Local nonpartisan candidates for Amador County Board of Supervisors and county sheriff positions filed financial campaign papers last week, making their last pre-election filings.

The candidates are required to report contributions and spending for the March 18 to May 20 period, with the paperwork due last Thursday at the county registrar of voters' office.

The statements, by race:

District 5 supervisor

Mel Welsh

Mary Ellen "Mel" Welsh of Pine Grove listed monetary contributions totaling $10,546 for the period. Her non-monetary contributions were $3,813 for the period and total contributions were $14,359.

Including non-monetary gifts, the total expenditures for the filing period were $17,940. Year to date spending in her campaign is $28,458.

Beginning cash balance was $8,081, with an end balance of $5,936.

Contributors to Welsh for the three-month period included a donation from herself of $2,060; $750, Service Employees International Union Local 790 of Oakland; $500, Dr. Stephen Winston Honeychurch; $350, Laurie Karutz Webb; Rina Linn Alexopulos, $300; Elizabeth Gates, $200; Robert T. Pack, $200; Sheilah Asher, $120; Cara Agustin, $120; William Roy McKenna, $120; Regina Owens, $120; Carol Schulz, $120; Linda Landgraf, $120; Fern Welsh, $120; Dr. Margaret MacLeod, $60; Sara Allen, $60; Susan Ross, $60; Ilinka Meglemre, $50; Cathie Cunha, $50; Madalain Anne Bolton Brown, $40; Carolini DuCray, $30; Lyla Osmundsen, $30; Sarah Super, $20 and Sally Trestrail, $20.

Welsh also listed receiving contributions of $100 each from Suzanne Russin, Gretchen Kingsbury, Kim Still, Beth Hartford-DeRoos, Glen Iver Johnson, Jo A. Wagner, Kathy Allen, Ursula Ruth Tocher, Terry Strange, Bruce Platt, Patsy M. Cotterel, Jim Harris, Mary Zboralske and Louise Longley.

Non-monetary contributions included a waterfall book, a birdhouse, a flower wreath, a food and wine basket, books, homemade wine, an etching, a massage treatment, a $220 dinner for six for an auction from Julie Ann Fisher, a $260 weekend in Carmel from Brian Douglan Jobson, art prints, a food basket, a framed art print and 50 percent off of printing by Bill Condrashoff, for a total of $2,278. She reported earning $1,035 on auction item purchases.

Welsh spent $3,697 on campaign paraphernalia and miscellaneous items, $750 on a Web site, $1,612 on literature and mailings, $3,103 on TV or cable airtime, $2,047 on print ads, $250 on fund-raising events, $868 on postage or delivery and $1,200 on professional services.



Brian Oneto

Brian Oneto of Drytown listed $21,610 in contributions received, including $4,091 in cash and $17,519 in loans. He listed spending $19,741 in the reporting period and $27,876 for the year to date.

His beginning cash was $2,465 and end balance was $4,334.

Contributions included $1,500 from Ken and Jeanne Deaver of Deaver Vineyards; $500 from P. Amurso, a Fiddletown rancher; $300 from Fred Waters, $100 from Joe Viara of Drytown, $100 from the Seevers family of Plymouth; and $100 from J. Campbell of Fiddletown.

Oneto listed a $10,300 self-loan balance at the beginning of the period and another self-loan of $14,000, with outstanding total balance of $24,300. He also listed a $3,519 loan from his wife, Janine.

His spending list included $6,842 for campaign paraphernalia and miscellaneous, $100 for sign permits, $450 for office expenses, $1,293 for print ads, $3,635 for TV ads, $240 for radio ads, $3,653 for brochures and postcards, $2,000 for a campaign consultant, $883 for Web site work and $301 for literature and postage.



Dan Slater

Dan Slater of Fiddletown listed $802 in cash contributions, $4,000 in loans and a total period contribution receipt of $4,802. He listed spending at $5,427 in payments made.

Beginning cash balance was $1,604 and end balance was $979. He listed contributions received in the amount of $500 from Ron Matulich and Carol Foerster of Drytown and Horseshoe A Mining and $250 from Ron and Joann Hamlin of Volcano.

Slater listed an outstanding self-loan balance of $3,700 entering the filing period and another self-loan for $4,000, with total year-to-date loans of $7,700.

He spent $1,000 for a campaign consultation, $919 on campaign paraphernalia and miscellaneous, $100 on a sign permit, $240 on radio ads, $2,551 on campaign literature and mailings and $500 on meetings and appearances.



Butch Cranford

Dueward W. "Butch" Cranford II of Burke Ranch listed $5,000 in monetary contributions for the period and $6,283 in expenditures. His beginning cash balance was $3,316 and end balance was $2,283.

His contributions were listed as a self-loan of $5,000, with a year to date self-loan total of $11,000.

Cranford listed expenditures including $99.13 for insurance for a Sutter Creek fund-raising event, $160 for meeting hall rental, $3,582 in campaign literature and mailings, $1,185 in campaign paraphernalia and miscellaneous, $30 in filing fees and $1,225 in TV advertising.



District 3 supervisor race

Ted Novelli

Theodore F. Novelli of Pioneer listed receiving $3,483 in cash contributions in the filing period, plus $1,850 in non-monetary gifts and a total contribution income of $5,333. His spending for the period was $4,394 and he had $661 in accrued expenses and with total spending, including non-monetary, at $6,904. His beginning cash balance for the period was $895 and end balance was negative $15.

Novelli's contributions for the period included $500 from Edith R. Allen of Jackson; $200 from Richard N. Scott of Sierra Foothill Communities; David S. Thomas, $200; August Millar, $100; Ellen McDonald, $100; Mary F. Graves, $100; Teresa Gray, $100; Dorris A. Whipple, $100; Meg S. Gottstein, $100; and Scott J. Gross, $100. He listed non-monetary a contribution of $1,850 for printing services, from Raymond Tarter of Pioneer, owner of Pioneer Printing Co.

Expenditures he listed included $3,264 for campaign paraphernalia and miscellaneous; $654 in filing fees; $110 in polling and survey research and $153 in print ads.

His accrued expenses at the beginning of the period were $1,612, with $3,726 accrued in the filing period and $3,065 paid and an outstanding end balance of $2,274.



Erik Christeson

Erik Christeson of Pioneer listed monetary contributions for the period of $5,574, plus $840 in non-monetary gifts, for a $6,414 total. His payments made were listed at $5,195 for the period, with accrued expenses of $15 and total spending, including non-monetary, at $6,050. He listed a starting cash balance of $2,432 and an end balance of $3,580, with $1,400 in outstanding debts.

Christeson's monetary contributions received included $500 from Joyce Christeson; Sierra Foothill Communities Inc., $200; $150 from Glenn Callaway; Steve Underwood, $150; Vince DeStigter, $140; Law Office of Louise Longley, $135; Art Rings, $120; Susan Underwood, $110; Arnold Zeiderman, $100; $100 from Buckhorn Lodge LLC; Robert A. Moore, attorney at law, $100; Jim Switzer, $90; and Lindsay Shigemoto, $36.

He listed loans from himself and his wife, Gwendolyn, totaling $1,400. Christeson also listed receipt of non-monetary contributions, including a $280 case of wine from Deaver Vineyards, a $100 spa package from The Health and Body Shoppe, Jackson and $200 in speeder rides from the Recreational Railroad Coalition of Sacramento.

Expenditures listed $1,978 to a credit card company; $1,666 for fund-raising events; $311 for campaign literature and mailings; $480 for radio ads; $613 for postage or delivery; $305 in print ads; $178 in meetings and appearances; $1,387 in TV ads; $125 in civic donations; and $80 for two tickets to the Democratic party's annual fund-raiser and candidates' night.

He also listed miscellaneous increases to cash of $390 for silent auction bids received.



Amador County Sheriff race

Martin Ryan

Martin A. Ryan reported monetary contributions of $24,972 for the period, along with non-monetary gifts of $2,352 and a total contribution income of $27,324. He listed expenditures totaling $20,812, including the non-monetary, plus $18,460 in payments made. He listed his beginning cash balance at $9,032 and ending balance at $15,544.

Ryan's contributions included a self-loan of $5,000; $7,500 from his father, retired Judge Martin H. Ryan; Amador County Undersheriff Karl Knobelauch, $2,000; Motherlode Real Investors, $1,000; sheriff's Capt. Glenn Humphries, $700; Barbara Wurm, $500; Deb and Elgin Bowers, $500; Russell and Doris Evitt, $500; Sheriff Mike Prizmich, $400; Jim Wegner, $250; John and Colleen Begovich, $250; Steve Cilenti, $250; Robert Manassero, $250; Friends of Curtis Hill, San Benito County Sheriff candidate committee, $250; Larry Thomas & Son Trucking, $200; A. Gary Dorall, $200; Robert T. Pack, $200; John and Peggy Jolley, $125; John Carstensen, $100; John Warner, $100; Ron and Holly Rockett, $100; Don and Peggy Roberts, $100; Ron and Sue Oneto, $100; Frank and Mary Ann Busi, $100; Bill and Imogene Speed, $100; Mel and Faye Gillman, $100; Doug and Penny Smallfield, $100; Barbara Toma-Steele, $100; Bill and Sue Hepworth, $100; Martin H. Ryan, $100; Waters Ranch, $100; Herbert and Mae Hobson, $100; Jerry Cassesi, $100; and Tony Meath Inc., $100. non-monetary contributions included five cases of wine from Charles Spinetta Winery valued at $825; a $360 case of wine from Karmere Winery; $157 in merchandise from Amador Flower Farm; eight watercolor prints from District Attorney Todd Riebe, valued at $360; two tickets to the Sierra Service League dinner from Riebe, valued at $250; and a $400 golf foursome at the sheriff/California Highway Patrol golf tournament from Sheriff Prizmich.

Payments made include $65 in Internet work; $1,481 in print ads; $8,615 in campaign paraphernalia; $270 in sign material; $50 for precinct lists; $1,675 for TV ads; $39 for postage; $174 for office supplies; $482 for fundraising events; $250 for benefit dinner tickets; $250 for a golf tournament signs; $105 for raffle prizes; $180 for family photography; $4,720 for campaign consultation in preparation for a direct mail; and $110 for meetings and appearances.



Drew Stidger

Drew O. Stidger listed monetary contributions for the period of $9,764, plus $522 in loans, $4,272 in non-monetary contributions, with income totaling $14,559. Payments made for the period totaled $10,302, with non-monetary contributions making total expenditures $14,575. Beginning cash balance was $163 and it ended at $147. The filing listed outstanding debts at $1,367.

Contributions included $2,000 from EDEX Information Systems Inc.; $1,000 from Richard Daidone; $500 from Gary Wooten; Jackson Police Chief Scott Morrison, $730; James Floyd, $500; ACSO Deputy Gary L. Stevens, $500; Sgt. Mark Lawrence, $500; Richard M. Lee, $500; Redwood Winery, $500; Deputy Todd R. Smith, $300; Robert J. Olson, $250; Jane Suzanne King, $250; Rick Clarke, $230; Christopher Floyd, $230; Richard Martin, $150; Michael Collins, $150; Thomas G. Sage III, $150; Ronald C. Floyd Insurance Service, $100; Doug Sommerfeidt, $100; Gold Country Cafe, $100; Gary Simms, $100; Troy Ortega, $100; Lee Hague, $100; Claudia C. Copats, $100; Curt W. Cambell, $100; Sylvester "Al" Hall, $100; Mike Sullivan, $100; and Gary Huffman, $100.

Stidger listed a self-loan balance beginning the period at $1,345, with another self loan of $522 and an outstanding balance of $1,867.

Non-monetary contributions included $20 in Web hosting from EDEX; $1,116 in office space from Bethel Church; $208 in sign supplies from Meeks; $1m896 in printing from EDEX; $536 in signs from Al Nunes; and $500 in signs from Tom Blackman.

Payments made included $3,964 in campaign paraphernalia; $100 in civic donations; $1,411 in campaign literature and mailings; $920 in meetings and appearances; $260 in office supplies; $1,030 in print ads; and $1,980 in TV ads.