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Growth a top topic at Kenaston election forum

The Village of Kenaston held a municipal candidates forum on Tuesday. Pictured from left are Mike Menzies, Leon Tomlenovich, Don Matzner, ML Whittles, Mike Hertz, Brad Owen and Florence V. Greke.
The Village of Kenaston held a municipal candidates forum on Tuesday. Pictured from left are Mike Menzies, Leon Tomlenovich, Don Matzner, ML Whittles, Mike Hertz, Brad Owen and Florence V. Greke.

By Joel van der Veen

KENASTON — All agreed that Kenaston is green and growing.

How to handle that growth, however, was another question.

Seven hopefuls for village council faced the public at an election forum, held Thursday night at Kenaston Place with around 100 people in attendance.

The candidates — including two seeking the mayor’s seat and five running for council — were given the chance to make statements and answer questions on a variety of topics.

Mike Menzies, a current councillor and a business development manager with Prairie Centre Credit Union, is running to become Kenaston’s new mayor.

Current mayor ML Whittles, a paralegal who has served one term, is running for re-election.

Five candidates are vying for four council seats: Florence V. Greke, store manager; Michael Hertz, farmer; Don Matzner, business owner; Bradley Owen, senior reliability technologist; and Leon Tomlenovich, business owner (incumbent).

For the full story, please see the Oct. 17 edition of The Davidson Leader, or call 306-567-2047 to subscribe today.