Five apply for Chase County district magistrate

TOPEKA—Five persons have applied to fill a district magistrate judge vacancy in Chase County that will be created by the December 13, 2008, retirement of Magistrate Judge John R. Conklin.

They include Douglas P. Jones, a Cottonwood Falls attorney; Laura Lee Miser, a prosecuting attorney for the City of Emporia; Julie D. Whitney, a Fifth Judicial District Court Services Officer; Chase County Attorney William T. North; and Gerald L. Ingalls, Strong City, who is currently a probation enforcement officer with the Fifth Judicial District.

The Fifth Judicial District Nominating Commission is scheduled to convene December 8, 2008, to conduct interviews and then appoint one of the five applicants for the vacancy.  The Fifth Judicial District is a two-county district consisting of Chase and Lyon counties.