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Festive fall display
Jidou’s Fruit Stand on Talbot Road, just outside of Leamington, has a festive fall display of pumpkins, chyrsanthamums and other fall fruits and vegetables on display. Marie Sarkis’ grandchildren were more than happy to stop playing for a photo. Pictured here, from left to right, are Boula Sarkis, Nathan Cordorso, Kalani Sarkis and Marie Sarkis. (SUN Photo)
Derbyshire sitting out this election
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By Sheila McBrayne Leamington Councillor Bill Derbyshire has a lawn full of election signs, but for the first time in 28 years, none of them are his. Bill is the only present member of Leamington Council who is not running for one of the seven Council positions. “The last couple of years were hard ones, it’s time to give it up,” said Bill from his livingroom chair. Bill recalls his first election in 1982 when John Crump talked him into running for Council, and he won. “I never thought I’d get in, then it seemed like I couldn’t get out,” joked Bill. Derbyshire is the longest sitting member of Leamington Council with his 28 years as Councillor. He admits that he hasn’t been following the present election that closely, but he’s supporting all the candidates and letting them scatter his lawn at the corner of Oak and Bennie with their election signs. Bill campaigned through 10 elections himself and is content to sit back and watch. “I led the polls in a couple of them; that makes you feel good. I figured I must have been doing something right,” he said. But Bill’s not concerned about setting any records for sitting on Council. “Records are made to be broken, not rules,” he quipped. Bill still drops by his Hillman Sideroad farm to check on the crops and help where (Continued on Page 2)
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Councillor Bill Derbyshire leans on one of the many campaign signs he displays on his lawn at the corner of Oak and Bennie. One sign that’s missing is his own, as Bill has decided not to run in the 2010 Municipal Election. (SUN Photo)