Four apply for district magistrate judge vacancy in Republic County

TOPEKA--Four persons have applied for a District Magistrate Judge vacancy in Republic County created by the death of Judge John Eyer, it was announced in Topeka today.

They include Joel E. Cates, Belleville, a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper; Candace J. Fielder, also of Belleville, with the Republic County Hospital; Paul J. Hickman, Salina, Assistant Regional Public Defender; and Starla L. Borg Nelson, Jamestown, an attorney in private practice.

The 12th Judicial District Nominating Commission will conduct interviews August 27, 2013, in the Republic County Courthouse. Republic County is one of the six counties in the 12th Judicial District. They include Cloud, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Republic, and Washington Counties.

The nominating commission includes Justice Nancy L. Moritz, as the nonvoting chair, and Dan Brewer, Concordia; Carol K. Good, Barnard; Jerry L. Harrison, Beloit; Dwight L. Daniels, Beloit; Daniel D. Metz, Lincoln; Michael E. Johnson, Courtland; Darrell E. Miller, Mankato; J. Bradley Lowell, Concordia; Douglas G. Simms, Belleville; Steven G. Melby, Mankato; Regine L. Thompson, Scandia; and Bruce E. Meyer, Palmer.