Osage County district magistrate judge interviews Tuesday

TOPEKA—The 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday to interview nine applicants to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Osage County, it was announced today.

Applying for the position, which resulted from the retirement of District Magistrate Judge Jon Stephen Jones, are Darian P. Dernovish, Lawrence; Angela E. Stallbaumer, Scranton; Kathleen M. Neff, Overbrook; Wayne White, Scranton; Cynthia Jean Long, Topeka; Taylor J. Wine, Vassar; Bissessarnath Ramcharan-Maharajh, Osage City, Scott L. Farmer, Osage City; and Gary L. Foiles, Lyndon.

The 4th Judicial District Nominating Commission will appoint one of the applicants to the position following the interviews. The interviews are open to the public.

The Nominating Commission will conduct the interviews in the Osage County Courthouse, Lyndon. Members of the nominating commission include Justice Eric S. Rosen, nonvoting commission chair, and James R. Campbell, Burlington; Craig E. Cole, Garnett; Steven B. Doering, Garnett; Janet C. Walsh, Lyndon; Crystal M. Camis, Ottawa; Thomas B. DeBaun, Osage City; Eugene E. Highberger, Westphalia, and Timothy A. Sipe, Waverly.