Selectboard, Planning Board races in Monday’s New Salem election
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Modified: 4/30/2021 3:53:39 PM
NEW SALEM Monday’s election consists of two contested races.
Incumbent Jean Derderian faces a challenge from Hugh Mackay for a three-year Selectboard seat, and Susan Apteker is trying to unseat Jeff Lett from a five-year position on the Planning Board.
Polls will be open at Town Hall from 11:45 a.m. to 8 p.m.
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Derderian has served New Salem in some capacity for the past 30 years. She has been a member of the Board of Assessors, the Planning Board, the Route 122 Scenic Byway Committee and the Playground Committee, among other bodies. She is also a member of the Historical Commission.
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Four Morton County and Mandan students have won the right to compete in the State Spelling Bee to be held April 1 at the Radisson Inn, Bismarck. Representing the county are Aaron Meberg, an eighth-grader from Hebron Public School, and Janet Stanton, a seventh-grader from New Salem Public School. Representing the city of Mandan are Lindsay Leingang, sixth-grader at St. Joseph School, and Jason Keller, a fifth-grader; at Christ the King School. The four were chosen from 82 students and 14 schools who competed March 2 in Mandan.
University of Mary sophomore Cindy Leingang set three school records en route to winning the pentathlon at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes indoor track and field national championships held in Lincoln, Nebraska. Leingang, of Mandan, racked up a school record of 3,461 points and also set school records in the 55 hurdles (8.57) and high jump (5-8 ½). Leingangâs win gives her four All-American honors.