School boards and special districts filing period open

WORLAND – The filing period for Washakie County School Districts No. 1 and No. 2 school boards, as well as other special districts opened yesterday, Aug. 5, and continues through Aug. 24.

There are three board positions available for each district, with those positions up for re-election in district No. 1 being Dean Dupree, David Tommerup and Susan Scheuerman who took over for Joe Bishop in March. In district No. 2 Jared Lyman, Chuck Powell and Terril Mills are all up for re-election this year.

Special districts that have positions up for re-election are the Ten Sleep Cemetery District with two positions, Worland Fire Board has three positions, Ten Sleep Fire Board has two and the Washakie County Conservation District has two positions up for election.

Those wishing to file will need to file at the Washakie County clerk’s office before 5 p.m. on Aug. 24, with no fee needing to be paid to file for these positions.