As Filing Week drew to a close Friday, open seats throughout local Coupeville government filled, but all without challengers.

The second half of the candidate filing period did bring two new candidates for Port of Coupeville.

John Mishasek, a Coupeville transplant, filed for the position being vacated by appointed commissioner John Carr.

He said he first considered running for the port after seeking information about the Greenbank Farm’s solar energy project.

After running into a past employee of the port, Mishasek said he started researching the government agency and picking brains of those involved with its inner workings.

Mishasek and his wife, Meg, moved to Coupeville from Colorado in March of 2014.

While they moved for retirement, the couple said they still wanted to be involved so both joined the board for the Economic Development Council.

“This feels a little meatier,” he said. “It’s real issues, real problems.”

Mishasek has a background in business, primarily in the healthcare field, and has owned his own business.

He said he views both the wharf and Greenbank Farm as valuable assets that need to be preserved and protected — all while maintaining the port’s budget.

Also filing for an open port seat, William Bell, owner of Local Grown, filed for the seat currently held by long-standing commissioner Marshall Bronson.

Bell is selling his coffee shop that currently operates at the wharf to David and Pat Howell, former Coupeville residents who are moving back.

Pat Howell said at last week’s port meeting the sale is expected to go through June 8 or 9.

Bell did not return calls for comment.

Molly Hughes was the only person to file for the mayor race and three council seats will be filled by newcomers Lisa Bernhardt, Catherine Ballay and incumbent Jackie Henderson.

Glenda Merwine and Christine Sears both filed for their seats on the Coupeville School Board unopposed and Steve Hutchinson filed unopposed for the Central Whidbey Fire and Rescue Board of Commissioners.

In an island-wide race, a third candidate has entered the race for a Whidbey General Hospital commissioner seat.

Rita Drum, a rural Oak Harbor resident, became the third person to file for position 2 on the hospital’s board of commissioners. She will go up against incumbent Georgia Gardner and hospital blogger Rob Born in the primary, which will narrow the candidates to the two top.

Drum came to Whidbey a year ago after retiring from an East Coast career in the medical field, which she said will make her a valuable member of a board that lacks in that kind of experience.

She was a pathology assistant and a histotechnologist at a hospital; she said the job required her to interact with just about all the departments, so she has a good understanding of how hospitals work.

She became interested in running for the position after hearing so many people “speak ill” of Whidbey General.

“We need to work to repair the reputation of the hospital,” she said, “and I can help.”

Co-editor Jessie Stensland contributed to this article.