Candidates line up for election

Wednesday was the deadline to file for most races in the Oct. 2 Kenai Peninsula Borough and city election.

The traditional flurry of last-minute filings set up some potential horse races in areas where incumbents have been without opposition in recent years.

Borough voters will get a say in three ballot propositions, dealing with reapportioning voting districts, authorizing bonds to expand the borough administration building and allowing the borough to proceed with planning for a potential private prison near Kenai.

Borough Clerk Linda Murphy said Tuesday that the wording on the propositions will be posted on the Internet soon.

The candidate filings were fairly routine, but voters have some real choices this year, she said.

"That was nice -- to have a race. I might feel differently if I were one of the candidates," she said.

The official filings are:

Kenai Peninsula Borough

n Borough Assembly, District 3, Nikiski, three-year term:

Gary Superman

Mike Powell (incumbent)

n Borough Assembly, District 4, Soldotna, three-year term:

Pete Sprague (incumbent)

Mike Tauriainen

n Borough Assembly, District 7, Tustumena, three-year term:

Paul A. Fischer (incumbent)

Mark D. Osterman

Dan E. Skipwith

n School Board, Seat C, one-year term:

Sandra P. "Sandy" Wassilie (incumbent)

Margaret M. Gilman

Debra Holle

n School Board, Seat F, three-year term:

Gene Dyson

Deborah Germano (incumbent)

Linda K. Reynolds

n School Board, Seat G, three-year term:

Lorraine "Sammy" Crawford (incumbent)

Barrett M. Fletcher

Michele DeMilta

City of Kenai

n Mayor:

John J. Williams (incumbent)

Duane Bannock

n Council member, two-year term, voters will be asked to vote for no more than one:

John "Ozzie" Osborne

Randy Daly

Amy Jackman

Barry Eldridge

n Council member, three-year term, voters will be asked to vote for no more than two:

James C. Bookey III (incumbent)

Joe Moore (incumbent)

City of Soldotna

n Council Seat C, two-year term:

Sharon Moock

n Council Seat D, three-year term

Jane Stein (incumbent)

Fred Sturman

n Council Seat E, three-year term

Audrey A. Porter

n Roger Laber, who had filed earlier for Seat E, withdrew.

City of Homer

n Council member, three-year term, voters will be asked to vote for no more than two:

Michael Yourkowski (incumbent)

John Fenske (incumbent)

Kevin Hogan

Julie Cesarini

Robert E. Keys

Robert "Bob" Cousins

City of Seward

n Mayor:

Edgar Blatchford (incumbent)

n Council member, two-year term, voters will be asked to vote for no more than three

Stu Clark

David Brossow

Nathan Orr

n Council member, one-year term, voters will be asked to vote for no more than one:

Donald A. "Don" Sutherland

Margaret A. Branson

Borough service area boards

n Anchor Point Fire Service Area, Seat B, three-year term:

Karson D. "Dan" Dorvall

n Anchor Point Fire Service Area, Seat E, one-year term:

Russell A. Blaine

n Bear Creek Fire Service Area, Seat A, three-year term:

no filers

n Bear Creek Fire Service Area, Seat B, three-year term:

no filers

n Bear Creek Fire Service Area, Seat C, two-year term:

David Hayes

n Bear Creek Fire Service Area, Seat D, two-year term:

Daniel C. Logan

n Central Peninsula Hospital Service Board, Seat A, one-year term:

Bill W. Grimm

Billy D. Thompson

n Central Peninsula Hospital Service Board, Seat D, two-year term:

Ellen T. Adlam

n Central Peninsula Hospital Service Board, Seat F, three-year term

Edale L. Clark

Peggy Toppenberg "Conway"

n Central Peninsula Hospital Service Board, Seat G, three-year term:

Katherine E. Phillips

n Central Peninsula Emergency Medical Service Area/Central Emergency Service Area, Seat A, three-year term:

John W. Kistler

n Central Peninsula Emergency Medical Service Area/Central Emergency Service Area, Seat B, three-year term:

Kurt Olson

n Central Peninsula Emergency Medical Service Area/Central Emergency Service Area, Seat C, two-year term:

Byron Bondurant

n Nikiski Fire Service Area, Seat A, three-year term:

Mae M. Leighton

n Nikiski Fire Service Area, Seat B, three-year term:

Mark T. Cialek

n Nikiski Fire Service Area, Seat C, three-year term:

Steve T. Hoogland

n Nikiski Fire Service Area, Seat D, one-year term:

Sharon M. Brower

n Nikiski Fire Service Area, Seat E, one-year term:

Phil N. Nash

Steve A. Mills

n Nikiski Senior Service Area, Seat B, three-year term:

no filers

n Nikiski Senior Service Area, Seat C, three-year term:

no filers

n North Peninsula Recreation Service Area, Seat A, three-year term:

Marian L. Nickelson

n North Peninsula Recreation Service Area, Seat B, three-year term:

P. Paul Lorenzo

n South Peninsula Hospital Service Area, Seat C, two-year term:

no filers

n South Peninsula Hospital Service Area, Seat G, three-year term:

no filers

n South Peninsula Hospital Service Area, Seat H, three-year term:

Angelo J. Hillas

n South Peninsula Hospital Service Area, Seat I, three-year term:

Jean M. Mack

n Kachemak Emergency Service Area, Seat A, one-year term:

Scott Cunningham

Gary "Gil" Mayforth

n Kachemak Emergency Service Area, Seat A, two-year term:

Mary L. Griswold

n Kachemak Emergency Service Area, Seat C, two-year term:

Marge Tillion

n Kachemak Emergency Service Area, Seat D, three-year term:

Leroy G. "Lee" Krumm

n Kachemak Emergency Service Area, Seat E, three-year term:

Vi Jerrel

Patrick L. Johnson

Brian L. Howard