MEYERS RETAINS SCHOOL BOARD SEAT

JOHN MEYERS WILL RETAIN HIS APPOINTED SEAT ON THE SIOUX CITY SCHOOL BOARD AFTER WINNING TUESDAY'S SPECIAL ELECTION FOR THE FINAL SEVEN MONTHS OF THAT TERM.

MEYERS DEFEATED THREE CHALLENGERS TO FINISH THE TERM OF FORMER BOARD MEMBER NANCY MOUNTS, WHO MEYERS WAS APPOINTED TO REPLACE BY THE SCHOOL BOARD AFTER SHE RESIGNED LAST YEAR.

MEYERS FINISHED FAR AHEAD OF THE PACK WITH 1281 VOTES, OVER 800 AHEAD OF HIS NEAREST CHALLENGER:



MEYERS SAYS THERE'S PLENTY OF WORK TO BE DONE OVER THE NEXT SEVEN MONTHS:

MEYERS SAYS HE DOUBTS HE WILL RUN FOR ANOTHER FULL TERM IN THE FALL AND HOPES YOUNGER PEOPLE WILL STEP UP TO RUN FOR THE THREE SEATS THAT WILL BE UP FOR ELECTION.

ONE OF THOSE CANDIDATES WILL BE JACKIE RITTER, WHO FINISHED SECOND IN HER FIRST RUN FOR OFFICE WITH 452 VOTES:



PAUL GORSKI FINISHED THIRD (347) AND PAUL SPEIDEL 4TH (282) IN THE VOTING.

ALSO ON THE BALLOT, THE WESTERN IOWA TECH EQUIPMENT LEVY WAS RENEWED OVERWHELMINGLY WITH 2144 YES VOTES TO 892 AGAINST.

DIANA NORDSTROM WAS ELECTED TO A SEAT ON THE WESTWOOD SCHOOL BOARD.