Carroll County Primary Election School Board Race Carroll and Delphi school board members will be elected in the May primary, and will begin serving on July 1. School board elections are nonpartisan.

There are only two contested races, both in the Delphi Community School Corporation: Jim Garrison (incumbent) and Steve Myer are running against each other in District 1 (Deer Creek Township 1), and Wm. Michael (Mike) Penn and Melinda Rossetter are opposing each other in District 7 (Tippecanoe Township 1 and 2).

Unopposed candidates in the Carroll election are David Lambert in District 2 (Carrollton Township) and Eric Johnson in District 5 (Washington Township).

Unopposed candidates in the Delphi election are Nick Cronk in District 2 (Deer Creek Townships 3 and 5) and Jerry Sparks in District 3 (Jackson Township). In the Carroll corporation, candidates must reside in the district where they are running, but residents in all the Carroll districts vote for all the candidates.

In the Delphi corporation, only the voters of any given district elect the candidate from that district.

The Comet conducted interviews with the candidates in the two contested races. (See related stories.)

Wm. Michael Penn Age: 49 Address: 10954W 400N,

Delphi Family: Wife, Donna; five

children - Sara, senior at Purdue; Hannah, sophomore at Indiana University; Rachel, freshman at Purdue;

Leah, junior at DCHS; Josh,

freshman at DCHS Education: 1975 graduate of

DCHS; 1984 graduate of

Purdue, bachelor's degree in

physical education Occupation: Employed by

Rose Acre Farms; manager

of County Line Egg School-related background:

Former member of the DCSC school board, 19982002; former seventh grade football coach and Little

Gridiron coach

Melinda Rossetter Age: 42 Address: 6496N US Hwy 421,

Delphi Family: Husband, Troy; sons,

Dale, 20, and Ryan, 19;

daughter, Megan, 14, eighth

grader at DCMS Education: 1981 graduate of

DCHS; courses at Purdue Occupation: Works in the Purdue Athletics business

office

Steve Myer Age: 40 Family: Wife, Connie; Kolby,

10, and Kain, 7, both stu dents at Hillcrest

Elementary School; and

Kooper, 3. Education: Vincennes

University with degrees in

surveying and architectural

drafting. Occupation: Employed with

Seiler Instrument. Related memberships: Member of Athletic Booster

Club

Jim Garrison Age: 44 Family: Wife, Tina; and two

daughters, Ashley, 21, a jun ior at Indiana State University School of Nursing and Natalie, 17, a

sophomore at Delphi

Community High School. Education: 1979 graduate of

DCHS. A series of Indiana

School Board Association

workshops in 2002. Occupation: Farmer Related Memberships: A

founding director of Delphi Community School Foundation; vice president of DCSC board of trustees for the past two years.