School election results announced

Several school districts that had contested races or mill levy proposals held elections Tuesday, with the unofficial results released today.

Incumbents Josh Seaton and Russell T. Gopher were re-elected to the Rocky Boy School Board.

Seven candidates competed for two seats on the board with Seaton receiving 81 votes and Gopher 71. Challengers Paulette Standing Rock received 59 votes, Martin Parker 57, Russell Standing Rock 51, Thomas Limberhand 36 and Jody Lamere 27.

Box Elder School Board members Calvin Jilot and Lawrence “Tommy” Parisian were re-elected in a three-way race for two seats, Parisian received 47 votes, Jilot 34 votes. Challenger Manny Duran Jr. received 15 votes.

Two seats for three-year terms on the Harlem Public Schools Board of Trustees were on the ballot. Incumbents Clayton Talks Different and Valerie Blackcrow were re-elected. Blackcrow won with 132 votes and Talks Different with 126. Mike King received 96 votes, Kellie Rasmussen received 81 votes, Donald Lee Long Knife 61, and Nathaniel Mount 55.

A seat for a one-year term was also on the Harlem ballot. Kathleen Adams won the seat with 152 votes. Tesscile “Tess” Bell received 39 votes and Toma Campbell-Hoops 33, and Journi M. Johnson and Melvin Hoops Jr. received, four and three votes respectively.

In Chinook, Daniel Dahl defeated Joel Prutis for a seat on the Elementary Board of Trustees 169 to 152.

Jamie Macleod was elected by acclamation to a high school trustee position.

Three mill levies were also approved by voters in Chinook, with a high school general fund levy passing 275 to 149. Passage of the levy will mean an extra $6.06 in taxes on a house with a market value of $100,000 and an additional $12.12 on a home with a market value of $200,000.

Chinook voters also approved the Elementary Technology Acquisition and Depreciation Levy 218 to 125. Passage of the levy will mean an additional $17.34 on a home with a market value of $100,000 and $34.68 on a property with a market value of $200,000.

The Elementary General Fund Levy passed 249 to 98. Owners of a property with a market value of $100,000 will pay an additional $3.48 and an additional $6.97 for a home with a market value of $200,000.

Two new trustees were elected for two three-year seats in Hays-Lodge Pole Board of Trustees. Maria Doney and Hawkan J. Haakanson were elected with 61 votes each. John Hawley received 43 votes, Kenneth W. Morin 40 and write-in candidate Carol L. Doney 15 votes.

In the Cottonwood School District, one mill levy failed, while another remains tied as of this morning.

Serena Dawson said unofficial election results show that a general fund mill levy failed by a vote of 46 to 38. Passage of the mill levy would have meant an additional $4.98 on a home with a market value of $100,000 and $9.96 for a home with a market value of $200,000.

A second mill levy for the district’s building reserve fund remained tied 42 to 42, Dawson said. Passage of the levy would mean an additional $2.07 in property taxes for a house with a market value of $100,000 and $4.13 for a house with a market value of $200,000.

Two positions were open on the board of trustees, one for a one-year term and another for a three-year term, but no candidates filed. People interested in applying can contact the Hill County Superintendent of Schools.

Several local school districts with uncontested races are not holding elections.

Big Sandy, Chester-Joplin-Inverness, Havre, North Star, Turner and Davey school districts do not have any mill levies or contested trustee races, and their trustees were elected by acclamation without a vote being held.