     Tonasket School Board - Position No. 1 (four-year term), Lloyd Caton Jr. Position No. 4 (four-year term), Ernesto Cerrillo.
     Oroville School Board - Position No. 2 (four-year term), Verle Rowton. Position No. 4 (four-year term), Jerry Nelson. Position No. 5 (two-year unexpired term), Timothy Whiteaker.
     Coulee Area Park and Recreation District - Commission position No. 1 (two-year unexpired term), Phil Hansen. Commission position No. 2 (two-year unexpired term), Susan Chaffee. Commission position No. 3 (two-year unexpired term), Dorothy Boyd. Commission position No. 4 (four-year short and full term), Karl Pearson (resigned). Commission position No. 5 (four-year term), Carla Marconi.
     Cemetery District No. 1 - Position No. 1 (two-year unexpired term), Shawnee Higbee. Position No. 3 (six-year term), William Morgan.
     Cemetery District No. 2 - Position No. 1 (six-year term), Susan Kowalczyk.
     Cemetery District No. 3 - Position No. 3 (six-year term), Jean Foster.
     Cemetery District No. 4 - Position No. 2 (six-year term), John Minyard.
     Okanogan County Fire District No. 1 - Position No. 3 (six-year term), Kenneth Ripley.
     Okanogan County Fire District No. 2 - Position No. 2 (six-year short and full term), Shelly Black.
     Okanogan County Fire District No. 3 - Position No. 2 (six-year term), Rodney Rumbolz. Position No. 3 (four-year unexpired term), Mike Cusick.
     Okanogan County Fire District No. 4 - Position No. 3 (six-year term), Ron Hirst.
     Okanogan County Fire District No. 6 - Position No. 1 (six-year term), Roy Reiber.
     Okanogan County Fire District No. 7 - Position No. 1 (six-year term), John Dow.
     Okanogan County Fire District No. 8 - Position No. 1 (six-year term), James McCuen.
     Okanogan County Fire District No. - Position No. 1 (two-year unexpired term), Melbourne Peterson. Position No. 2 (six-year short and full term), Rod Haeberle. Position No. 3 (four-year unexpired term), Douglas Walla.
     Okanogan County Fire District No. 10 - Position No. 2 (six-year term), Chris Williams.
     Okanogan County Fire District No. 11 - Position No. 1 (six-year term), Steve Leslie.
     Okanogan County Fire District No. 12 - Position No. 3 (six-year term), Patricia Ekenes.
     Ferry-Okanogan Fire District No. 13 - Position No. 1 (six-year term), John E. Jensen.
     Ferry-Okanogan Fire District No. 14 - Position No. 1 (six-year short and full term), Landon Swafford.
     Douglas-Okanogan Fire District No. 15 - Position No. 2 (six-year term), Neil Shenyer. Position No. 4 (six-year short and full term), vacant.
     Okanogan County Fire District No. 16 - Position No. 2 (six-year short and full term), Michael Woekle.
     Lake Osoyoos Water District - Position No. 3 (six-year term), Bruce Cool.