Photo by Tom Rivers

ALBION – The Albion Rotary Club recently presented a $2,300 check to the Job Development Agency with the funds to be used to help people prepare for job interviews and employment, going towards new clothes and other supplies.

Pictured form left include Becky Karls, golf tournament committee member; Kiebala, Job Development director; and Cindy Perry, golf tournament committee chair.

The tournament was held on July 18, and some of the proceeds also went to the Office for the Aging to support a transportation program for senior citizens.

Photo by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Faith Smith, center, today accepted a $500 gift card from Save A Lot that will be used to purchase meat for the Orleans Koinonia Kitchen, which Smith has directed since it opened in June 2022 at Harvest Christian Fellowship.

Smith was nominated for the “Hometown Hero” award through Save A Lot by Dee Huntington, left, one of the OK Kitchen volunteers. They are joined at the Albion store by manager Dora Leader-Shuler.

Smith is one of six Hometown Heroes recognized by Save A Lot in the country. They nominees were listed on the Save A Lot social media and the top six with the most likes are receiving $500 gift cards.

Smith has served as volunteer director of the OK Kitchen since it opened in June 2022. She also led the community kitchen for more than a decade when it was based at Christ Episcopal Church.

The OK Kitchen serves several hundred meals every Thursday, and has expanded to frozen soups for people to take home.

The kitchen is gearing up to serve 600 to 800 Thanksgiving meals on Thursday from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. with many of those meals to be delivered to senior citizens and shut-ins, including more than 100 meals to Medina.

Huntington and her husband Rick volunteer almost every Thursday at the kitchen. They see how Smith and her husband Mike build up a team of volunteers and donors, and treat people with compassion.

The OK Kitchen has grown from serving about 100 meals a week in June 2022 to more than 600 now.

“Businesses, churches, civic organizations and individuals all come together to ‘love thy neighbor’ in so many tangible ways,” Mrs. Huntington said. “Resources arrive in many shapes and forms. The hours, the smiles, the kind words spoken, the resources shared bring a warm feeling of being cared for.”

Save A Lot also is frequent donor to the kitchen, bringing two car loads of food each month. Those food items are on a table for people to take with them after having a meal at Harvest Christian Fellowship.

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – The lamp post on Main Street, right in front of the Courthouse Square, is decorated with a glowing Christmas tree.

About 40 of the lamp posts will be decorated for Christmas and the holiday season.

Maureen Bennett is coordinating the effort for the second year. It’s part of the “Bring Christmas Back to Albion” initiative that started last year to pump up the holiday spirit in Albion.

The group also will soon have Christmas trees decorated on the Courthouse lawn.

This angel is at the corner of Main and West Park streets near the Bethlehem scene for the Holy Family Parish.

This lamp posts has lots of Santas on Main Street next to Gurney’s.

This lamp post in on East Bank Street near the Roots Hair Salon. Many businesses, families and organizations have adopted the posts.

Hearth & Home Real Estate Professionals decorated this lamp post with the courthouse and First Presbyterian Church in the backyard.

Growing congregation on Crandall Road eyes expansion

Photo by Ginny Kropf: Trellis Pore, pastor of Shiloh Church on Crandall Road, Albion, and his wife Caleia are shown with some of the more than 50 blankets they recently collected and donated for the homeless.

ALBION – When Trellis Pore started to lead the Shiloh Church, only a few people showed up for his first sermons. That was Nov. 17, 2021, and last Sunday Pastor Pore celebrated his third anniversary with guest speaker the Rev. Wayne Lewis and a full congregation.

Pore has a full-time job as weapons trainer with the New York State Department of Corrections, but his passion is preaching. He first became licensed to speak at the age of 19 at Shiloh Church and was ordained at 21.

Since that time, he and his wife Caleia have seen Shiloh grow, along with their desire to make a difference in their community.

They are aware of rising number of homeless in Orleans County.

“Growing up here, I didn’t see that as a kid,” the Rev. Pore said. “We saw that was where we could make a difference.”

They put the word out for donations of blankets for the homeless, and the support was absolutely amazing, the pastor said. Just recently, they delivered more than 50 blankets to warming shelters at Hoag Library in Albion, Lee-Whedon Memorial Library in Medina and Community Action’s Eastern Orleans Community Center in Holley.

They plan to continue collecting blankets for the homeless, and then branch out to see what else they can do to help out in their community.

Going forward, the Rev. Pore knows they are going to have to expand at the church on Crandall Road. Their congregation averages 130 people and continues to grow. The building is outgrowing their needs and they need more space to accommodate the things they want to do, such as mentoring, tutoring and youth activities.

They have formed Shiloh Angels, which is compiling a prayer book filled with prayers from youth. Artist Pat Standish is doing the illustrations and the book will be handed out to anyone in need, especially kids who are facing tough times.

“We want them to know their prayers will be answered,” the Rev. Pore said. “When we come together in unity, all things are possible.”

Shiloh Church is also planning a Shiloh family Christmas giveaway at 3 p.m. Dec. 21 at Albion Elks Lodge.

A Christmas Eve service is scheduled at 6:30 p.m., with a New Year’s Eve service, also at 6:30 p.m.

The Pores welcome anyone to join them in Bible study at 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays and worship at 11 a.m. Sundays.

Faith Smith, shown in top row in center photo with her husband Michael Smith, has been named one of six “Hometown Heroes” by Save A Lot.

ALBION – The director of the Orleans Koinonia Kitchen has been named one of six “Hometown Heroes” by Save A Lot.

Faith Smith has served as volunteer director of the OK Kitchen since it opened in June 2022 at Harvest Christian Fellowship. She also led the community kitchen for more than a decade when it was based at Christ Episcopal Church.

The OK Kitchen serves several hundred meals every Thursday, and has expanded to frozen soups for people to take home.

“Faith’s contributions go far beyond providing a hot meal,” Save A Lot stated. “She is deeply compassionate, offering birthday goodie bags, distributing gifts to needy children at Christmas, and delivering meals to shut-ins while performing wellness checks. She supports other community organizations, provides free items to those in need when there is a surplus, and assembles essential items like blankets, hats, and toiletries for the homeless. Tirelessly, she recruits volunteers to help with OKK’s mission.

“Her work is entirely unpaid, driven solely by her passion for helping others. Faith Smith is selfless, hardworking, compassionate, resourceful, and deeply committed to her cause. Her efforts ensure that no one in her community goes hungry, and she makes the most of every resource and donation she receives.”

Save A Lot, a large discount grocery chain with about 800 stores in 32 states, accepted nominations for Hometown Heroes and to showcase the people and organizations making a difference in the communities Save A Lot stores serve.

The six winners will receive $500 gift cards for Save A Lot. The Hometown Heroes include:

• Tammy Amburgey, President, Middle Creek Community Development & Food Pantry, Prestonsburg, KY
• Doug Ducheney, Owner, Children Without A Gift Ministry, Bronston, KY
• Grant & Gina Hasty, Founders, Lord’s Café, Whitley City, KY
• Jessica Lee, Founder, Help the Homeless, Somerset, KY
• Faith Smith, Director, Orleans Koinonia Kitchen, Albion, NY
• Rita Wood, Barbourville, KY

Albion bowling alley has now raised $35K for PAWS in 10 years

Photos courtesy of Oak Orchard Bowl

ALBION – Oak Orchard Bowl hosted its 10^th annual PAWS Triples No-Tap Tournament on November 9-10 and raised $4,000 for the animal shelter in Albion.

Oak Orchard Bowl has now raised $35,000 for PAWS in the past 10 years.

The tournament had 84 teams from all over Western New York, said Randy Hanks, owner of Oak Orchard Bowl.

PAWS had more than 60 baskets for raffle, as well as cupcakes, 50/50 drawings and donations that brought the total to $5,000.

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Construction crews gave a worn-down section of Ingersoll Street new pavement today, after the old pavement was removed on Tuesday.

Ingersoll has faced much more traffic than usual in the past two years with the Main Street lift bridge closed for major repairs and an overhaul. That lift bridge could reopen next month.

The state Department of Transportation had a section of Ingersoll milled and repaved between Bank and Caroline streets, the sections closest to the lift bridge.

‘It won’t be perfect this year, but it’s going to be pretty cool’

Photos by Tom Rivers: Michael Bonafede, right, and a team of volunteers work on a float last week at Bonafede’s property. Mick Tower, in back, worked for the late Charles Howard with many of the floats and attractions he had at Christmas Park in Albion and also at the State Fair. Howard was founder and director of a Santa School in Albion from 1937 to 1966. The committee organizing the lighted Christmas parade on Dec. 14 has named the parade in his honor. It is now the Charles W. Howard Hometown Parade.

ALBION – A committee working on Albion’s Christmas parade on Dec. 14 has changed the name from Santa’s Hometown Parade to the Charles W. Howard Hometown Parade.

The committee wants to pay tribute to Howard, who ran a Santa School in Albion from 1937 to 1966. He also operated Christmas Park beginning in the mid-1950s. That site attracted about 80,000 people a year.

Howard turned part of his farm on Phipps Road into Christmas Park with amusement park rides, a petting zoo and other attractions.

The parade on Dec. 14 already has 20 floats committed as well as bands. It will honor Howard with more than the parade name.

A group of volunteers is building a float in Howard’s style. They are putting Santa in an older sleigh, and it will appear to be ready to take flight with a group of reindeer.

“New generations of people don’t know Charles Howard,” said Michael Bonafede, one of the volunteers building the float. “He is an excellent role and a unique asset for this area. His character and integrity were the keys to his success.”

The float design team includes, in front from left: Ron, Mick and Mike Tower. In back, Michael Bonafede, Frank Jenks and David Valente.

The volunteers last week made a 20-by-10 foot deck for the float. It has room for an 8-piece band on the back of the float with the sleigh in the middle and the reindeer up front.

Michael Bonafede said the sleigh was acquired in Connecticut and the sleigh will usher in Santa for the parade. The sleigh has a classic look. Its curved in the front which matches some of the photos from when Charles Howard portrayed Santa in the Macy’s Thanksgiving parades in the 1950s and early 1960s.

The group wants to build an iconic float to cap the parade. Howard was known for his creative mind in building floats. The Albion group building the new float will create a display where it will look like nine reindeer are taking off.

Bonafede found two long pieces of metal that used to be part of a soccer goal on his property. For many years, Bonafede hosted the youth soccer program in Albion.

Frank Jenks and Ron Tower brainstorm how to best position the sleigh on steel railings that used to be the top of a soccer goal. Mick Tower, in back, offers some insights. He urged the group to not “bite off more than they can chew” with the first float.

Howard, too, would repurpose pieces of wood and other materials to make his displays. One of his employees, Mick Tower, is helping with the new float. Tower, 89, was tasked by Howard to turn his visions into reality. (Tower will serve as grand marshal of the upcoming parade.)

Tower was part of a team that built the track for a train at Christmas Park, a tunnel, wooden snowflakes, wooden icicles hanging down from the roof, the fire place, and many other projects. There was never a slow moment. Howard had short- and long-term projects. Tower recalled the effort in turning a pond on the property into Snowflake Lake.

Bonafede said the volunteers eventually would like to have the reindeer in motion and some other special effects. For this year, the reindeer may just be lawn ornaments.

“It won’t be perfect this year, but it’s going to be pretty cool,” Bonafede said.

Tower’s son, Ron and Mike, also are part of the team building the new float. Like their father they work in construction.

Frank Jenks also is part of the team, and so is David Valente who has put in a steel railing on the float and is working on other touches to give it strength and some seasonal flare.

David Valente of Hamlin has repurposed steel for railings on the float. Bonafede secured the steel and Valente said he is pleased to lend his talents to the project.

The group is seeking donated artificial Christmas trees to fill out the float this year. Anyone willing to donate can contact the parade chairwoman, Susan Oschmann, at (585) 202-0594 or susanoschmann@gmail.com.

She welcomes more entries for the fourth annual parade. Participants can sign up by Dec. 13. Click here for more information about registering to be in the parade.

Oschmann said several sponsors are backing the parade, which is allowing the committee to double the prize money. First place gets $600, with $400 for second and $200 for third.

The group working on the Santa float also said they would welcome a spot to store it in the offseason if someone has space in a barn, Quonset hut or garage. For more information, contact Bonafede at (585) 749-1413.

About 100 people seek winter clothes during event in Albion

Photo courtesy of Jack Burris: Hands 4 Hope made jackets, boots, gloves and other winter clothing available on Sunday in a Red Jacket Rally after a Spanish-speaking Mass at Holy Family Parish in Albion.

ALBION – The Hands 4 Hope ministry has been offering prayers and food for nine years now, making Saturday morning stops in Albion, Holley and Medina.

Hands 4 Hope has added winter coats, boots, hats and gloves to that effort with monthly Red Jacket rallies.

Jack Burris, the Hands 4 Hope founder and leader, decided to focus a Red Jacket Rally on the Spanish-speaking population of the community. The rally was held this past Sunday after a Spanish-speaking Mass at Holy Family Parish. Burris and a team of volunteers set up outside the church with the clothes on racks and tables.

About 100 people were able to take clothing with the cold weather around the corner.

Hands 4 Hope typically does a Red Jacket Rally the third Thursday in September, October and November. There is another one planned for Thursday from 10 a.m. to noon at Evans Ace Hardware, 342 East Center St., Medina.

Hands 4 Hope welcomes donated jackets, from children to adult sizes, as well as boots, hats and gloves. They can be dropped off inside the Arnold Gregory Office Complex in Suite 174 at 243 S Main St., Albion.

Photos by Tom Rivers: These tables have kid-size boots and other winter clothing. This photo was taken after about 100 people went through, picking out coats and other winter apparel.

Hands 4 Hope has already given away 459 coats since Sept. 1, passing the 407 distributed last year from September through the end of December.

Emily Kwiatkowski, the director of discipleship and mission at ONE Catholic, said the parish welcomed the chance to partner with Hands 4 Hope for the Red Jacket Rally.

“There is a very widespread need among the Hispanic community for a wide variety of things,” Kwiatkowski said.

Father Mark Noonan, pastor at ONE Catholic, did a promo of the Red Jacket Rally, speaking in Spanish in a Facebook post, encouraging people to stop by for the winter clothing.

Burris said he was thrilled to see the donated clothing be put to good use, and to send a message to the immigrants and others that the local community values them.

Hands 4 Hope typically sets up away from churches. But this time was stationed outside Holy Family Parish.

“Many people steer clear of churches for a variety of reasons,” he said.

Through the food, clothes and prayers offered by Hands 4 Hope, “they know God loves them through the community,” Burris said.

Jack Burris, right, founded Hands 4 Hope nine years ago. He appreciates the community’s continued donations towards the ministry.

Photo by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Ingersoll Street is shown north of the canal late this afternoon.

The State Department of Transportation on Tuesday will mill a section of Ingersoll between Caroline and Bank streets, and then pave that section on Wednesday.

Ingersoll has seen increased traffic the past two years with the Main Street lift bridge closed and much of the traffic diverted to the Ingersoll lift bridge.

The section of Ingersoll will be closed to traffic from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for the two days.

From 9 a.m. to 2:30 traffic will need to use alternate routes to cross the Erie Canal: Butts Road on the east side and Gaines Basin Road on the west side.

Seaver helped foster a new generation of local rock and rollers

Photos by Tom Rivers

ALBION – A photo of the late Mike Seaver, owner of the Shay’s bar on Main Street in Albion, is on display today at the Carlton Rec Hall for a big party in honor of Seaver.

He was 69 when he passed away on Sept. 20. Seaver didn’t have an obit or a funeral. He preferred to stay out of the limelight.

But a longtime friend Mike Whiting organized the big party today. Whiting organized open mic nights at Shay’s for a decade. He said Seaver helped launch some of the local bands by giving them their first chance to play in public and build their confidence,

The celebration for Seaver included many mementos from Shay’s included this restored guitar by Mike Whiting. White, shown here at right, joined in the open mic music. Here he is playing with the band, Lonesome Road.

Whiting said when he turned 21, he went to Say’s for a beer. Seaver was the bartender and the two struck up a good conversation. They became good friends.

Seaver had a karaoke machine in the bar, and welcomed the chance for musicians to perform in open mic nights and also in concerts.

“He was a big proponent of the local music scene,” Whiting said at today’s party for Seaver. “Many local bands were birched at Shay’s. He helped create the Orleans County collective. We didn’t realize the talent we had right here.”

Whiting also became close with Jessi Snyder, a bartender at Shay’s, and the two are now married.

Jessi worked with Seaver for 11 years.

“He had a heart of gold,” she said. “He looked intimidating but after talking to him a  few minutes, you really liked him.”

The band Lonesome Road performs during the open mic at the Carlton Rec hall this afternoon. From left in front include Robert Williams on bass/vocals, Alex Fitzak from the band Vette, Todd Colegrove on guitar/lead vocals and Mike Whiting on guitar/vocals.

The big interior sign from Shay’s was on display at today’s benefit, as well as other Shay’s flags and banners.

Tom Irwin and Seaver have been close friends for about 50 years. They were the best man in each other’s weddings.

Seaver worked as a bartender at Shay’s  for about 30 years before taking over the business from Bill Shay. The business was hurt by Covid and restrictions on crowd sizes. It hasn’t open to the public for about four years.

Many of the shot glasses and mementos were for sale at today’s party.

Irwin said Seaver was the heart and soul of the place.

“He was a very talkative person, just like his mother,” Irwin said. “People came in to see him.”

Seaver enjoyed seeing the younger adults come in for karaoke and the live music in the last 20 years.

“He kept rock and roll alive in Albion,” Irwin said.

There were 52 gift baskets up for raffle during the party and celebration of Seaver. Lori Laine collected the baskets for the event. She said Seaver opened up Shay’s to a rock painting group led by Laine. They would meet there from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays. Seaver liked chatting with the group and appreciated that they brought him home-cooked food, Laine said.

Proceeds from today’s event go to Seaver’s wife Ange to help with expenses.

These musicians in front include Dylan DeSmit, Mike “Thunder” Warren and John Borello. They were among the people rocking out in tribute today for Mike Seaver, owner of Shay’s in Albion.

File photo by Tom Rivers: Mike Seaver and Jessi Whiting are shown in this photo from Aug. 13, 2016 during a “Sip N Stroll” when Shay’s joined 13 other locations in a wine-tasting. Shay’s served ice pops from Lake Effect Ice Cream at The Shamrock (Shay’s).

Whiting said she was thrilled to see a big crowd, at least 150 people in the first two hours of today’s party.

“He didn’t want a funeral but this is our way of saying thank you and good bye,” she said.

Many of Seaver’s family attended the celebration and they were serving food in the kitchen.

Seaver’s sister Donna Halladay came from California with her daughter Samantha. Halladay provided pizza and hot dogs, and headed up the kitchen staff made up of Seaver’s family. Many of them also were part of putting on events and holidays at Shay’s over the years, Mike Whiting said.

“Donna used to make some homemade salsa and chips that were famous at the bar!” Whiting said. “Whenever she was in town visiting, you could always count on those being on hand at the bar, always at no charge!”

Other family members from Orleans County who helped in the kitchen include Vicki Juckett, sister; Melissa Hope, niece; Barry Hope, nephew; Eileen Manning, cousin; and George Manning, cousin.

“Vicki and George were very active with Mike’s life at the bar,” Whiting said. “George even used to help host a video game night called ‘Halo Night’ where we would all play the game Halo 2 on Xbox with Mike for hours! Mike loved that game!”

ALBION – Pete Stritzinger (right), president of the Albion Exempts, presents a certificate of commendation to Geno Allport, left, for his years of dedication to the youth football program in Albion.

Stritzinger and the Exempts have been recognizing people in the community each month and donating $75 to the organization they are a part of. Allport received $75 towards the youth football program.

He is also leading an effort to have a new concessions stand at Bullard Park, where the youth football teams practice and play their home games.

Membership in the Exempts is open to the community at $20.

ALBION – The state Department of Transportation will close a section of Ingersoll Street for two days next week to allow for milling of paving on a street that has had more wear and tear the past two years due to the closure of the Main Street lift bridge.

An article on Wednesday said the DOT would do one lane at a time and keep traffic open on Ingersoll. But today the DOT said there would be full roadway closure from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. for milling on Tuesday and paving on Wednesday.

The closure is limited to 9 a.ml. to 2:30 p.m. to allow for school buses to cross the canal.

 From 9 a.m. to 2:30 traffic will need to use alternate routes to cross the Erie Canal: Butts Road on the east side and Gaines Basin Road on the west side.

$300,000 set aside towards new fire truck, fire hall repair or replacement

Photo by Tom Rivers: Members of the newly formed Albion Joint Fire District met on Thursday at Hoag Library to discuss fire district business, including an upcoming election on Dec. 10 for five commissioners and the treasurer. Pictured from left include commissioner Craig Lane, secretary Rachel Hicks, commissioner Chris Kinter, commissioner and chairman Al Cheverie, commissioner Joe Martillotta, commissioner Dave Buczek, and treasurer Victoria Tabor.

ALBION – The Albion Joint Fire District has a budget for 2025, the first year for the entity which will oversee fire protection in the towns of Albion and Gaines, which includes the Village of Albion.

The budget approved by the commissioners totals $872,222, which more than doubles the budget for the fire department when it was under the village budget with contracts from the two towns.

Fire department leaders say the department has long been underfunded, with no reserves for new fire trucks or upgrades to the fire hall.

The new budget for 2025 puts $250,000 into a “Apparatus Repair & Replacement Reserve” and $50,000 into a “Building Repair & Replacement Reserve.”

Al Cheverie, the chairman of the commissioners, said the district needs to replace two fire trucks fairly soon. A new ladder truck to replace one that is 27 years old is expected to cost $2.2 million. A new fire engine to replace one 32 years old would likely have a purchase price of $1.1 million.

The commissioners expect to start working on securing a new ladder truck in 2025, a process that could take four to five years before the new truck is in Albion. Setting aside money ahead of time will reduce the bond payments needed in the future, Cheverie said.

A $2.2 million bond at a 7 percent rate would result in an annual bond payment of about $208,000 a year over 20 years, fire department officials said in June when discussing the budget needs for the department.

A new fire engine at $1.1 million and bonded over 20 years would have an annual payment of $104,000 a year. However, those payments would be significantly less if the fire district has money in its reserves.

The district also has $50,000 set aside for the fire hall for either repairs or a potential replacement. Cheverie said there are no plans to leave the building on Platt Street anytime soon.

Some of the fire department’s expenses were previously absorbed in the village budget and now those costs are clearly defined in the fire district budget plan. That includes $17,000 in utilities and $100,000 for insurance.

Cheverie said the first-year budget for the district includes $70,000 in startup expenses for the district that won’t be a reoccurring expense.

The budget includes $15,000 to pay a treasurer and $15,000 for a secretary, plus $10,400 for janitorial services. With Social Security, Medicare and unemployment added, the three positions will total $47,647 in the budget, and those were costs that weren’t factored into the fire department budget when it was part of the village.

The budget categories include $47,647 for personnel services; $17,000 for contractual service (utilities); $100,000 for insurance; $38,950 for operational expenses; $42,500 for apparatus maintenance; $104,715 for equipment expenses (gear for firefighters and trucks); $61,000 for buildings and grounds maintenance; $160,410 for administrative expenses (fire district formation costs, accountant, attorney, medical exams, recruitment efforts); and $300,000 for the new reserve funds.

Craig Lane, one of the five commissioners, said the district budget initially was $1.3 million and the commissioners pared down some of those costs.

Dave Buczek, one of the commissioners, said the budget puts the fire department on a course for a good future for equipment and recruitment.

“We’re building something for generations to come,” Buczek said at Thursday’s meeting.

Commissioners, treasurer up for election on Dec. 10

The five commissioners started meeting on Aug. 20. Voters in the towns of Albion and Gaines approved forming the Albion Joint Fire District in an Aug. 6 referendum. Albion voted 125 yes, 61 no, while the results in Gaines were 70 yes, 43 no.

Five commissioners were then appointed to help establish the district, and create the budget for the first year in 2025. The Albion Town Board appointed Chris Kinter, the code enforcement officer, and Joe Martillotta, a retired school teacher and business owner. Gaines appointed Al Cheverie, a former Albion Fire Department president, and Craig Lane, the deputy highway superintendent for Orleans County. The Village Board appointed Dave Buczek, a former village trustee, to be the village representative.

Voters will soon pick the commissioners with new terms starting in 2025. There will be an election at Hoag Library on Dec. 10 from 4 to 9 p.m. Candidates for the election can submit a letter to the Albion Joint Fire District, P.O. Box 2, Albion NY 14411. The letter should state the candidate’s desire to run for commissioner. It needs to be received by Nov. 20. The treasurer’s position also will be up for election.

The commissioners’ terms will be for 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years, depending on the vote totals for each. The highest vote-getter gets the 5-year term and then the term length goes in descending order of votes. After the December election, the commissioner election should have one position up for election each year.