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Tim and Derrick Waechter are flanked by their great grandfather Max Demaray, newly -elected reeve of
_ Howick Township at the left and grandfather Joe Seili, returned mayor of Huron East on the right at the
inaugural meeting of Huron County Council last week.
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With a grandfather as Huron
East mayor and a great grandfather
as Howick reeve, Tim and Derrick
Waechter may be the most political-
ly -aware nine and seven -year-olds
in Huron County.
As Joe Seili won this fall's munici-
pal election, earning his second
term as Huron East mayor and Max
Demaray re-entered political life as
Howick's reeve, two Brussels boys
were watching and learning about
municipal politics.
"The boys really enjoyed the elec-
tion," says their mom Jacquie
Waechter, Seili's daughter. Demaray
is Seili's wife Deb's father.
"They took flyers to their hockey
games to hand out to the parents
and they like to ask people if they
voted. Their teachers are glad ,the
election is over," laughs Jacquie.
Active promoters of their "Poppa
Joe," Tim and Derrick came up with
their own slogan to support their
grandpa Seili's re-election.
"'You don't change a tire unless
it's flat and Poppa's not flat,' is what
they told everyone," says Jacquie.
When they say Seili's rival Lou
Maloney had made up promotional
buttons, the boys wanted their own
buttons supporting their poppa and
Seili had to make two especially for
them.
"They're always eager to help and
they took quite an interest in the
election. They're always asking
questions," says Seili, who adds he's
nicknamed them "Rip and Tear."
Demaray says one of the first
questions his great grandsons
asked him was what's the difference"
between mayor and reeve.
"It seems to me they're pretty
good thinkers. You never know
when their questions are coming,"
he says.
Following the example of their
political grandparents, both Tim
and Derrick have learned to speak
up about their beliefs and opinions.
When Cpl. Matthew Dinning of
Wingham was killed in action in
Afghanistan last May, Tim asked
his principal to fly the school's flag
at half-mast.
"I thought the flag should be low-
ered because he fought for us," says
Tim.
And, Derrick, with the help of his
friend Delayna Smith, asked his
teammates to put their sticks down
on the ice at 11 a.m. on
Remembrance Day this year, to
remember the veterans just before
their hockey game was scheduled to
begin.
Because their mom has multiple
sclerosis (MS), both boys are inter-
ested in the ongoing plans in
Brussels to make the library more
accessible.
And, they're also hoping to see a
beef plant eventually built in
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