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Flin Flon has a new voice with one of the most powerful educational lobby groups in Manitoba. Murray Skeavington, a veteran Flin Flon School Board trustee, has been elected northern director for the Manitoba School Boards Association. 'I think it's time a voice from Flin Flon sat at the provincial table,' he said. 'I'm excited and looking forward to it.' Skeavington was elected to the one-year directorship at the association's annual general meeting March 14 in Winnipeg. He defeated the only other candidate, fellow Flin Flon trustee Angela Simpson, in a vote among trustees from across the province. Skeavington said his becoming director ensures local issues can be brought to the forefront, though he did not mean to suggest he and his colleagues were ignored beforehand. His new role goes beyond Flin Flon, as he will serve as director for a region that also includes school boards in The Pas, Thompson and all other points in the North. See 'Joined...' on pg. 12 Joined board in '02 Skeavington, a Hudbay employee, is no stranger to the inner workings of education. He joined the Flin Flon board in 2002 and last fall was elected, once again, as its chairperson. He said he enjoys being able to help shape education in the community. Indeed even before he was elected, he regularly attended trustee meetings as a concerned parent. As a trustee, Skeavington reflects glowingly on being able to visit schools and see the smiles of young children, and on attending high school graduation ceremonies each June. Skeavington plans to let his name stand for one more school board election, in October 2014, but doubts he will run again after that. Along with Simpson and Tim Davis, he is one of three trustees remaining from the school board that assumed office in the fall of 2002.
