Charlene Spelts is a candidate for the Fire District Commission, Piedmont Public Service District .
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Jackson Lollis is a candidate for the Fire District Commission, Piedmont Public Service District.
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S.C. Rep. Thomas Beach is a candidate for S.C, House Seat 10.
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Tommy Price is a candidate for Anderson School Dist. 5, Area 3.
Price is owner of Price Tax Service, LLC, and Price Driving School.
He earned a degree in Business Administration from Central Wesleyan College (now Southern Wesleyan University), Anderson College and is a graduate of Crescent High School.
He has served on the Anderson 5 Board of Trustees since 2012 and is current chairman, is on the Anderson Institute of Technology Liaison Committee, and has been the public address announcer for Westside High School Football since 2001 (and a 2023 inductee in the Westside High School Athletic Hall of Fame.
Price is also a Board Member Centerville Volunteer Fire Department, Board Member Anderson County Accommodations Tax, Board Member Anderson Area Touchdown Club, President Hunters Glen Homeowners Association, and a member of the Anderson School Dist. 5 Steering Committee 2006.
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John P. Griffith is a candidate for Anderson School Dist. 5, Area 7.
Griffith is a managing partner of Smith & Griffith, LLP, Law Firm and earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, is a graduate of U.S. Army Military Police School, and earned a Doctor of Law from Loyola University.
He has served on the Dist. 5 School Board since 2012, is a member of First Presbyterian Church and the Gideons International, and a former board member of Big Brothers/Big Sisters and a YMCA youth soccer and football coach.
Griffith is a veteran and served as an officer in the U.S. Army Reserve.
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Tripp Bouknight is a candidate for Anderson School Dist. 3, Area 2.
Bouknight is a business owner and auto technician and a graduate of Crescent High School.
He has been a member of the Dist. 3 School Board since 2016, served on the Renaissance Academy board since 2016, served as Regional Director of the South Carolina School Board Association and is an elder at Friendship Worship Center.
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Eddie D. Mattison is a candidate for Anderson School Dist. 5, Area 3.
Mattison earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Film/Video and is retired.
He lists his community activities as service to Meals on Wheels, the United Way Homeless/Housing Project, and Hope Missions of the Upstate.
Mattison has attended school board meetings.
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Julie Usherwood is a candidate for Anderson School Dist. 5, Area 1.
Usherwood earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the College of Charleston and is Community Relations Director for the Anderson Area YMCA.
She is Vice Chair for Anderson School Dist. 5 Foundation and has served as the Chairman of Anderson Chamber of Commerce Leadership Alumni Association, past Board Member of Junior Leadership Anderson and past Board Member of Junior League of Anderson.
She has attended school board meetings and served as PTO Secretary, on the School Improvement Council and Booster Club.
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Timothy Justin Burdette is a candidate for Anderson School Dist. 3, Area 3, and is a BSIT software engineer.
Burdette said his community activities include: serving as a church musician for more than 25 years, board member for the Iva Recreation Association and sports coach there.
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Andy Patrick, owner of Attaway Printing, is a candidate for the Anderson School Dist. 5 At-Large Seat.
Patrick earned a Bachelor of Science Degree from Erskine College and is a Westside High School graduate.
He said his community activities include current Board Chair for the Anderson Area YMCA, Past President of the Kiwanis Club of Anderson, T.L. Hanna High School Bass Fishing Coach, and is a member of First Presbyterian Church in Anderson. He was inducted into the Westside Athletic Hall of Fame in 2023.
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Dr. Ernest E. Mackins, a pastor and professional educator of more than 20 years, has an earned Master's of Divinity degree and is a certified Global Career Development
He has an earned Doctor of Professional Leadership in Education from Converse University, a Master of Divinity: Christian Leadership and Church Ministries and Master of Arts, High School Administration and School Leadership from Furman University. Master of Arts, Science Teaching (MAT), 5th-9th Grade from Clemson University, a Bachelor of Science, Marketing, Business Administration from Clemson, and an Associate of Arts from North Greenville University.
Mackins said his community activities include: Church Pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church, VFW Post 6089 Member-Senior Vice Commander, “where we serve the community in many areas, especially when it comes to feeding and clothing the homeless in our community, serving on the Board of Trustees for Connie Maxwell Children’s Ministries, membership at Pleasant View Baptist Church, and as a United State Army Veteran (Desert Storm).
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Mike Callahan is the retired CEO of CREG Systems, electrical engineer and computer scientist with a Master’s Degree in computer science.
He said he has volunteered as a Reading Buddy at Flat Rock Elementary and is an active member of Unity Baptist Church, a volunteer fireman, a board of directors’ member for Mental Health in Anderson/Oconee/Pickens counties, on the board of directors for CREG Systems, and president of local Car club.
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Paul V. Zugg is an architectural project manager with an earned degree from Greenville Technical College in architectural engineering technology.
Zugg said he has attended school board meetings and has been active as a volunteer in PTA/PTO and as a booster in public schools.
His community activities include serving as a member of the school board, and as a Sunday School teacher and former Deacon at Concord Baptist Church.
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Kristy Harrell Huskey is a candidate for the Anderson School Dist. 5 At-Large Seat.
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Troy Haguewood is a candidate for the School District Five Area 1 Seat.
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Bill Thompson is a candidate for the Anderson School District Five At-Large seat.
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The Anderson County Board of Voter Registrations and Elections needs local citizens to help ensure the upcoming general November 5 election runs smoothly and efficiently.
There is a critical shortage of election workers, especially in Starr, Iva, Belton, Honea Path, lower Anderson and some rural areas.
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Former West Pelzer Mayor Blake Sanders will be the new representative for South Carolina House Dist. 9, after Tuesday’s spirited runoff elections.
Sanders took 1,885 votes to opponent James Galyean’s votes in an election that got more than a little testy going into the runoff.
Biggs won with 7,927 votes to Burns 6,963 votes. She will face Democrat Bryon Best in the November general election.
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The South Carolina Primary Runoff election in Anderson County is under way. So far 2,225 participated in early voting for the election, which features two races.
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Last week the Anderson Observer reached out to the four candidates in the runoffs, and despite multiple requests only two consented to answering questions that might help voters in this election.
In the United States House Dist. 3 race, Sheri Biggs responded to our queries, while in the S.C. House Dist. 9 Race, Blake Sanders offered answers to our questions.
It is disappointing that with so little local coverage Mark Burns and James Galyean declined the opportunity to expound on their goals and objectives if elected.
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