Saturday, several cities and schoolboards hosted elections. Until the votes are canvassed by the appropriate boards or councils the total is unofficial. Here are the results that were available at presstime:
City of Gainesville
In the city election, Glenn Loch won the popular vote with 524 votes to Michael Stockwell’s 167 votes in Stockwell’s first attempt to take the city mayoral seat.
The incumbent City Councilmen Carolyn Hendricks, Beverly Snuggs and Jim Goldsworthy had no opponents. Hendricks, in Ward No. 1, got 29 votes. Snuggs in Ward No. 2 received 45 votes and Goldsworthy earned 81 votes in Ward No. 4.
Gainesville ISD
The Gainesville Independent School District Board of Trustees race between incumbent Lisa Bellows and challenger Mike Schmitz for Place 4 found Bellows received 374 votes and Schmitz won with 425 votes. Phil Adams ran unopposed for Place 5. He received 587 votes. In the Place 6 unexpired term contest, David Moore received 504 votes to Wray Westbrook’s 278 votes.
Whitesboro ISD
The school board at two at-large positions open with four candidates running. The incumbants swept the election.
Davis Bertino garnered 130 votes, B.B. Reedy, Jr., received 129 of the votes to win the seats. The challengers Anita Morales with 71 votes and Don Rogers with 21 votes lost.
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Cities and school districts that have canceled elections are:
North Texas Medical Center, Muenster Hospital District, city of Lindsay, city of Callisburg, city of Muenster, city of Valley View, Lindsay Independent School District and Valley View Independent School District.
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The following entities were not hosting elections May 9:
• Sivells Bend ISD
• Walnut Bend ISD
• North Central Texas College
Look for later results of Saturdays elections in Monday’s paper.
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Loch retains mayor's job
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Tallying continues in Gainesville hospital board election
The tallying continues for administrators of the May 12 Gainesville
Hospital District election — who have scheduled a recount for 2:30
p.m. today in the North Texas Medical Center boardroom.
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Hirings and kind words fill GISD board meeting
Hirings and commendations highlighted Monday’s regular Gainesville ISD
Board of Trustees meeting.
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Additional Cooke County sentencings released
Jeremiah Johnson Jarvis, convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly
weapon, was sentenced to seven years probation and fined $1,500, plus
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Letter carriers collect tons of food for VISTO
A Cooke County benefit organization currently has another several
thousand pounds of food to spread among families in need, thanks to
collection efforts by the Gainesville Post Office. -
'Pink ladies' now seeing red at medical center
For the first time in their history, North Texas Medical Center
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Eclipse over Lake Ray Roberts
Sunday evening’s partial annular eclipse of the sun is shown here as
seen from the Lake Ray Roberts shore during sunset. -
VIDEO: 'Ring of fire' solar eclipse
The solar eclipse that took place Sunday evening was an annular eclipse, one in which the moon blocks almost all of the sun. Some of the best viewing was in Asia, as with this video filmed in Japan.
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Pharmacy robbed
Gainesville Police Department officers responded to a report of
aggravated robbery at Americare Pharmacy at 217 N. Weaver St. shortly
before noon Friday and arrested suspect Jeremy Kyle Lackey, 30,
shortly later. -
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Saturday when over 600 participants turned out for “M-o-o-ving Thru’
The Mud With Landon” at Circle N Family Dairy near Lindsay. -
Hospital names top empolyees
North Texas Medical Center in Gainesville honored its Director and
Employee of the Year during the organization’s annual Employee
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