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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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Reekie wins vacant trustee seat
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“Walk softly.” That was the only advice from the biological father of Langley’s new school board trustee. Cecelia Reekie, a First Nations woman who was adopted by the Cashore family, eventually reunited with her birth family and flew her dad, Cecil Paul, in from Kitimat for Saturday’s by-election to fill the seat vacated by former board chair Joan Bech. Reekie was surrounded by family and friends Saturday evening when the results came in just before 9 p.m. “It’s very exciting, very humbling,” Reekie said just after hearing she’d won. The advice to walk Chris Reekie was elated at his mom’s victory. Cecelia Reekie will be sworn in as a school trustee Jan. 25. softly means to keep the goal in mind but not school before making the attack others, shout, be “I feel the whole commitment. disrespectful and bully to community feels their “When the by-elecget the work done. tion came up, I had lots voice is not being “I have to stay focused of people calling to say, on what needs to be heard.” ‘What are you going to done,” she said. Cecelia Reekie do?’” she said. She said her work will Reekie said be from no matter the lar Jan. 18 board meeting a perresults of this but that meeting was spective moved. by-election, created Deputy chief election Here are the results in the her plans by wearofficer Bob Wilson said were to run order the candidates were ing many the current cost estimate in November listed on the ballot. hats over remains at $50,000 to and she the years. Cecelia Reekie: 1,311 votes, $75,000 and a report on plans to do In addi49.01 per cent of the total cast the election will be subthat, contion to Ed Wood: 93 votes, 3.48 per mitted to Township councerned about having cent cil Jan. 31. the quality been Hattie Hogeterp: 1,108 votes, The Township ran the of leadership involved 41.42 per cent election on behalf of the in the school with Brian Leonard: 163 votes, 6.09 Langley School District, district. PACs per cent which will cover the “I feel the and other costs. whole comschool • Registered voters with the munity feels groups, Township: 70,345 their voice she has is not being • Votes cast: 2,677 or 3.81 per the perheard,” she cent of those eligible spective Troy Landreville/Langley Advance said. of a par• Total valid votes: 2,675 Sam Kirk peered up from his Reekie ent with polling station while casting his noted that a spevote at R.C. Garnett Elementary the Auditor General’s cial needs child and has School during the Langley assessment of the district been involved with First Township school trustee by-election confirms that this district Nations and adoption day Saturday. R.C. Garnett was is not working well. organizations. one of five locations where The swearing in takes Reekie had planned to place Jan. 25. It was oriTownship residents could exercise run as a trustee, waitginally slated for the reguing for her teen to finish their vote.
The winner is…
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