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Candidates' positions on ballots are determined

The lots have been cast in Carbon County.

On Monday morning, the Carbon County Election Board drew lots to determine the position of the candidates on the ballots for the upcoming May primary election.Candidates for each office were listed in alphabetical order prior to the lots being cast.The order that the candidates' names will appear on the ballots, listed by party, for each of the contested offices are as follows. All offices are four-year terms.DemocraticcommitteepersoncandidatesBanks TownshipCommitteeman: Joseph ColecioCommitteewoman: Irene MakowiecBeaver MeadowsCommitteeman: Cornelius E. MahonCommitteewoman: Roseann G. GabosEast Penn Township South- District 7Committeeman: Albert J. HolczmanCommitteewoman: Christine ViolaEast Penn Township North- District 8Committeewoman: Jean I. SchnellJim Thorpe Borough District 14Committeeman: Patrick E. CrowleyCommitteewoman: Edith LukasevichJim Thorpe Borough District 15Committeewoman: Maria JamisonJim Thorpe Borough District 16Committeeman: Frank A. Mertz; Richard C. MasonCommitteewoman: Anne C. MasonJim Thorpe Borough District 17Committeeman: Benjamin WalbertCommitteewoman: Denise O'DonnellJim Thorpe Borough District 18Committeeman: Ronald J. SheehanKidder Township District 21Committeeman: Michael D. MilesCommitteewoman: Geraldine M. MilesLansford Borough EastCommitteewoman: Donna M. ValentLansford Borough MiddleCommitteeman: David SpenceCommitteewoman: Roberta SpenceLehigh Township District 27Committeeman: Robert TissierCommitteewoman: Barbara A. TissierLehighton Borough SecondCommitteeman: Dwight L. NothsteinLower Towamensing Township NorthCommitteeman: Bernard MendezCommitteewoman: Dorothy M. MendezLower Towamensing Township SouthCommittee: Dorothy L. StrohlMahoning Township MahoningCommitteeman: Francis A. HeeryCommitteewoman: Patti Borger, Linda D. Rex, Sandra J. WhitemanMahoning Township New MahoningCommitteeman: Christopher A. HeeryNesquehoning Borough EastCommitteewoman: Audrey A. GogalNesquehoning Borough WestCommitteeman: K. Tony WalckCommitteewoman: Rose M. WalckPacker Township District 45Committeeman: Earl A. TitusCommitteewoman: Michele A. TitusPalmerton Borough EastCommitteeman: Mark StoisitsCommitteewoman: Alfreda J. LantzyPalmerton Borough MiddleCommitteeman: Christopher D. OliviaCommitteewoman: Joan Smith AgostinelliPalmerton Borough WestCommitteewoman: Lorraine F. WertmanParryville Borough District 50Committeeman: Gary J. ParkerCommitteewoman: Sharon J. KeiserPenn Forest Township EastCommitteeman: Carl FazioCommitteewoman: Christine FazioSummit Hill Borough FirstCommitteeman: Michael CrampsieCommitteewoman: Candice GimborSummit Hill Borough SecondCommitteeman: John ShemansikCommitteewoman: Danell L. RhodundaSummit Hill Borough ThirdCommitteeman: William O'Gurek Jr.Committeewoman: Robin McArdleSummit Hill Borough FourthCommitteeman: Robert F. GigliottiCommitteewoman: Deborah J. GigliottiTowamensing Township NorthCommitteeman: Roy B. ChristmanCommitteewoman: Linda A. ChristmanTowamensing Township South 1Committeeman: Joseph FaraldoCommitteewoman: Mary Lou MontesWeatherly Borough EastCommitteeman: Arnold R. SelertCommitteewoman: Mildred SelertWeissport BoroughCommitteeman: Duane E. WatsonRepublicancommitteepersoncandidatesEast Penn TownshipDavid B. Mantz, David C. Heffelfinger, Lee Becker, Hope GramlichFranklin TownshipLoretta J. Solt, Thomas A. Chew, David T. Chew, Pamela Behler, Susanne Chew, Lisa M. SoltJim Thorpe BoroughNancy Boyd, Robert P. Dages, Michael J. Sofranko, Michael R. SofrankoLehighton BoroughMichael J. Hopstock, John G. Kuller Jr., Linda J. Walp, Jennifer Steele, Craig Gilham, Mark A. Sverchek, James H. WalpLower Towamensing TownshipKellie Heffley, Doug Lucich, Doyle HeffleyMahoning TownshipBarbara A. Barilla, Joseph M. Gosselin, Maryellen Salerno, Peter Joseph Salerno, Larry K. Heffley, Michael David Salerno, Thomas A. Merkel, Wallace Putkowski, Charles S. Zellner, George StawnyczyjNesquehoning BoroughMichael R. Frey, Thomas Ouly, Anna Kmetz, Joe SteberParryville BoroughJason M. GallowayPenn Forest TownshipWadim Scharikin, Janet Nelson, Louise A. Centofanti, Valentina Norato, Nancy J. Hughes, Gilbert Henry, Rosemarie Scharikin, Larry S. Bulanda, Pasquale A. Centofanti, Susan Ann Bulanda, Harold P. Fredericks, James Nelson, Marie I. FredericksSummit Hill BoroughDianne Rodia, Stephen Redash, Sandra Dellicker, John L. RodiaTowamensing TownshipHelen Louise Pozza, Larry E. Yeakel, Daniel F. Geissinger III, Gary M. Matson, Darlene E. Yeakel

AMY ZUBEK/TIMES NEWS On Monday morning, the Carbon County Election Board drew lots to determine the position of candidates' names on the ballots for the upcoming May primary election. Carbon County Administrator Randall Smith, left, reads the number that he picked from a box, held by Jacqueline Berger, elections director. Lots were cast for municipal positions that have more than one candidate in a party.