Tofield newspaper

BY KERRY ANDERSON
The Tofield Chamber of Commerce sponsored a candidates forum which drew roughly 80 spectators Tuesday evening at the Tofield Community Hall.

Represented at the meeting were candidates for the election this Monday vying for the positions of: Mayor of Tofield, Beaver County Division 1, 2 and 3 Councillor, plus school trustee for Beaver County West. Though intentions were obviously to serve the needs of all areas close to Tofield, the large number of candidates present ended up with dead zones where they didn’t speak for long periods of time.

Both Tofield mayoral candidates were present, incumbent Nabil Chehayeb and challenger Harold Conquest; as were Division 1 candidates Kevin Smook and Larry Tiedemann; and school trustee incumbent Rebecca Heiberg and challenger Zsuzsanna Hemperger. However, from Division 2 only Sieko Scott was present (Chuck McBurney absent), and Divison 3 Gene Hrabec was in attendance while (incumbent) Ron Yarham, and challenger Charles Magneson were not present.

Chamber President David Williamson introduced the candidates and gave each a few minutes to speak about why they would be the best person for the elected position.

Among the snippets from the speeches were the following:

A new event made its debut in Tofield last weekend, Tofield’s Cultural Showcase, derived from the government’s Alberta Culture Days, with cultural events taking place all across the province from Sept. 27-29.

With sidewalks in place on the east side, upgrade work in downtown Tofield started in earnest last week on the west side of main street.