Tuesday, April 4, 2017

Candidates for Monongah offices

 
Based on the notice about the blind draw for ballot positions in the Town of Monongah elections, it looks like Mayor Greg Vandetta, Class of 1975, and Recorder Patty Steele McCombs are unopposed.

Monongah doesn’t list candidates in alphabetical order, which would give an advantage to an Adams over a Yerkovich by putting him/her at the top of the ballot, but draws for ballot position.

Council candidates are incumbent Bertha Wilson, Brenda Manzo, Lenny White, Teena Field Ailstock, incumbent Don Harris, William “Bill” Watkins, Bill McCombs, incumbent JohnBoy Palmer and Mark “Hooch” Aldridge.

That’s nine candidates for the five seats.

JohnBoy Palmer, Don Harris, Charlie Parker, Bertha Wilson and the late Warren Sloan won the 2015 Council races. Sloan died in May 2016.

Charley Parker was married to the late Blinda Nobel Parker, Class of 1968, stepdaughter of Loraine Gorey Phillips Knobel.

Teena ran against Patty in 2015 for Town Recorder.

Brenda is a Fairmont East High grad who is married to Danny Manzo, Class of 1957.

Lenny is in Susan Staron Sanders’ Charge of the Lights Brigade that raises money for Christmas street lights for the town.

Harris is president of the Monongah Community Employment Board.


Bill McCombs, Class of 1969, is Monongah’s water expert, and has a state award to document his expertise. He’s married to Town Recorder Patty.

Bill won the Monongah mayoral race several years ago, but had to withdraw from the office because the state ruled his water duties conflicted with his mayoral duties.


Monongah public service runs in Hooch’s family. His late mother, Mary Jean “Mickey” Walker Aldridge, was town clerk for 30 years.

Hooch is Class of 1973. His siblings are Greg Aldridge, Class of 1972, and Scott Aldrdge, 1983 North Marion grad. Their father was the late Edwin Aldridge. Council
Bertha Wilson.
Brenda Manzo.
Lenny White.
Teena Field Ailstock.
Don Harris.
William "Bill" Watkins.
Bill McCombs.
JohnBoy Palmer.
Mark "Hooch" Aldridge.

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