Darrow falls short for FVCC board

Bigfork Eagle

Bigfork's Elna Darrow fell just under 100 votes shy of unseating incumbent candidate John M. Phelps in Tuesday's election for the Flathead Valley Community College Board of Trustees

Phelps and fellow incumbent Thomas K. Harding, both of Whitefish, retained their seats on the board for another three-year term slated to end in 2011.

The final tally was Harding — 1,370 votes; Phelps — 1,213 votes; and Darrow — 1,130 votes.

In the Bigfork Land Use Advisory Committee election, John Bourquin, Gary Ridderhoff and Chuck Gough will remain on the board. Al Johnson, who was publicly supporting Ridderhoff, also garnered some votes. Gough was appointed earlier this year to fill in for Mary Jo Naive, who resigned recently. Gough will now serve out the remaining two year's of Naive's original three-year term. Bourquin and Ridderhoff will both have a full three-year term.

Final tallies were Gough — 111 votes; Ridderhoff — 100 votes; Bourquin — 91 votes; and Johnson — 55 votes.

Ted Weaver unseated incumbent candidate Jim Sticka for a seat on the Bigfork Fire Department Board of Trustees, winning 71 votes to 67. Sticka has served one full term on the board and was elected its chairman last year. Bob Hand also received two votes.

For a full recap of the election, please see the May 15 issue of the Bigfork Eagle.