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Jonathon Naylor Editor Creighton and Denare Beach voters blended experience and fresh ideas in electing municipal councils to guide their communities through the next four years. Between the two communities, more than 500 voters headed to the polls for Wednesday's municipal elections. With mayors Bruce Fidler of Creighton and Carl Lentowicz of Denare Beach acclaimed, it was up to voters to finalize the remainder of the councils. The new Creighton Town Council consists of incumbents Darren Grant, Jeff Lane and Don Aasen, former alderwoman Shirley Owen and newcomers Neal Andrusiak and Lorene Bonnett. Grant, a funeral director and one-term alderman, led the way with 190 votes (74 per cent of the popular vote). Lane, a retired maintenance worker and one-term alderman, followed with 167 tallies (65 per cent). Aasen, a process technologist with Hudbay and three-term alderman, was next with 160 votes (63 per cent). Owen, the secretary-treasurer of the Creighton School Division who spent a term on council in the 1980s, managed 154 votes (60 per cent). Andrusiak, a truck driver and service worker for Stittco Energy Ltd., earned 146 tallies (57 per cent). Rounding out the successful candidates was Bonnett, a retired educator, with 140 votes (55 per cent). The big surprise of the night was the loss by Valery Dixon, who had been on town council since 1985. She finished with 122 votes (48 per cent). Also on the outside looking in was Jarrett Toffan with 116 tallies (45 per cent). Denare Beach In Denare Beach, voters elected incumbents Karen Thomson and Frank Wiegers to join newcomers Joanne Burkholder, Scott McCullum, Jean Champagne and Davis McKay. Burkholder, a nurse, led the way with 166 votes (64 per cent). She was followed by Thomson, an account manager with MTS Allstream, with 146 tallies (57 per cent). Wiegers, a carpenter, and McCullum, a liaison officer with Craftmaster Spray Foams, each finished the night with 144 votes (56 per cent). Champagne, a retired officer with the Manitoba Emergency Measures Organization, came in next with 131 votes (51 per cent). McKay, a university student and stay-at-home parent, rounded out the winners with 105 tallies (41 per cent). McKay eked out a three-vote victory over two-term incumbent Anne Schiltroth and her 102 votes (40 per cent). Also unsuccessful were Eileen Blake with 94 votes (36 per cent) and incumbent Wanda Ginnell with 84 votes (33 per cent). The Creighton School Board remains unchanged as all five incumbent trustees secured re-election. Rhonda Werbicki was the most popular candidate with 328 votes (64 per cent), followed by Janet Clark with 313 (61 per cent), Tracy Andrusiak with 307 (60 per cent), Ray Biberdorf with 285 (56 per cent) and Heather Jacobson with 215 (42 per cent). Former 32-year trustee Terry Brown, who had hoped to return to the board after a three-year absence, came up short with 195 votes (38 per cent). Also unsuccessful was Davis McKay, now a Denare Beach village councillor, with 177 votes (35 per cent). Hermeline Fagnan has been acclaimed as the school board's designated Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation representative. In Creighton, 256 voters cast ballots for council compared to 258 in the much smaller Denare Beach. A total of 513 voters elected the school board.
