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FARMEQUIPMENT (1988) LTD. .JOHN
Logan Farm Equipment has hired two new sales representatives.
Randy McClure (right) and Bud Schoonderwoerd are both
welcomed as additions to the staff of Logan Farm Equipment.
They anxiously look forward to the opportunity of helping
you find solutions to your agricultural and lawn and garden
needs.
Randy is prepared to work with you on lawn and garden, skid
steer and commercial equipment needs. Bud will support our
John Deere agricultural line of equipment and is looking
forward to the opportunity of working with you for your
requirements.
All of us here at Logan wish success to Randy and Bud and
ask our customers to join us in making them feel welcome.
Call in today and ask for Brian, Bud, Ken, Kevin, Randy or
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Municipal Election 2003
Beaven will, fight rising property taxes
Mark Beaven, his wife
Stacy and their two children
live on a small hobby farm
in the north part of Grey
Ward. He works in the
agriculture sector with the
Ontario Egg.Producers as the
Field Operations Manager.
He is a founding director of
Friends of Hullet Wildlife
Area, current member of
Provincial Task Force on
Nutrient Management, past
member of Provincial Task
Force on Developing a
Wildlife Policy for Ontario
and an auxiliary police
officer for the Seaforth
Police Department in 1993-
94.
What inspired you to run
for office in Huron East?
Over the last few months,
friends and family have
asked me to get involved in
municipal politics because
they are tired of seeing their
property taxes go up and
their services go down. They
know that I have the strength
and will fight to put a stop to
this trend. My inspiration is
the knowledge that I have the
support of these same friends
and family in trying to make
a difference.
What are the personal
strengths and experience
you bring to the job of
municipal representative?
People that know me can
attest that I am a person who
is willing to stand up and
have my voice heard. I am an
effective public speaker who
is capable of getting his
point across and can build a
consensus. With my
extensive background in
agriculture, I realize and
understand the challenges
that the farmers in Grey are
experiencing. With my
experience as an auxiliary
police officer, I have an
understanding of the policing
situation in Huron -East.
Finally, with my previous
experience in all levels of
government, I have learned
how to get things
accomplished when dealing
with elected officials and
administrations.
What are the greatest
challenges you see facing
your ward? Huron East?
How do you plan to meet
them if elected?
One of the biggest
challenges that the residents
of Grey ward are facing is
Mark Beaven
not having their voice heard.
As a councillor, I will seek
their opinions and ideas
frequently and I will put
them forward with a strong
voice. Other challenges that
Grey and Huron East are
facing is our taxation levels.
The residents I have talked to
keep bringing up the fact that
our property taxes keep
going up and our services are
going down. As someone
who is fiscally responsible, I
will be concentrating on
reversing this trend. The
residents of Grey also
frequently comment on the
dismal condition of our high
tech services. If we want to
increase business in Huron -
East and attract new industry,
we need our information
highway to be paved, not a
dirt trail as it is now. As
councillor I plan on sitting
down with all the
stakeholders, both private
and government agencies,
and impress upon them that
Huron -East needs support in
improving our internet,
telephone, and cellular
capabilities.
How do you plan to
ensure council and its
committees, such as the
Seaforth community
development trust, operate
in as public and
accountable a fashion as
possible?
This is one of my greatest
concerns about municipal
politics. There seems to be
unwillingness by some town
councils to include the public
at large in developing
policies and direction for
their municipality. In terms
of confidentiality, it is my
understanding that the only
matters that need to be
discussed in private, out of
the public eye, are personnel
matters, and certain legal
matters such as real estate. In
terms of how council spends
the tax dollars, council
should be accountable to the
rate payers.....in the end, it is
their money, not council's.
Huron East has been
grappling with a deficit
from the Tuckersmith Day
Nursery and with a
concern about providing
support to daycare centres
throughout the
municipality. What are
your views about the
•municipality's
responsibility in regards to
daycare?
Our community's children
are our most valuable asset.
By ensuring that they have a
quality, healthy, educational
upbringing is an investment
in their future and our
community's well being. The
question is, how is this best
achieved? Should the
municipality be in the
business of managing and
running daycare facilities or
should municipalities simply
encourage private or non-
profit organizations to do so?
I personally think that the
interests of the entire
community would be best
served if the municipality
simply set aside some
limited funds to be available
to not-for-profit early
childhood educational
facilities, but not the
municipality should not be in
the actual business of
running and managing a
daycare facility. The funds
would be awarded based on
need, quality of educational
program, and quality of care.
The municipality would also
work with the daycare
facilities to ensure that they
are taking advantage of the
programs and funds offered
by the other levels of
government. So far the
majority of residents of Grey
that I have talked to, agree
with my position on this
issue. I believe that this will
be one of the first challenges
that the new council will
have to tackle, so I plan on
continuing to seek opinions
and advice from the
ratepayers to ensure that my
direction is concurrent with
theirs.
What are your views
about how well
amalgamation is working
for Huron East? How
would you seek to improve
the situation?
I would like to commend
the current council in their
effort that they put forth in
making Huron East as
successful as it is. With that
being said, I feel that there is
still room for improvement.
We need to make sure that all
the geographical areas of the
municipality feel a part of
Huron East. We need to
improve the communication
of council's activities to all
parts of the municipality. We
need to make sure that the
municipal employees have
the tools and support to
utilize the strengths of being
one large united municipality
versus five separate
communities. By doing so,
amalgamation will be the
success once promised.
What are your views
about economic
development in Huron
East? Are you satisfied
with the direction Huron
East is going in attracting
new businesses and
promoting, what the area
has to offer?
One of the first hurdles to
economic development that
we have to overcome is our
lack of high tech service.
Once this i§ corrected, we
still have work to do in
attracting industry to Huron
East. I am a big believer in
that we, the residents 'of
Huron East, are our biggest
asset when it comes to
economic development and
we need to start to utilize this
resource. I would encourage
wide public consultation to
come up with ideas on how
to improve our position. This
public consultation paired up
with the expertise of our
economic development
officer would provide an
excellent base to build upon.
I envision Huron East being
a municipality that has social
and recreational events that
bring potential new business
owners to our area. I.
envision Huron East being a
municipality that
incorporates innovative
incentives in getting industry
to relocate to our area.. I
envision Huron East being a
municipality that has the
resources to assist existing
businesses expand and grow.
Van Beek wants to be voice, of Grey
Debbie Van Beek has
been married to her husband
Ken for 25 years and has
three children. They have
lived in Grey for 15 years
and she has been employed
by Wescast Machining in
Wingham for nine years,
eight of which she has
represented the employees
on the union committee. For
three years, she has been
chair of the union
committee and on the
negotiating committee for
three collective agreements.
Re -Elect
Bernie MacLellan
for
Deputy Mayor
Debbie Van Beek
What inspired you to
run for office in Huron
East?
I have been
contemplating running for
council for a couple of
years, and with the
encouragement and support
of family and friends, I
decided that now was the
time. The amalgamation of
Huron East is the perfect
time for fresh, new ideas
and outlooks. I look
forwarid to reviewing old
and new issues that are
facing Grey ward and
Huron East to find solutions
that benefit everyone.
What are the personal
strengths and experience
you bring to the job of
municipal representative?
I believe that my years on
these committees has given
me the experience, personal
strengths and sense of
social justice needed to
represent the people of
Grey. My goal as councillor
is to be the voice of the
people of Grey, to ensure
that the concerns and issues
or our rural community are
heard and to keep Grey a
great place to live and work
for their families and mine.
What are the greatest
challenges you see facing
your ward? Huron East?
How do you plan to meet
them if elected?
We have to ensure that all
services that are provided
for us with our tax dollars
are intact, and that they
grow and develop with the
municipality. Without these
•services we cannot expect
to grow, we will not attract
people or business to our
municipality.
Huron East has been
grappling with a deficit
from the Tuckersmith Day
Nursery and with a
concern about providing
support to daycare centres
throughout the
municipality. What are
your views about the
municipality's
responsiblity in regards to
daycare?
We need to support daycare
centres and education
programs. In times when
both parents need to work,
and in the rural
communities, both parents
may work outside the home
and on the family farm,
these programs are needed
more than ever.
What are your views
about economic
development in Huron
East? Are you satisfied
with the direction Huron
East is going in attracting
new businesses and
promoting what the area
hu to offer?
The services and
programs that a
municipality offer is what
attracts people and business
and keeps them.
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