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E, SWIFT CURRENT Monday - Friday 8:00 to 5:30 306-773-3535 Saturday 9:00 to 3:00 [email protected] • www.regierhonda.com A2 SOUTHWEST BOOSTERX THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018 2 SWIFT CURRENT BYELECTION 2018 2 Rumpel excited campaign is underway THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2018 SCOTT ANDERSON SOUTHWEST BOOSTER Saskatchewan NDP candidate Stefan Rumpel was o to an up- beat start on Friday when the Swift Current by-election race kicked o . Rumpel was joined by a num- ber of supporters during an in- contact us formal meet-and-greet at his Swift Current Mall Campaign • Phone: 306-773-9321 O ce just hours after the for- • Fax: 306-773-9136 mal announcement of the by- • 30 4th Avenue NW election date of March 1. Swift Current, SK, S9H 0T5 “There’s excitement, energy. It’s good,” Rumpel said hours • www.swbooster.com into the campaign this past Fri- day. advertising sales Rumpel earned the NDP nom- ination only on January 28, but Kara Stephanson, he already has numerous things in place despite there being a sales manager, 306-770-2223 quick transition from his nom- [email protected] ination win to the start of the by-electioncampaign. Melissa Richardson, sales, “When I set in for nomination 306-770-2226 - I don’t like to lose. I’m not going [email protected] to shy away from that. So if I was going in, and I decided I was Jerry Butterworth, sales, being nominated, I was already 306-770-2227 working ‘ok, what happens if I [email protected] am the candidate’ already put- ting things in place. newsroom “So then when I did win, and was so happy to have the NDP SCOTT ANDERSON/SOUTHWEST BOOSTER Scott Anderson, editor, members support me in that, Saskatchewan NDP candidate Stefan Rumpel speaks with party supporters during the opening day of the 306-770-2224 Swift Current Constituency by-election campaign on February 2. [email protected] then it was easy. I already had a lot of people in place ready to are taken care of, in my opin- whether it be a race like this or but we can also point to ‘well Steven Mah, sports reporter, hit the ground. So we already ion. You start at the base. If your whether you have a leadership our leadership candidates are 306-770-2225 have a lot of key players ready to families, your young profession- race, the ideas that are being talking about this a lot, how do [email protected] make this campaign reach out als, your community members, presented challenge each other you feel about that?’ And then if and really put some questions feel like living here, they’re sup- and force you to think better, that resonates with people, good commercial print into the community that maybe ported, that they are nancially force you to think bigger. And policy is good policy, no matter haven’t been asked, that need to stable. ere’s no worry of how when you’re forced to think big- who brings it forward.” Kara Stephanson, be for some of those people who am I going to pay the bills next ger like that, when we’re having “So I think in this case it’s 306-770-2223, feel like they haven’t necessarily month. ose people then can these conversations with people, a positive because it’s push- [email protected] been listened to.” thrive. And they can jump into and they’re saying ‘well, what ing conversations, it’s opening While he will be unveil- that work force and become a do you believe?’ Well the NDP, up people to thinking about classi eds ing a policy statement during big contributor.” we have our core set of values, new and di erent ideas.” the course of the campaign, Rumpel’s campaign began Classifi eds 1-306-773-9321 Rumpel’s day one message was door knocking on Friday, pro- SWIFT CURRENT BYELECTION 2018 asking does it make sense to pay viding the candidate with a key Fax: 306-773-9136 more for less? chance to hear from voters on classifi [email protected] “You have to ask yourself, the the doorstep. Roy running for Liberals in current government likes to “I’m excited to just go listen circulation make decisions that I don’t ne- to people. I can speak all I want 306-773-9321 cessarily think they consider the about what I believe, but in the Swift Current by-election rami cations for everyone. It’s end, being MLA for Swift Current regional great to promote business and means listening to the people Weyburn’s Aidan Roy will managers the resource sector and all of who live here. So when I go to be carrying the Saskatchewan Michael J. Hertz, Senior Vice those pieces, but at the end of the someone’s door, I don’t want Liberal banner into the Swift President & Group Publisher day if those decisions are taking to walk up and say ‘I’m Stefan Current By-Election. away from education, or health- Rumpel. is is why you should Roy, who sits as the Youth care, or what young families have vote for me.’ I want to walk up Representative on the execu- to spend in a community, that’s and say ‘What are you feeling tive of the Saskatchewan Lib- a problem to me. And that needs in this community? What are eral Party, is now the third to be brought up. ey need to be your issues that you’re facing? declared candidate in the Funded by the Government of Canada pushed on those issues.” How can I represent you and be March 1 by-election. “And that’s why I want to be in your voice?’ at’s important to Born and raised in Weyburn, there. I want to be able to stand me. And that’s a conversation Roy currently serves as a pre- up and say there are people who that I’m not going to stop if I’m service teacher at the Univer- are being left out that need to be elected. I am going to continue sity of Regina during the third spoken for.” meeting with people and nding year of studies towards a Bach- “When we have a province that out what are the issues that mat- elors of Secondary Education I think has the potential to be ter to this community.” (Major in Social Studies). the greatest in Canada - if we get And while the Saskatchewan “Although I am not from Mail Registration Number: 005950104 our resources going, if we divers- NDP are still in the midst of a Swift Current, I am very com- ity our economy into some of the leadership campaign to select a mitted to representing the back the voice of the moderate newer areas that are jumping up new leader, Rumpel does not feel interests of the hard working and put Saskatchewan rst.” The Southwest Booster is in technology and renewables, this puts his local campaign at a citizens who live here,” Roy He released an eight page published by Swift Current and all of those pieces, which we disadvantage. said via the saskliberals.ca platform via Facebook just be- Holdings Ltd. Partnership, an affi liated company to ALTA can do because we have amaz- “I think it’s good in that website. “Now more than ever fore press deadline on Tuesday. Newspaper Group LP ing, talented people here - then you have a competition, and we need a new, innovative, and Additional information everybody will bene t.” you have ideas that are push- strong leader to represent the about Roy’s campaign will ap- “And the way you start that ing people. So whenever you interests of all of Saskatch- pear in next weeks Southwest is you make sure your people have any democratic process, ewan.