Five candidates to vie for four openings on Meeker school board

MEEKER | Meeker School District RE-1 Superintendent Chris Selle announced last week that five candidates for the four openings on the school board will be on the Nov. 7 ballot. The candidates are incumbents Bill deVergie, Buddy Ridings, Todd Shults and David Smith plus challenger Laurie Whiteman Simonsen.
deVergie has served two four-year terms. Ridings and Shults were elected to four-year terms in 2013. Smith was elected to a two-year term in 2015. Selle said…