Lee Grisby Evans is 16th candidate to file for Bardstown City Council

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STAFF REPORT

Lee Grigsby Evans prepares her paperwork to file as a candidate for Bardstown City Council.

Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, 5 p.m. — Lee Grigsby Evans has filed as a candidate for Bardstown City Council.

Evans, 73, is a resident of East Stephen Foster Ave. She has performed the past several seasons with the Stephen Foster Story, portraying Stephen Foster’s mother.

With the withdrawal of Michael Johnson as a candidate for the council, Evans is the 16th candidate to file for a council seat on the Nov. 8, 2016 election.

The other 15 candidates who have filed include:

Joe Buckman
Rick Molyneaux
Bill Buckman (incumbent);
Freddy Riggs;
Kecia Copeland (incumbent);
Francis Lydian (incumbent);
Roland “Coach Roe” Williams (incumbent);
former Mayor Bill Sheckles;
former Mayor Dick Heaton;
former County Attorney John Kelley;
Richard Nest;
Franklin Thompson;
David C. Dones;
David Erickson;
Sean Ralston;
Michael Johnson (withdrawn).

The deadline to file for the non-partisan local offices on the November ballot is 4 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 9.

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