Thursday was busy — and history making — in the Lawrence County Board of Elections office.

Nearly 30 people beat the 4 p.m. deadline by filing last-day petitions to run for office in November.

One of them was Bernard Kincaid, who seeks one of two seats on the South Point Board of Education. He said friends encouraged him to run and after thinking about it, decided to do just that, though he waited until a half hour before closing time to turn in the necessary paperwork.

“I just thought it was time for fresh eyes and younger people to step up and help out,” Kincaid explained. This is his first time seeking elective office. But he has one good reason to jump into the fray now: his son, Christian, is 4 and will start school in South Point next year.

“If you’re going to have kids in school you need to be there and be part of it,” Kincaid said.

Kincaid will face Rita Vance, Terry Blake, Les York and Rose Christian in November.

In the case of the Rock Hill Local School District, this election will be the first time in history there won’t be a contested race: two people have filed to run for exactly two seats available, veteran Wanda Jenkins and newcomer Paul David Knipp.

“I’m still in shock,” Jenkins said. “Junior (her husband) and I were just talking about it and we just can’t believe it. The first year I ran there were 13 people for three seats and there have always been five or six people (running) for three seats. I’m still in shock.”

In the village of Chesapeake, only two people filed to run for four available seats on the village council. Lawrence County Board of Elections Director Cathy Overbeck said write-in candidates have until 4 p.m. Sept. 2 to file to run for office as such a candidate.

Additionally, the Upper Township Volunteer Fire Department will ask voters to renew a five-year fire protection levy while Coal Grove will attempt again to have voters pass an additional one-mil operating levy for five years. In 2008 voters rejected passage of a similar levy that brought in nearly $19,000 annually.

Others seeking office in November:

Township trustee

Aid — 2

Brian Pancake, John Robinson, Wayne Taylor, Danny Craft and George Gabriel Patterson

Decatur — 2

Ronnie Cox, Tim Blagg, Timothy Qualls, John McNeal and Tyler Boggs

Elizabeth — 2

Shannon Summers, Greg Boggs, Ron Davis, Charles Maynard, Brian Kidd,

Ricky Markel, Darrell Perry and Randy Mullins

Fayette — 2

Simon Gore, Mike Finley and Perry Brock

Hamilton — 2

Bob Blankenship, Forrest Kerns Jr., Larry Fraley and Vic Hopper

Lawrence — 2

Scott Gore and Verna Harper

Mason — 2

Jamie Klaiber, Shannon Payne, Justin Simpson, Stephen S. Colegrove, Paula Wilson, Corey Watson, Jeff Estep, Church Self and Roger Callicoat

Perry — 2

Barry Blankenship and Jeff Joseph

Rome — 2

Dean Cooper, Mark Bailey, Brian Pinkerman and Brian Smith

Symmes — 2

Ronald Hatfield, Fayne Taylor and Eddie Mitchell

Union — 2

Mike Curry, Rick Gue, Doug Baise and Dain Spears

Upper — 2

Don Klaiber, Christopher Knipp, Robert J. Ackerman, James Burke Jr., Mike McDaniels and Phillip Snowden

Washington — 2

Jerry E. Kelley and Peggy Horner

Windsor — 2

Donald Adkins, Donald Rigney, Robert E. Burcham and Brian Williams

City and Village Races

Athalia — 4

Benjamin Keeney, Lester Brumfield Sr., Ervin Napier Jr., Debra Evans, Christina Ray and Allison Layman

Chesapeake — 4

Richard McMaster and Paul Hart

Coal Grove – 4

Frederick Phillip Roush, Kyle McKnight, Juelda Collins, Bob Self, Glen Markins, Chris Brammer and Aaron Stewart

Hanging Rock — 4

Susan Fatony, John Waginger, Jarrod Robinson and Jeannette Waginger

Ironton – 4

Bob Cleary, Leo Johnson, Mike Lutz, Ralph “Butch” Huff, Beth Rist, Hugh Scott and Dave Frazer

Proctorville — 4

Brenda Chapman, Justin Wurtzler, Raymond W. Shephard, Jeffrey J. Chapman, Larry David Peters

South Point — 4

Robert Armstrong, Ronald West, Danny A. Smith, David Classing and Don Fitzpatrick

School boards

Lawrence

County ESC — 3

Roland Hayes, Phillip Carpenter and Ray I. Malone

Chesapeake — 2

Kenneth Wolfe, Jerry Osborne, Grover Smith, Charles Sanders, Richard Stover and Bill Pratt

Dawson-Bryant – 3

Jamie Murphy, Debra Drummond, Sadie Murphy, Michael Nourse, Katy Ford, Denise Paulus, Tim Stormes and Gary Dutey.

Fairland — 3

plus one

unexpired term

Greg Crabtree, Janice Singer, Matt Ward, Lester Brumfield Jr., Gary Sowards, Timothy Fisher, Brian Morgan and Martin Appleton.

Jason Gorby (for unexpired term)

Ironton – 2

Jay Zornes, A. Burton Payne, Jerry Brownstead and Daniel Hartwig.

Rock Hill — 2

Wanda Jenkins and Paul David Knipp

South Point — 2

Rita Vance, Terry Blake, Les York, Rose Christian and Bernard Kincaid

Symmes Valley — 3

Chris Thompson, Hope Rowe, S. Kent Wells, Tommy Shepherd, Steve Brown, Luther Waugh, Ryan Sells and Greg Ralph