Church Praises Candidates

In a move many voters find questionable, Candlelight Pastor Paul Van Noy invited three NIC Trustee candidates to the stage during Sunday worship services this week. He asked them to state why they were running, endorsed them, and urged his congregation to vote for them.

Diana Sheridan stated, while holding back tears, “I’m running because they are coming for our kids at all levels and we need to be in charge.” 

Ron Hartman stated he was running “to bring family Christian values back into the college.” He also mentioned academics, transparency, and community ending his statement as follows: “Those that disrespect our flag have never been handed a folded one.”

Mike Waggoner, who acknowledged he attends Candlelight Fellowship, stated that God inspired him to run for the trustee position. He also claimed the “opposition” is using a budget of $70,000 to $100,000 to “spread lies and stay in control.” He noted the “conservative Christian candidates” each have a $7,000 budget and could use more donations if parishioners felt inclined to support their cause.

Pastor Paul then prayed over the candidates.

These three candidates were notably absent from NIC’s forum. A source reported that, “When asked, one of the candidates said they weren’t going because they believed it would not be a level playing field.”

The pastor stated that his church would pray for any candidates regardless of endorsement.