The Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-11-02, Page 8Page 8 — Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, November 2, 1994
Municipal Election '9r, - West Wawanosh Township
Two for reevo; five for. councillor
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42 years, ,are parents of five
children. He farms in partnership
with his son, Barry.
He cites his past experience as
councillor and chair of the Huron
County Milk Committee, East
Wawanosh Federation of Agricul-
ture and Huron County Dairy Herd
Improvement Corporation as good
background. Elliott has also, been
clerk of session of Chalmers Pres-
byterian Church for 28 years.
Stuart. Alton
Stuart Alton, 38, makes a bid for
one of the three seats on council in
West Wawanosh Township.
The R.R. 2, Lucknow farmer is
married to Donna and they have
three children - Blake, Joel and
Brooklyn.
Alton is a member of the Line in
the Dirt. "You can either sit back
and do nothing, or be an active
mcmbcr to try and make changes,"
says Alton. He says he's running in
this election "To ,serve the tax-
payers of West Wawanosh in a fair
and compassionate, manner and to
keep the taxes at a level which we
can all afford."
William Dankwardt
Forty-five" year old William
Dankwardt wants to "stand up and
be the people's voice on West
Wawanosh. Township council."
The independent business owner
is currently studying political
science.
He is the force behind .the
Christmas Bike Drive to provide
bicycles ' for under=privileged or
'abused children.
"I will earn the voters' trust, not
expect it," says Dankwardt.
If elected, his aims arc to freeze
taxes and township wages; cut its
spending and keep council .on their
toes; and avoid the Huron County
dump site from being put in West
Wawanosh."
He also plans. to encourage
growth and small industry in the
township and wants to sec the
empty stores filled.
Dankwardt is married to Freda
and they have eight children and
seven grandchildren.
Walter Elliott
A councillor for the past three
years, Walter Elliott, is making a
bid for reeve• of West Wawanosh
Township this election.
Elliott and, Kathleen, his wife of
Bob Hallam
Bob Hallam, 52, a West
Wawanosh Township farmer, is
seeking re-election to the position
of reeve for that municipality.
Hallam says good business
management,of township affairs is
necessary to help the community
have • a financially responsible
government. He wants to keep the
township taxes in line, and at the
same time keep, it moving ahead
despite the provincial cuts.i
He has three years' experience as
reeve, three years on the county
planning department and Maitland
Valley Conservation, and is
president of the Huron County, Corn
Producers.
• Gord Hunt
Gord Hunt enjoys the challenge
and the commitment of a municipal
council position.
Hunt, who is making a bid for a
council seat in West, 'Wawanosh,
has six years experience from being
a councillor for the .Township of
Woolwich in the Elmira area. He
also sat on the Woolwich commit-
tee of adjustment for three years.
The .director of human resources
for the Arrow Shirt Co. is married
to 'Pat and they ,have three children
- Jim, Greg and Angelic.,
He has coached softball and hock-
ey, and bech involved with the
group committee for Boy Scouts.
lie is a member of the C,rand Val-
ley Human Resource Association.
Meet the
candidates
tonight
8 p.m. at
St. Helen's hall
Doug Miller
A 38=year-old certified genera!
accountant and farmer seeks a
position at the West Wawanosh
Township council table.
Doug Miller and his wife Amy, a
farmer, have three children - Elliott,
Scott and Jamie. •
"I'm interested in the long-term
future for West Wawanosh. I feel
that I have the skills and. ex-
perience, with business and people,
that could benefit the township,"
says Miller.
Miller has 10 years .experience
with the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food, including
five as agricultural representative;
six years with ' Takalo and Burt
chartered accountants, and 'a B.Sc.
(Agr) from the ,,University of
Guelph.
He has • been a 4-H. leader, and
secretary -treasurer of the Huron 4-1-1
Leaders Association.
Kevin Shiels
"1 would like to contribute to the
responsible management of West
Wawanosh Township," says Kevin
Shiels, a 33 -year-old farmer, who is
seeking his first term on municipal
government.
Miller and his wife, Juanita, of
R.R. 2, Auburn, have two sons -
Quinten and Mitchell.
Deputy -reeve
acclaimed in
Wawanosh
- Ron Snowden was acclaimed as
deputy -reeve of West Wawanosh
Township.
Kinloss
Kairshea meet
Muriel MacKenzie was hostess
for the Oct. 27 meeting of the Kin-
loss .Kairshea Women's lnstiCute,
President Alice Ritchie read a
poem It Couldn't Be Done, fol-
lowed by the usual opening.
Una .Matthews gave an excellent
report on the 36th Grey Bruce Area
Convention held in Underwood on
Oct. 4, with an attendance of 218.
Bruce East received the attendance
award,
Mrs. Ritchie gave the report from
the Bruce County Rally in Marton
on Oct. 20, with 106 in attendance.
The institutes from Bruce South put
on a humorous skit' "The Tater
Family."
Mrs. Matthews was the curator
convener for the program. Twenty-
three answered the rollcall 'by
naming a holiday from their youth
and the means of travel. These
holidays brought many laughs.
Mrs. MacKenzie gave an interes-
ting talk on the trip that she and
Frank had taken last May on a large
boat from Vancouver to Skagway,
Alaska. She displayed lovely pic-
tures, cards and souvenirs from
Alaska.,
Mrs. Matthews had a contest
where each one made a fist of all
the words that she could make
using the word `Jack' taken from.
the words `jack -o -lantern'. Winners'
were Mrs. Ritchie, Gladys Halden-
by and Ann MacDougall.
Draw winners for two large
squash were Margaret Mowbray
and Roely VanderKlippe.
"We don't call it old,
we call it `antique'.
"I don't think it's ugly,
I think it's unique."
"It isn't silly,
it's simply quaint."
"It doesn't need tossing,
it just needs paint."
"It's . not dented
it's simply scratched."
"It doesn't. need mending,
I'll just have it patched4"
"It has plenty of years left
and the price is right."
"It'll look brand new
if we just paint it white!"
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