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A Southmoreland School Board member on Friday challenged the results of last month’s primary, claiming the Westmoreland County Election Bureau failed to include an open two-year seat on the ballot.
In a handwritten lawsuit, Catherine Fike asked a judge to set aside results from the Democratic and Republican primaries in which five candidates were nominated to run for four four-year seats this fall.
Fike was re-elected to a four-year board seat in 2019. Her term expires at the end of 2023.
Brian Shipley finished as the top vote-getter in both party primaries. According to Fike’s lawsuit, Shipley in March filed nomination petitions with the county election bureau declaring his candidacy for a two-year seat.
By Zito
School-eblast
A Southmoreland, Pennsylvania School Board member sat through an entire two-hour board meeting while wearing a paper bag over her head. Dr. Catherine Fike was protesting the district s mask policy and a recently-passed motion allowing security to refuse to allow people inside district buildings without a mask or face-covering.
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Catherine Fike, a Southmoreland Area school board member, is seen in this image captured from a video recording wearing a bag over her head at a meeting on Thursday.
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Catherine Fike, Southmoreland Area school board member, wore a bag over her head at a meeting Thursday.
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Catherine Fike, Southmoreland Area school board member, wore a bag over her head at a meeting Thursday. Catherine Fike, a Mt. Pleasant Area school board member, seen in this 2009 photo with some of her collectible milk cans.
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