Each township in Washington County has voted for the two directors they want to represent for the next four years.

Jedd Butler and Asa Boring have both served as directors for several years.

Butler has been a director of the Township of Independence for 10 years.

“I like what I do … maintain the roads and the cemeteries” said the butler. “It allows me to work every day. “

Boring has served Belpre Township since 1987. He said he served part of a term earlier because an administrator died.

“I ran again because we have several projects in progress and I would like to see a few completed” Boring said.

He said the old Little Hocking Elementary property and the new park on Baker Road are two projects he’s excited about.

“We want to install a community building there (at the old primary school)”, he said.

With the new park, they are partnering with OSU Extension and the Ohio Department of Natural Resources to plant trees and install birdhouses.

“We are trying to look to the future with the children now, when they are 40 or 50” Boring said.

The unofficial votes for the cantonal trustees are:

¯ Township of Adams – Jeffrey Anthony, 86 votes; Wayne Isner, 88 votes.

¯ Canton of Aurelius – Jeffrey Haas, 15 voices; Carl Petry, 10 votes.

¯ Canton of Barlow – Richard Best, 237 votes.

¯ Canton of Belpre – Asa Boring, 242 votes; Roger Curt Welch II, 211 votes.

¯ Township of Decatur – Randy Adams, 86 votes; Mark Eickert, 107 votes.

¯ Financial Officer of the Township of Decatur – Tracy Joseph, 114 votes; Bill Yoho, 69 votes.

¯ Township of Dunham – Tim Mathews, 204 votes; Kenneth Maze, 217 votes.

¯ Township of Fairfield – Donnie Allen Jr., 76 votes; Mike Giffin, 61 votes; Jérémy Gribble, 88 votes; Darrell Huck, 112 votes.

¯ Fearing Township – Jeffrey Lauer, 118 votes; Lloyd Allen Miller, 93 votes.

¯ Township of Grandview – Todd Davis, 196 votes; Richard Earley Jr., 126 votes; Tyler Riggs, 226 votes; Darell Spears, 149 votes.

¯ Independence Township – Lance Binegar, 0 votes; Jedd Butler, 31 votes.

¯ Township of Lawrence – Gerald McGregor, 54 votes; Paul Metz, 50 votes.

¯ Liberty Township – Michael Fleeman, 34 votes; Steven Hendershot, 40 voices; Dale Lauer, 44 votes.

¯ Canton of Ludlow – Roy Bowersock, 33 votes; Craig Howell, 32 voices.

¯ Canton of Marietta – Steve Bober, 601 votes; Dan Ritchey, 352 votes.

¯ Canton of Muskingum – Bal Catlin, 384 votes; Carolyn Dempsey, 482 votes; John Jay Huck, 904 votes; Brian Pracht, 475 votes.

¯ Township of Newport – Jim Brower, 104 votes; Alan Hockenberry, 146 votes; Rodney Seevers, 233 votes; Rick Seevers, 125 votes; Philip Smitley, 135 votes.

¯ Township of Palmer – Allan Hill, 33 votes; Randy Pugh, 21 voices.

¯ Canton of Salem – Joseph Carpenter, 127 votes; Robert Gerst, 149 votes; Dennis Lang, 119 votes.

¯ Township of Warren – Allen Coffman, 237 votes; Gary Gaughan Jr., 213 votes; Joseph Vickers, 280 votes.

¯ Canton of Waterford – James Randy Harper, 243 votes; Tim Rossiter, 244 votes.

¯ Township of Watertown – Tom Neill, 180 votes; Douglas Parks, 206 votes.

¯ Wesley Township – Tyler Hearn, term not expired, 117 votes; Jeffrey Lawrence, 41 votes; David Amour, 67 votes; David Roberts, 73 votes; Keith Sargent, 60 votes.

Michele Newbanks can be contacted at [email protected]