115 Register for School, College Board Elections

One hundred fifteen candidates, including 42 incumbents, have registered to compete in the Nov. 3 election for seats on 19 Southeast school and community college boards.

However, 11 incumbents, including two longtime members of the ABC Unified School District Board of Education, will not seek reelection.

The filing deadline for seats where incumbents chose not to run was extended to 5 p.m. Wednesday by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder. Write-in candidates have until 5 p.m. Oct. 20 to file.

Hutcheson Leaving ABC Presidency

Elizabeth Hutcheson, ABC president, said after serving eight years on the board she is leaving for personal reasons. Hutcheson, a speech therapist, said she is considering returning to college to get a master’s degree in human resources.

Dianne Xitco, who has served on the board for 10 years, said she is leaving because of severe migraine headaches, which sometimes cause unconsciousness. Xitco, 47, said she will follow her doctor’s advice to “do absolutely nothing for the next six months.” She said, however, that she will continue to attend board meetings until after the election.

Two other ABC incumbents, along with 10 other candidates, have lined up so far. The incumbents are Richard Arthur and Homer Lewis, both seeking second terms to the seven-member board.

Challengers are A. Cecy Groom, certified public accountant; Sally Morales Havice, community college teacher; John H. Moore, business executive; Dixie Primosch, budget analyst planner; Bertrand Dionne, aerospace engineer; Julie Hanson, medical assistant; Bob Hughlett, Cerritos College administrator; George Medina, businessman; F. Carlos Navejas, businessman, and Jim Weisenberger, corporate president and manager.

In three school districts--El Rancho Unified School District, the Little Lake City School District, and Lowell Joint School District--incumbents drew no challengers:

- The four unchallenged incumbents in the El Rancho district are Maria (Tonia) Aquirre, Mary Eva Gomez, Beatrice Proo and Raul Salcido.

- In the Little Lake City School District, the three unopposed incumbents are Alva J. Folsom, Alex Morales and Sara P. Mendez.

- In the Lowell Joint School District, unopposed incumbents are Richards D. Jones and Fred W. Schambeck.

An election will not be held in those districts, unless there are write-in candidates, according to the registrar of voters.

Here are other area school districts, the candidates and the jobs they listed on their registration papers:

- Bellflower Unified School District. Veteran school board member Brooks Cope has decided not to run. That leaves two seats and six candidates, including incumbent Jay Gendreau. Gendreau is running for his third four-year term to the five-member board.

Cope said eight years on the board was enough, and that not seeking reelection “ will give an opportunity to others in the community. That doesn’t mean I won’t be involved or active with the school district, I just don’t have any political ambitions further down the road.”

Other challengers are Harvey Conn, administrator; John E. Heintzelman, aerospace executive; Phyllis John, volunteer and child advocate; Dave Manuel, convention events coordinator, and Mike Lord, insurance sales representative.

Dymally’s Daughter Stepping Down in Compton

- Compton Unified School District. The job security of school Supt. Ted D. Kimbrough may be at stake.

Two Compton Unified School District trustees--Kimbrough supporter Mary B. Henry and Kimbrough critic Bernice Woods--seek reelection, but incumbent Lynn Dymally has decided not to run for a second term. Dymally, 29, daughter of Rep. Mervyn M. Dymally (D-Compton), said she wants to concentrate on obtaining a law degree. Until now, Kimbrough has been able to count on Dymally to provide the one-vote margin needed to carry out his policies.

Challengers are Rita Bright-LaVelle, schoolteacher; Margaret D. Comer, homemaker; Betty Ann James, educator; Hubert L. Parker, retired school administrator; Carl E. Robinson, businessman; Mae Thomas, library resource aide; Clara Chris, community activist; Saul Edward Lankster, educator and business administrator; Cloria L. Patillo, counselor; Frederick D. Shaw, delinquent youth administrator; Acquanetta Harrison Warren, bank manager, and Carroll V. White, logistics engineering specialist.

- Downey Unified School District. Two of four incumbents are being challenged in district elections. Incumbent D. Clayton Mayes faces Mary Tesoriero, a Downey teacher, in Trustee Area 3. Mayes was elected to the board in 1974.

Donald E. LaPlante, who was elected to the Trustee Area 4 seat in 1979, is challenged by James M. Elsasser, a Downey police detective.

Incumbent Margo Hoffer is running unopposed in Trustee Area 2. Hoffer was elected to the board in 1979. Board member D. Mark Morris, who joined the board in 1982, is the sole candidate in Trustee Area 6.

- East Whittier City School District. Two seats are being contested by four candidates. One-term incumbent Carl Moore is not seeking reelection, but board member Fred Campbell will seek a third term. Other candidates are engineer Bob Atwood, businessman C. Randy King and customer service representative Mary Ann Wojtytsiak.

- Los Nietos School District. There are two regular seats being sought by five candidates. Incumbent Sylvia Orona is seeking a second term and incumbent Adeline (Addie) Rocha is seeking a third term. Challengers are instructor Louie Aragon, businessman Louis F. Sanchez and teacher Louis Manzano.

Unexpired Term

Additionally, Los Nietos District voters will decide who will fill an unexpired term ending in November, 1989. The position has been vacant since December, when Ricardo Alvarez retired. The candidates for the unexpired term are C. Renee Frazier, whose occupation was not listed in his filing, and Alan Kartsman, a teacher.

- Lynwood Unified School District. There are three seats and eight candidates, including incumbents Thelma Calvin Williams, Richard Armstrong and Willard Hawn Reed, in an election likely to revolve around the four-year struggle to build a new high school.

The challengers are Margaret Araujo, Lynwood High School PTA president; Rachel Chavez, homemaker; Charles E. Glenn, family and child counselor, and Lena Cole Dennis, public affairs coordinator. Another candidate is William R. Wright Jr., president of the Lynwood Adventist Academy, which the school district wants to condemn so a new high school can be built on the private school’s site.

- Montebello Unified School District. There are two seats and five challengers, including incumbents Arthur M. Chavez and Willard G. Yamaguchi. Challengers are Paul Lopez, retired teacher and administrator; Bobbie Clark Odou, community volunteer, and Robert S. Preciado, businessman.

- Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District. Marge Beckman, one of three incumbents up for reelection, said she will not seek another term.

“It’s time for me to go on,” said Beckman, a two-term board veteran. She said she has been frustrated by state spending constraints that greatly limit what board members can do. “You have so little flexibility.” Further, she said, she wants to be free to devote more time to her new job with a development company.

Other Incumbents Running

Incumbents Lucille Colln and Nancy Jenkins, are both seeking fourth terms. Other candidates are Sal Ambriz, financial administrator; Bruce B. Butler, businessman; William J. Bodell, businessman; William M. Campbell, retired school administrator; Sheila S. Gibbons, teacher, and Ruth I. Riley, registered nurse and teacher.

- Paramount Unified School District. There are two seats and three candidates, including incumbent Ken Teeples. Teeples has served on the board two years. He was elected to the unexpired term of Sandra Paisley, who died in office.

Incumbent Bill Carpenter, who has been on the board for eight years, is not running for reelection. Carpenter said, “I’ve done my job, it’s time to move on. I wish more politicians knew when to quit.” He added that since his children are grown he has lost a little interest in school issues.

The two challengers are homemaker Vivian Hansen--already endorsed by Carpenter--and former school board member V.E. (Gene) French. French, a three-term member, retired from the board two years ago when he sold his automotive business and planned to move out of the area. However, he changed his mind about moving, and is now “getting involved again,” he said.

- South Whittier School District. There are two seats and three candidates, including incumbents Jesse A. Aguirre, who is seeking a third term, and Octavio (Toby) Chavez, who was elected to fill an unexpired term in 1985. The challenger is Cindy Mendoza, a homemaker.

- Whittier Union High School District. Board President A. Roy Salas is not seeking reelection after serving two terms, leaving incumbent Harward A. Stearns and three other candidiates to vie for two seats. Other candidates are Joe A. Duardo, a retired laser engineer and former president of the South Whittier School Board; Benjamin Rich, a teacher, and Cathy Warner, a dental hygienist.

- Whittier City School District. There are two seats and four candidates, including incumbents Mary L. Boogrove and CarolynS. Estrada.

Challengers are Ralph M. Cortinas, a data management specialist, and Charles (Bud) Hurley, a teacher from Whittier.

In the community college districts, the following races are shaping up:

- Cerritos Community College District has four seats and 10 candidates, including incumbents Barbara J. Hayden, Katie Norbak and Harold T. Tredway.

Challengers are Ruth Banda, university administrator; Dorothy L. Carfrae, attorney; Stewart Luce, professional manager; Ben A. Pendleton, outreach worker; Richard S. Bukowiecki, sheriff’s deputy; Dan K. Fox, chiropractor, and Ralph C. Kephart, engineer/college instructor.

- In the Compton Community College District, incumbents Emily Hart-Holifield, Charlie Mae Knight and Jane M. Astredo each face a challenger in their bids for another four-year term.

Holifield is challenged by employment representative Vernie Winfield Dredd and community leader Richard Earl Jenning. Knight is challenged by retired railroad engineer David W. Litsinger. Astredo is being challenged by teacher Kit Kelle.

- In the Rio Hondo Community College District, first-term incumbent Bill E. Hernandez is running unopposed for the Area 2 board seat, while Area 4 incumbent Julio Fuentes is calling it quits after one term. Fuentes, city administrator of Azusa, says he needs more time for his family and his career.

Four challengers, so far, have filed for Fuentes’ vacated seat. They are businessman Manuel R. Magana, attorney Angel G. Obregon, research scientist Edward Ortell and businessman Ralph S. Pacheco.