Holden holds all candidate’s forum

The Village of Holden Council election forum was held on Sunday, Oct. 1 at the Seniors Drop-In Centre with six candidates vying for the five council seats available.

Candidates are incumbents Bernie Marko and Mark Giebelhaus, as well as Jim Boutilier, Doug Hanson, John Markel and Steve Marusiak.

Each candidate gave a platform speech before the question and answer period for those attending. One woman said the communication by council was “far from adequate,” and said council should “communicate better with the public.”

Giebelhaus spoke about increasing the village’s attractiveness to bring in more business and residents, and this was a major theme for all the candidates… for more see the Oct. 11/17 Mercury