Only one candidate, Derek Duke, signed up and paid the fee Monday during the first day of qualifying for the May 22 special election to Statesboro City Council in District 5. Duke, a decorated Air Force veteran and retired airline pilot, has been a resident of the district and the city for 40 years. Qualifying continues Tuesday from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. and Wednesday from 8 a.m. until noon, when it ends, in the city clerk's office at City Hall, 50 E. Main St. The candidate fee is $227.