The 2019 City/School General Election will be held on Tuesday, November 5th.

The Cloud County Community College Board of Trustees has three seats up for election this year. Those seats are presently held by Trustees Ellen Anderson, Larry Henry and Tom Tuggle.

Anderson and Tuggle have both filed for re-election. They will be challenged in November by Jim Koch of Clyde and Richard Hubert of Concordia.

Anderson, Concordia, filed for a third term on the board on April 9th. Ellen is in the final year of her second term on the board. She first sought a position on the board in 2009, but was defeated in that spring's City/School General Election. She ran again in 2011, winning one of three available seats up for election on the board that year. Anderson was also re-elected against no opposition in 2015.

Anderson told KNCK News they have seen dynamic changes at the college over the last eight years.

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At a board retreat last November, the Board of Trustees spelled out their strategic priorities, which includes workforce development. Anderson said she wants to be responsive to business needs, including arranging and providing technical training where desired.

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In March of 2018, the Cloud County Community College Board of Trustees extended an offer to Dr. Adrian Douglas to become the institution's eighth president. Prior to joining Cloud County, Dr. Douglas had served as the Vice President of Business Services at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas where she managed the college's $46 million budget, and was also responsible for the business office, information technology, and auxiliary services at the college.

During her first year at Cloud County, Dr. Douglas led a campus-wide restructuring effort to increase the college's efficiencies and maximize their resources. Anderson told KNCK News she sees a lot of excitement in the college's current administrative team.

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Tuesday, October 15th is the last day to register to vote before the November 5th General Election. Advance voting begins Wednesday, October 16th and continues until noon on Monday, November 4th in the Cloud County Clerk's Office in the Courthouse.

To apply for an advance ballot to be mailed to you, call (785) 243-8110 to have an application sent to you, or complete the Advance Ballot Application on the County Clerk's website at cloudcountyks.org. A signed application must be received by the Cloud County Clerk's Office before a ballot can be mailed out.

Listen below to our complete interview with Trustee Ellen Anderson on the Friday, September 13th edition of KNCK's "Community Connections":

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