Candidate bios Zone 2 and 3

Vern Newby

Age: 54

Residence: Coeur d’Alene

Personal: Married, five grown children

Education: Bachelor’s and master’s degrees in veterinary science from the University of Idaho

Professional: Avista Utilities

Experience: Five terms on the Coeur d’Alene school board, past president of the Idaho School Boards Association, coordinator for the state group Supporters of Public Education and Kids

Brad St. John

Age: 50

Residence: Hayden

Personal: Married, three children

Education: Bachelor’s in business and economics from Humboldt State University

Experience: Longtime activist in the Coeur d’Alene School District

Professional: Business consultant

Christie Wood

Age: 45

Residence: Coeur d’Alene

Personal: Married, one grown son

Education: Bachelor’s in justice studies from Lewis-Clark State College

Experience: Appointed to the Coeur d’Alene school board in 1999, re-elected in 2000 and 2003; school resource officer at Lake City High School for four years in the late 1990s

Professional: Sergeant with the Coeur d’Alene Police Department

Stan Hess

Age: 62

Hometown: Hayden

Personal: Divorced, no children

Education: Attended Texas Tech for three years, took classes at the University of Houston and South Texas Junior College

Professional: Retired bus driver, substitute bus driver in the Coeur d’Alene School District from April 2005 until May 2006

Experience: Former leader of the California faction of ex-Ku Klux Klansman David Duke’s European-American Unity and Rights Organization; involved in anti-immigration efforts; former board member of the Citizens for Law and Order in California; anti-war activist

The election is Tuesday. Only people living in the zones can vote in the election. Zone boundaries are available on the school district’s Web site, www.cdaschools.org. Terms are three years.