Ballots for District 6 will be mailed on May 1, as we have two candidates on the ballot this year. Members who have a current email on file should receive an email for the electronic voting. Ballots must be returned by May 21.
Because no other members submitted petitions to run for the board, a formal election for the following districts is not necessary and these districts will not receive ballots. This saves the co-op mail and election costs. The two candidates will be elected by affirmation and be sworn into office during the June annual meeting.
District 3
Lee Anne Dierksheide has served as a Hancock-Wood Electric board member for the last six years and is currently serving as the board vice chair. Dierksheide has been a Hancock-Wood member for more than 50 years. She is a graduate of Elmwood High School and attended classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art. She is retired from the United States Postal Service, where she was a rural mail carrier for 29 years. Dierksheide also worked in the Wood County Planning Commission and Building Inspection Office.
She is also a charter member of the Bowling Green Area Community Band, member of the American Legion Post 183 Auxiliary, and has been the president of the Wood-Lucas County Rural Letter Carriers Association. Dierksheide and her husband, Tom, have two children, Jennifer (Brian) Ruckstuhl and Kelli (Brett) Young
District 8
James Rose is a graduate of Riverdale High School. He is a self-employed carpenter with 40 years of experience and has also worked for Worthington Industries for nine years and is a farmer.
Rose has been a Delaware Township Trustee for eight years. He is also a member of the Grain Elevator Co-op. He and his wife, Susan, have a son, Raymond.