Attention local candidates, send us your bios

While the weather outside remains frigid, the filing season for the 2014 primary election is heating up.

The filing period for the May 6 primary began last Wednesday and will continue through noon Friday, Feb. 7.

We at the Banner Graphic want our readers to be able to make informed decisions on their choices for who will lead Putnam County government for the next four years or more. But to do so, we will need the help of both the local candidates and their political parties.

Each candidate for county offices in the 2014 primary -- commissioner, county council, superior court judge, prosecutor, sheriff, clerk, recorder and assessor and surveyor -- is eligible to submit a story about himself or herself for publication on the front page of the Banner Graphic between now and the primary.

The deadline for submitting such articles will be Friday, Feb. 21.

We ask that candidates limit the length of their submission to 600 words. As always, we reserve the right to edit all stories for style, clarity and accuracy.

Candidate stories can be emailed (the preferred method) to the Banner Graphic at news@bannergraphic.com or mailed to Banner Graphic, P.O. Box 509, Greencastle, IN 46135. They can also be hand-delivered to the office at 100 N. Jackson St. or faxed to the Banner Graphic at 653-2063.

A color headshot photograph should be provided with your written submission.

The Banner Graphic plans to publish all articles submitted by candidates by the April 1 edition of the newspaper. For candidates in the primary election, no separate candidate stories will be run after that date.

It should also be noted that no candidate introduction stories will be run in a Monday edition.