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News May 7th, 2008
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Filings for Mid County May elections

The following are filings for local elections on the May 10 ballot. Filing deadline was March 10. Incumbents are denoted by (I).

City of Port Arthur

District 1: Jack B. Chatman Jr. (I), 45, office clinic manager

District 2: Cal Jones (I), 58, sales associate; Elizabeth "Liz" Segler, 69, retired teacher

District 3: Morris Albright III, 45, Port Iron president

District 4: Martin Flood (I), 46, estimator

Position 7: Willie "Bae" Lewis Jr. (I), 64, process analyzer technician/ instrumentation department; D. Kay Wise, 37, human resources manager

Position 8: Thomas J. "Tom" Henderson, 80, retired; Kerry "Twin" Thomas, 38, Jefferson County supervisor; Maria Block, 71, cafeteria manager

City of Nederland

Mayor: R.A. "Dick" Nugent, (I), 73, retired

Ward II: Billy Neal, (I), 72, retired

Ward IV: Bert Rogers, (I), retired

Bond Proposal

$4.5 million to replace city sewer lines

City of Port Neches

Place 3: John Wasser, (I), 63, retired

Place 5: Matt Vincent, (I), 49, real estate developer Port Arthur school district

Two at-large seats: Mary Jean George, 74, retired; Julia Samuels, 68, retired; Charlie Lewis Jr., 32, a firefighter; Kenneth Lofton, 35, a clerk with the U.S. postal service

Nederland school district

Two at-large seats: Richard L. Cox (I), 59, property manager/owner; Craig J. Belaire (I), 42, wealth management advisor; Michelle Stoneham Barnette, 39, business owner

PN-G school district

Place 4 (unexpired term): Gary Stretcher (I), vice president academic affairs at Lamar State College- Port Arthur, Port Neches; Brant Graham, 39, administrator with Port Arthur school district, Port Neches; Tonya Petix, 37, realtor, Port Neches

Place 6: Rusty Brittain, (I), 38, plant operator, Port Neches; Stacy Moffitt, business owner, Groves

Place 7: Darren McCutcheon, (I), 55, construction manager, Groves; J.D. Taliaferro, 45, higher education administration at Lamar State College-Port Arthur, Port Neches

Port of Port Arthur

Proposition 1: $10 million for new projects including land purchases, existing property improvement, security and possible future expansion

Proposition 2: $8.8 million to refund the port's existing debt

City of Groves and Hamshire-Fannett school district next elections are in November.