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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2015-11-05, Page 12PAGE 12. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2015. Making it all come together. When the first issue of The Citizen appeared Oct. 23, 1985, Dianne Josling set the type to make it happen. Times and technology have changed but many of the words in this issue of The Citizen were typed by Dianne. Success came so quickly to The Citizen in 1985 that we needed to expand our staff after only a couple of weeks. Joan Caldwell came on board to design the advertising in the paper. She's still doing that today. Both Dianne's and Joan's jobs have changed and expanded. Dianne has become one of the go- to staff members with computer issues and the internet. One of her essential jobs these days is processing the pages of The Citizen (as well as The Rural Voice and Stops Along the Way) after they've been put together by the editorial staff, and then sending the electronic files to the printing plant over the Internet. As well she does the bookkeeping and billing. Where once Joan put together advertisements by gluing strips of type on pages, today she assembles the entire ad, including type and images, on her computer screen. Her speed, and the efficiency of the technology has freed up time for her to do telemarketing of classified advertising for The Rural Voice. She is also circulation manager and office manager for The Rural Voice. For 30 years Dianne and Joan have been key to the quality of service offered to Citizen readers and advertisers. Pictured from left: Joan Caldwell and Dianne Josling The Citizen Celebrating 30 Years 1985~2015 Continued from page 2 evening of reason and reassurance called Healthy Boundaries in Computer and Internet Use. Parents and grandparents would benefit from this education – hopefully many can attend. A message left on the church phone would be appreciated – 519-887-6259. If you attended Listowel District High School from 1953 to 1959 your buddies are having a Remember Party on Nov. 20 at 11 a.m. If you wish to join the fun, call Don Henry at 519-357-4720 to save your spot and get details. LDHS reunion set for Nov. 20 Continued from page 2 lucky draw will pick the teams for the night’s play. Just a night of fun for the participants. Come out and enjoy when you can. The Friday night supper of roast pork was enjoyed by approximately 20 people. This week will be chicken breast. Two new members were initiated into Branch 218 by President Jo- Ann McDonald on Friday evening, assisted by Comrade Eric Ross. Tyler Van Beek and Barry O’Krafta are now members of the Branch. Welcome to Branch 218! The Saturday afternoon euchre had 13 tables of players. Winners were: first, Marion Harris and Olave Little, 73; second, Lorna Ellis and Ethel Walker, 72; third, Ruth and Emma, 70; low score was 44 and the lone hand prize went to Doris Muir and Grace Corbett, six. Euchre is every two weeks and is open to anyone wishing to come enjoy an afternoon of cards. The Sunday night dance had a good crowd arrive to enjoy the great music of the John Heaman Band. The 80 dancers enjoyed the evening and said goodbye to John, who will be away to Florida for the winter. NWES holds mock vote prior to federal election On the Friday before the Oct. 19 federal election, students at North Woods Elementary School participated in their own election and crowned the same winner as their adult counterparts. The students were visited by each of the four Huron-Bruce candidates, incumbent Conservative Ben Lobb, Liberal Allan Thompson, Gerard Creces of the New Democratic Party (NDP) and Jutta Splettstoesser of the Green Party. Each candidate was given the opportunity to discuss their platform with the students. After the results for the national election were announced, the students released their own results which showed that Lobb and Creces had made the biggest connection with the students. As in the official election, Lobb won. At the school level, he received 30 of the possible 58 votes, or 51.7 per cent. In the federal election, Lobb netted the win with 44.6 per cent of the vote. While the class vote’s top choice was also the top choice for the riding, the second and third place finishers were switched. Creces beat out and doubled Thompson, receiving 18 votes, or 31 per cent of the vote, while Thompson earned nine votes, just over 15 per cent of the total ballots cast. In the federal election, Thompson earned 39 per cent of the votes cast while Creces had only 13 per cent. Splettstoesser earned 2.4 per cent of the vote in the Federal election and a single vote in the classroom election, or 1.7 per cent of the votes. When asked about the difference between the class vote and the federal election, students Kiley Nicholson and Owen Newell said they had learned a lot, not just about the voting process, but about why their fellow classmates had voted for Lobb and Creces. “The Conservative Party did good in our election, but not so good in the real federal election,” Newell said of the national results for the election. “The Liberals did very well in the real election, but not good in ours.” As for why Lobb did so well in the school election, Nicholson felt that there may have been some children following their parents’ party allegiance “A lot of people’s parents were voting for the Conservatives, so they did too,” Nicholson said. Newell said he felt that Lobb did a good job, and that, paired with parents voting for him, probably made the difference for students. He did say, however, that Creces was the most effective speaker. “I think because he explained things to the kids very well when he was talking to us, he got a lot of votes” Newell said. “He drew pictures.” Nicholson agreed, saying he made all the issues very clear. As far as Splettstoesser’s singular vote, the two representatives both said they didn’t feel the Green Party was addressing issues important to the area. “No one really liked what the Green Party was doing,” Nicholson said, with Newell saying the party just didn’t have the popularity necessary to attract votes. He also said that Splettstoesser’s lack of signs hurt her. “She only had 220 signs,” Newell said. “Gerard said he had between 1,500 and 2,000” As far as what they learned, the two came to the experience from two different angles. Nicholson was a voting member of the class, while Newell served as a scrutineer. “I learned how to vote when I grow up,” Nicholson said. Newell said he learned that there is a lot more to voting than just filling out a ballot. “I learned what jobs there are in it,” Newell said. “I was one of the scrutineers and then there were the poll clerks, the returning officers and the deputy officers.” Branch has a busy weekend A secret ballot North Woods Elementary School students had the opportunity to participate in a mock election earlier this month, the results of which were compared and contrasted with the federal election October 19. Shown voting is Lucas Ward, left, while official scrutineer Owen Newell makes sure he isn’t bothered. (Denny Scott photo)