By Jolene FarleyThe race for three open seats on the Hills-Beaver Creek school board ended Tuesday when the polls closed. Gary Esselink, Ann Boeve, Lloyd DeBoer and Stuart Leuthold vied for the four-year seats on the school board.Gary Esselink, with 157 votes, Ann Boeve with 150 votes and Lloyd DeBoer, with 129 votes, will fill the seats.In a close race, Stuart Leuthold received 124 votes.The Hills polling place had 114 voters, while the Beaver Creek polling place had 61 voters. Steen had 33 voters.School officials were pleased with voter turnout."When you look at it, we had over 200 voters," said H-BC Superintendent Dave Deragisch."I’m very pleased with the amount of voters."Esselink, Boeve and DeBoer are currently serving on the H-BC school board.Their new terms begin Jan. 1, 2004.
