Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, May 9, 1990 TAG: 9005090409
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: B-1 EDITION: BEDFORD/FRANKLIN
SOURCE: SHARON HODGE SPECIAL TO THE ROANOKE TIMES & WORLD-NEWS
DATELINE: ROCKY MOUNT LENGTH: Medium
Kathleen Holt, who currently represents the Rocky Mount District on the School Board, will be unopposed in the selection. Holt, director of corporate relations for Ferrum College, was nominated by Ferrum alumni coordinator Ben Hodges.
In the Blackwater District, three candidates will vie for the School Board spot.
Ferrum Director of Public Relations Thomas Rickard announced his candidacy Tuesday. Rickard, an Ohio native, told the three-member selection committee his experience as a journalist has given him an understanding of local school issues.
Shirley Bowman Jamison, a Boones Mill lawyer, and Sarah Mcdaniel, an administrative assistant for the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, will challenge Rickard for the Blackwater District post that is being vacated by Linda Barnhart.
Barnhart has served two terms on the School Board and will not seek re-election, according to Carol Hagy of the selection commission.
Ben Divers and Jack Garst along with Hagy will make the two selections later this month. According to Hagy, being a registered voter within the district is the only requirement for serving on the board.
She added that the commission will attempt to balance the board by appointing people with diverse backgrounds.
***CORRECTION***
Published correction ran on May 10, 1990 in the Bedford/Franklin edition.\ Correction
\ Sarah McDaniel, a former administrative assistant for the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, is a candidate for the county School Board. Her name was accidentally misspelled in a story Wednesday about School Board candidates. Also because of a reporter's error, McDaniel was identified as currently having the chamber job. The story also indicated that board members are elected, which they are not; they are appointed.
Memo: correction