Qualifying closed Friday for two seats on the Wilkes County Board of Education that will be on the non-partisan ballot in November’s General Election.

The District 1 Board of Education seat, held by Kay Finnell, and the District 2 seat, held by Bob Guin, are up for election this year. Neither board member was planning to run again unless no one else stood for election, Probate Clerk Connie Zello said. As of press time last Thursday, only local businessman

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Dann Standard had qualified for the District 2 seat.

Supervisor of Elections Probate Judge Thomas Charping said that he expected one or two candidates to qualify for the District 1 seat held by Finnell.

In addition, Joseph Riley has qualified to run for Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor.

The qualifying period for the non-partisan election began Monday, June 28 and ran through noon Friday, July 2.