Candidates file for local elections

Quite a few local races are on the ballot this year.
Today is the cutoff for candidates to file for office.
The Snohomish County Council District 1 seat, currently filled by John Koster, is up for election. Koster is running, and he is joined by local resident Ellen Hiatt Watson and Arlington resident Krista Larsen. Both Watson and Larson have indicated a Democratic preference, and Koster has filed as a Republican for the 4-year, partisan office.
For the city of Stanwood, incumbent Conrad Ryer is currently unopposed for city council position 1. Timothy Pearce and Gerald Steik have both thrown their hats in for city council position 2. Incumbent Leonard Kelley is also unapposed for position 7.
Stanwood Mayor Dianne White is running for re-election with Timothy Loney, the current city councilman for position 6, as an opponent. Should Loney be elected, city council would appoint someone to fill his position, and position 6 would be up in the next election.
All of the city offices are nonpartisan and 4-year terms.
With the Stanwood-Camano School District, Roger Myer, current president of the school board, is unopposed for director district 2, a 4-year nonpartisan office.
For North County Fire/EMS Fire District 14, which covers Warm Beach, Stuart Lervick is running unopposed for re-election as district 14 commissioner position 2, a 6-year, nonpartisan office. For fire district 19, which includes Silvana, Kevin Buhr has filed.
The primary will be held Aug. 18, and the general election on Nov. 3.

Record request

As part of "At a loss: A look at the school district's food service program" in the latest issue of the Stanwood/Camano NEWS, I did a series of public record requests directed to area school districts and the state Department of Labor and Industries. This is a copy of the records I received from the Stanwood-Camano School District. To make the pages larger, click on them.