WATERLOO - Five metro school and college board seats will be contested in Tuesday's election, but only three races will be reflected on voters' ballots.

This year's election is unusual in that the nominating petitions of candidates for two positions were challenged and removed from the ballot by review panels, decisions later upheld by a judge.

Bids to be placed on the ballot by Bill Kammeyer for the Waterloo Board of Education and Gayle Pohl for Hawkeye Community College's Board of Trustees were derailed when complaints were filed claiming invalid signatures on their petitions. Board committees found that the candidates fell short of the 50 required signatures from residents of their director districts.

Both are now waging write-in campaigns.

Kammeyer, 70, of 526 Home Park Blvd., is seeking the Waterloo board's Director District 2 seat. Sue Flynn, 47, of 605 Locke Ave., also is running for the seat and will be on the ballot. Pam Miller, who currently holds the position, is stepping down in mid-term.

Flynn is a part-time sales assistant with financial adviser firm Stifel Nicolaus. Kammeyer, who is retired from John Deere, served on the board from 1972 to 1981 and from 1990 to 1993. The district includes a portion of Waterloo south of U.S. Highways 63 and 218.

Pohl, of 616 W. 20th St., is seeking HCC's Director District 9 seat, which represents most of northwest Cedar Falls. Incumbent Dave Krejchi, 48, of 1004 Parkway Ave., is running for re-election to that position and will be on the ballot.

Krejchi, who was appointed to the HCC's board in 2008 and elected last September, is president of Dalton Plumbing, Heating and Cooling. Pohl is an assistant professor of public relations at the University of Northern Iowa.

Other races

Both the Waterloo and Hawkeye board elections will include one race.

David Meeks is challenging first-term incumbent Mike Kindschi for the Waterloo board's Director District 1 seat, which represents a northeast portion of Waterloo, portions of east Waterloo and Poyner townships and the cities of Elk Run Heights, Evansdale, Gilbertville and Raymond.

Kindschi, 46, of 519 Evans Road in Evansdale, is an engineering technician for Black Hawk County. Meeks, 49, of 57 Lafayette St. in Waterloo, is executive director of the Waterloo Human Rights Commission.

The two other Waterloo board incumbents whose terms are ending face no challengers in their election bids. Shanlee McNally, of 8217 Ansborough Ave., is running for an at-large position she was appointed to in November. Bernice Richard, of 535 Warren Drive, is seeking a third term representing Director District 4. District 4 encompasses a northwest portion of Waterloo, including an area south of the Cedar River, and parts of East Waterloo and Mount Vernon townships north of the city.

Ruth Cunningham is challenging incumbent Dr. Bill Gronen for the Hawkeye board's Director District 5 seat, which represents part of northeast, central and west Waterloo.

Gronen, 64, of 310 Lindale Ave., is a retired podiatrist. He was appointed to the Hawkeye position in 2007 and elected nearly a year later. Cunningham, 67, of 235 Letsch Road, is a retired nurse and nursing instructor at HCC.

Three HCC board incumbents up for election face no challengers.

Luane Lorenzen, of 1438 T Ave. in Traer, represents Director District 3, including the Dike-New Hartford, Grundy Center, North Tama and Union school districts plus portions of the Gladbrook-Reinbeck and Cedar Falls districts. Mark Birdnow, 55, of 4130 Spring Creek Road in Jesup, represents Director District 4, including the Dunkerton, East Buchanan and Jesup school districts. Donna Miller, of 3650 Dewitt Road in Waterloo, represents District 7, including Hudson, southwest Waterloo and portions of Cedar Falls.

Cedar Falls race

Three at-large seats are up for grabs in Cedar Falls while four candidates will be on the ballot. Incumbents Deon Senchina and Susan Lantz are seeking re-election. Tom Reisetter said he is leaving the board.

Senchina, of 940 Oak Park Blvd, is a former banker finishing her seventh term on the board. Lantz is a homemaker and school volunteer finishing her fifth year on the board. They will face off against newcomers Jim Brown, of 2806 Waterloo Road, and Jim Hughes, of 117 Kaspend Place.

Brown, 40, runs a sales and marketing business from his home. He and his wife, a teacher at Cedar Heights Elementary, have daughters in kindergarten and third grade at Cedar Heights.

Hughes, 47, is a general manager at CPM/Roskamp Champion, a Waterloo manufacturing facility. He and his wife have three children, ranging in age from 11 to 17, in Cedar Falls schools.