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Vol. 59 No. 37 Sicamous, B.C., • 1.25 (GST included) • www.eaglevalleynews.com
Farmhand: Two-year-old Aubrey Neu beams with delight while feeding a young calf at D Dutchmen Dairy.
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Rysz to make bid for mayor’s seat in coming election By Tracy Hughes
Eagle Valley News
A Sicamous councillor has decided to challenge for the top job at the municipality. Terry Rysz, who has served three years with the current council, announced he will be seeking the mayor’s chair. “I’ve made the decision because one of my main concerns is continuity going forward. There’s things we have been working on for three years and are partially done and I’d like to see them completed.” Rysz says his experience as both deputy mayor and chair of the finance committee
has provided him with the imCoun. Joan Thomson says portant background needed to she’s still debating whether to make a bid for mayor. put her name forward again, “I think it is important to while Coun. Don Richardson have spent time on council,” is doing the same. says the recent retiree, “It’s “At this time I’m indecia four-year commitment this sive. I have mixed feelings, but time round, so now I’m at a I think there are great things place where I can give the job coming up for this community, Terry Rysz my full attention, if I am electso I’m weighing my options,” ed.” Richardson told the News. Nomination packages for the November Coun. Suzanne Carpenter, who was municipal election are currently available elected in a by-election in September 2013 at Sicamous City Hall, but a number of the after Greg Kyllo was elected as MLA, is current members of council remain on the also undecided. fence about their intentions. “I have not committed to run at the mo-
ment, there are a few outstanding issues that I am looking into personally so I will not know for a couple of weeks,” she said. But there’s going to be a pair of familiar names on the ballot — Coun. Fred Busch, who has been part of municipal leadership at the district since 1996 and Coun. Charlotte Hutchinson, who has served for four years, one following a byelection and three with the current council. November will mark the end of his sixth term in office, but Busch says he’s still interested in the job. “I had never intended when I first ran in 1996, that it would be for this long, but it See Nomination on page 2