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Levy fails; Checketts, Reynolds elected to school board
The plant facilities levy for the Mountain Home School District went down to defeat Tuesday night as an unexpectedly strong turnout of just over 1,300 voters cast ballots in the Taxing District Election.
The school district had sought a five-year authorization of $950,000 annually to help maintain its buildings with the plant facilities levy, which had failed only once before since voters first approved the appropriation in the 1950s.
The measure needed 55 percent approval to pass, but only received 50.4 percent of the vote, with 627 yes votes and 604 no votes in the initial unofficial tally Tuesday night.
For the Zone 1 trustee postion on the Mountain Home school board, incumbent Toni Reynolds turned back a challenge from Art Nelson by a 160-103 margin.
In the open Zone 3 trustee position, Rick Checketts defeated Gary Oyler 64-55 to win election to that post.
Voters also elected George L. "Larry" Hall Jr. to the District 3 Mountain Home Highway District commissioner position. Hall defeated Jack McCoy 590-533.
In the Prairie School District, Bill Zumstein won election to the Zone 3 trustee position, defeating Amanda Drake 17-9. Write-in candidate Michael Davidson received 0 votes.
All election results are unofficial until the official canvass of the ballots, which is expected to occur on May 23.