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HAND IN HAND
Serving Kemptville, Merrickville, Winchester, Osgoode and surrounding area Volume 155 Issue No. 41
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The Dundas Hand in Hand committee serves up a great Thanksgiving Day meal.
Thursday, Oct. 28 , 2010 David Gordon and his family celebrated his win over long time North Grenville mayor Bill Gooch. The final tally put Gordon at almost twice the number of votes than veteran councillor and mayor Bill Gooch. It was a long but rewarding evening on Monday, Oct. 25 for Gordon’s supporters and family. Maintaining healthy growth while enhancing and protecting community values is high on Gordon’s list of goals. In this photo he is flanked by sons Jason and Neil and wife Pam. Daughter Davina is absent.
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KEMPTVILLE 73’S HAVE TOUGH WEEK The Kempville 73’s get coralled by the Kanata Stallions on the weekend. 9
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David Gordon ousts Gooch in election drama JOSEPH MORIN joe.morin@metroland.com
Ride for Dad Motorcycle riders will visit North Grenville in the spring raising awarness for prostate cancer. 10
North Grenville has voted out long time mayor Bill Gooch and replaced him with community builder Dave Gordon. The results of the 2010 municipal election were a long time in coming for candidates and voters on election night. The online and telephone voting had been going on all week and then on Monday, Oct. 25 election night the system handling all of the online voting across the province became overloaded. As a result, North Grenville’s first experience with electronic voting came with a great deal of
suspense. Eventually the numbers came in and Dave Gordon had collected almost twice as many votes than incumbent Mayor Bill Gooch. The final tally was 1,740 for Gooch and 3,308 for Gordon. Despite the change at the top the rest of the North Grenville council stayed the same. Re-elected were Tim Sutton, Barb Tobin, Terry Butler and Ken Finnerty. “I am very humbled,” said a tired David Gordon who celebrated with his wife Pam and family at the branch restaurant in Kemptville. Gordon said that he and his supporters worked hard for this win. “I have lost count of how many
people I have talked to,” he said. He estimated that he went to 75 per cent of the homes in North Grenville during his campaign. “I love this community,” he said. Gordon believes getting young people working is a priority as well as finding ways to make the local government more transparent and accessible to the public. One priority is to find ways to bring light industry to the area and then more employment. The Gordon campaign was marked by a consistent low key message and stayed away from any negative moments. “I am really proud of the positive campaign my husband had,” said
Pam. The returning councilors were relieved as their numbers came up. Tim Sutton said, “I am very pleased with the support people have shown me. Barb Tobin felt honoured with the respect her community was showing her by asking her to remain a councillor. Ken Finnerty was happy to be re-elected. He felt the council was doing a good job. “Everyone seems happy with what they are doing.” Terry Butler said, “I am happy with the results,” he said “it is quite an honour when that many people have faith in you,” he added. Outgoing mayor Bill Gooch could not be reached for comment
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