Voters select school board members

As long as the preliminary results are certified, there will be no runoffs in LeFlore County after the school elections Tuesday.

Schools selecting board members were Fanshawe, Panama, Whitesboro, Howe, Cameron and Pocola.

There were 875 voters throughout the county. The numbers were only 4.54 percent of registered voters, but the votes did not affect most of the larger communities.

In Fanshawe, Lee Shipman got 53 votes to 14 for Erick Gunlock and 12 for Kevin Wiley.

The Panama and Whitesboro races were tight ones. Tommy Caldwell had 84 votes to Richard Townsend’s 83 votes. In the Whitesboro Office 5 race, Doug Camp had 84 votes to 83 for B.J. Barron.

Elvis Hall won the Office 5 seat in Howe by a 37-32 count over David Landeros. Dustin Mankin took Office 5 race in Cameron with a 63-12 margin over Larry McCormick.

In Pocola, Alan Alexander won the Office 5 race over Jeff Carter, 220-9 while Michael Severe beat Donna Didier in the Office 3 race, 220-96.