By Lexi MooreThe Hills-Beaver Creek Independent School District began accepting affidavits for candidacy on Tuesday.During their June 6 meeting, the board approved a resolution establishing the dates for filing affidavits of candidacy for the fall general election, which will be Tuesday, Nov. 8.At that time, four members will be elected to the school board for terms of four years each. Three of the seats are currently occupied by board members Tim Baker, Alan Harnack and Lois Leuthold. The fourth seat is held by former board member Roland Crawford.Crawford was asked by the board to fill the seat vacated by Matt Larson, who resigned in May. Crawford accepted his appointment at the school board meeting on June 30.All current members are eligible to file for re-election.Residents living in the district who are interested in running for office in November have until 4 p.m. July 19 to file an affidavit of candidacy for the office of school board member with the school district clerk at the H-BC high school.Candidates for office are required to pay the $2 filing fee and must be eligible voters and age 21 or older.Additional mandates state that the individual must have been a resident of the school district from which the candidate seeks election for 30 days before the general election and have no other affidavit on file for any other office at the same general election.ECSU contractDuring the June 30 meeting, the board approved the H-BC Educational Cooperative Service Unit contract for the 2005-2006 school year. H-BC contracts for 10 services through ECSU, including special ed, technology, drug and alcohol management, health and safety assistance, media services and their environmental/OSHA program.The approved contract totaled $37,186.33 for the 10 services. Last year the contract with ECSU was for $35,857.60. The board felt the 4 percent increase was understandable and approved the contract as it was presented.