By Jolene Farley
Six candidates are vying for four open seats on the Hills-Beaver Creek School Board at election on Tuesday, Nov. 6.
The Crescent asked candidates to provide some details about themselves. They will respond to a more in-depth questionnaire closer to the election date.
Matt Larson
Newcomer Matt Larson and his wife, Cindy, built a new home in Beaver Creek last fall. They previously lived on an acreage north of Hills. Larson was raised near Pipestone and graduated from Pipestone High School in 1983.
He sells real estate for Coldwell Banker in Sioux Falls.
Cindy Larson is the physical education teacher and Title One instructor at Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary.
The Larsons have two children, Haley, 8, and Luke, 6.
Annette Mahone
Newcomer Annette Mahone, Hills, is originally from Blue Earth and graduated from Custer High School in Custer, S.D.
Annette and her husband, Robert, have lived in Hills for two and one-half years.
The Mahones have three sons, Eugene, 30, Alex, 22, and Nathan, 13.
Robert Wassenaar
Newcomer Robert Wassenaar graduated from Hills-Beaver Creek High School. A lifelong resident, Wassenaar farms near Hills.
He has two children, a son, Nick, and a daughter, Jessica, 15.
Tim Baker
Newcomer Tim Baker farms north of Hills. His wife, Michele, is a teacher at Hills-Beaver Creek Elementary.
Baker was raised in Steen and graduated from H-BC High School in 1991.
Baker and his wife have one daughter, Peyton, 2.
Alan Harnack
Incumbent Alan Harnack moved to a farm north of Beaver Creek when he was 7 years old.
A 1967 graduate of Hills-Beaver Creek High School Harnack went into the Army from 1968 to 1970, then attended Dunwoody Institute, Minneapolis, from 1970 to 1972.
He has been an H-BC School Board member since 1985.
Harnack is employed by Dysthe Construction, Beaver Creek.
Harnack and his wife, Zoe, have three sons, Chris, Scott and Eric.
Lois Leuthold
Incumbent Lois Leuthold graduated from Hills-Beaver Creek High School and has lived in the area her entire life.
She is employed at Dakota Capital Corporation, Brandon, S.D., as a mortgage loan consultant.
Leuthold and her husband, Alan, have four children, Mitchell, 14, Thomas, 12, Brady, 10, and Natalie, 7.