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LW~ekenILT4N PUBLIC LIBR ~I~8 A&PIJII A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 143 No. 102 Fniday, March 7, 2003 32 Pages $1 .00 (GST sncluded) i?,Two new candidates so far have entered race for town council seats in election Deadline for nominations flot until September 26 Interestmngly enough, MPs, MPPs and senators may be nominated for municipal office without By JASON MISNER l'mi in election mode ail of the time." having to resign their current seat in Parliansen. The Champion If you're stiil unsure whether you want to ru> as However, by 5 p.m. on September 26,1if they wish So far two Milton residents have a mayoral or councillor candidate, or school board to seek municipal office, they Will have to resign thrown their bats mnto the ring for this trustee, you've stili got lots of time to decide. The their seat. closing date for nominations is September 26 at 5 Those interested must go so Town Hall at 43 year's mnicipal election race. pin. Brown St. to fiii out nomination papers. Jin Tisnhers of Fulton Street is running for Ward The termi of office for municipal politicians and The fee to mun for mayor or regional chair is 2 councillor and Greg Nelson of Auger Tenrace it school board trustees is three years. $200. vying for Ward 1 councillor. Before deciding to n, there are tomne basic Running for councillor or school board trustee But the current 10 counicillors and Mayor Gord requirements that have to be met, includmng: positions costa $100. There have been no local Krantz have yet to register. - Bemng a Canadian citizen. school board tmustee nominations submnitted yet. Mr Krantz told The Champion hie plans to mun . At least 18 years of age. After signing Use nomination papers, candidates for office again, but he's not sure when he'll sign -Not heen disqualified by any legisiation fromn are required to sign two affidavits. One is to show his nomination papers. holding municipal office. you're a legal Canadian citizen and a resident of It's my intention to mun," hie said. "But I've heen - lIn Use case of school board trustee candidates, Milton. The oUser is to verify Usat you understand campaigning since Use day after the last clection. one must he a resident in jurisdiction of Use board. e ses ENSURING on page 2 MÉL Comment ......6-7 NS Report ......8 Lifestyles.10-12 Datolns ....... 20 Sports.24-25929 Classified .... 26-28 At Ieft, Bert McAliIst ls partilly obscured by blowlng snow as h. tries to clear his Robert Street drlveway. lb. storm that started Tuesday nlght and dldn't stop until Wedri.sday atternoon dumped 20 cm of snow on the ares. Inet the snow was fun for a group of four friands sean here raclng down the hili et Bront. Meadows park. Photos by GRAHAM PAINE ~ MILTON DISTRICT HOSPITAL AuxILIARY requ ires Volunteers for ALI AREAS of SERVICE. Iftyou have a tew free hours ... please contact Halton Heaithcare Lveyunms905-878-2383 Laeyunoeand Nimber for our Auxlllary Girector of Volunteors. W W W . HÀLT 0N HE AL T HC A RE .C 0 $ 1.00 (GST included)