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MAYOR
Colin KINSLEY

Kinsley secures fourth term
by MARK NIELSEN Citizen staff Prince George voters have returned Colin Kinsley to the mayor's chair for a fourth term as he defeated main challenger Dan Rogers by a slim 642-vote margin. Kinsley, who drew 8,650 votes to Rogers' 8,008 according to preliminary results, credited his campaign team for pulling out the win. A Prince George Citizen/PGTV poll had Kinsley and Rogers in a statistical tie with just a few days left in the campaign. Speaking to supporters at a victory party at Treasure Cove Hotel, Kinsley referred to his time as a stock car racer to describe the latecampaign drive to get by Rogers. "What was the slogan? We were going to win this one vote at a time and with really hard work," he said. "And we were all down there at the office and we looked around at the group and we went back to the old racecar days and said, `You know what, we're in a really close race here but when we pull into the next pit stop, the opposition is going to put on two tires and we're going to put on four and we're going to pass them on the outside.'" The Cameron Street Bridge issue also appeared to play a role as Kinsley's largest margins of victory on a poll-by-poll basis were north of the Nechako River. Kinsley drew 224 more votes than Rogers at Edgewood elementary school and 221 votes more at Austin Road elementary. Kinsley agreed with the analysis but only to a point. "That would definitely have something to do with it," he said in an interview. "From our perspective, when we talked to folks up there, there was a little less emphasis put on the bridge than we thought." It's a city-wide issue, he added.

ELECTED
Votes: 8,650

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Dan ROGERS -- 8,008 Trent DERRICK -- 571 Tyler DOERKSEN -- 160 Nathan PRINCE -- 62 TOTAL -- 17,451

COUNCIL
Don ZUROWSKI Brian SKAKUN

ELECTED
Votes: 9,937

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ELECTED
Votes: 7,308

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Don BASSERMANN

Sherry SETHEN

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ELECTED
Votes: 8,880

ELECTED
Votes: 6,629

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Citizen photo by Brent Braaten

Murry KRAUSE

Shirley GRATTON

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ELECTED
Votes: 8,765

ELECTED
Votes: 6,622

Outgoing councillor Dan Rogers congratulates Mayor Colin Kinsley Saturday in the Treasure Cove Hotel after the release of the results of the 2005 municipal elections -- in which the incumbent Kinsley secured a fourth term over the challenger Rogers. "The Cameron Street Bridge issue affects as they go to and from work and perform everybody in the city because there are log- their duties with that bridge shut down and ging truck drivers and chip truck drivers and having to use a variety of bypasses around delivery people and people who work for the it." -- See BRIDGE, page 3; related various utilities, cab drivers who live all over stories, pages 3, 5; editorial, page 4 the city who are impacted in their daily lives

Glen SCOTT

Debora MUNOZ

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ELECTED
Votes: 7,544

City's image among Zurowski's priorities
Citizen staff Veteran councillor Don Zurowski was the most popular candidate in this year's council elections topping the polls with 9,937 votes. "It feels good to get up there, that's for sure," Zurowski said Sunday, adding was impressed by the record voter turnout of an estimated 17,500, which he attributed to the tight mayoral race between Colin Kinsley and Dan Rogers. "No question, when you get two credible candidates, the issues get discussed and people are inclined to state their opinion," he said. Zurowski will likely be at odds with most of the rest of council over the Cameron Street Br idge. He wants an engineered structure built over the existing pilings while Kinsley, in particular, is calling for a full-f ledged replacement. H owe v e r, t h a t won't be the only issue over t he next ZUROWSKI three years. Zurowski said he wants to concentrate on improving the self-image of the community. "Right now, we have so much to be proud of," he said. "Our post-secondary education economy, the service side of our existing community infrastructure, which is our health care services, our education services, our recreation services, more than sport, cultural, for seniors, all of that. "We're very well served now and I think we need to have a stronger community self-image than we've got." Zurowski said he'll also continue to focus on maintaining the city's infrastructure, including roads and walkways as well as the facilities at the Kin arenas.

ELECTED
Votes: 5,497

Others
Ryan YORSTON -- 5,451 Peter VOGT -- 4,718 Dave WILBUR -- 4,590 Betty BEKKERING -- 4,252 Rick SMITH -- 4,024 Greg KAUK -- 3,831 Travis MORGAN -- 3,376 Bal GILL -- 3,084 Steven SINTICH -- 2,993 Mike McGUIRE -- 2,765 Erle MARTZ -- 1,887 Phyllis PARKER -- 1,872 Jo GRABER -- 1,772 Lonnie ECKARDT -- 1,718 Willis VINCENT -- 1,262 Ian S. IRVINE -- 1,099 Larry LeFRANCOIS -- 950

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Ricard, Warrington, Manning win three-seat scramble SCHOOL BOARD
by FRANK PEEBLES Citizen staff In the race for school board, the winners were a sideshow to who was going to miss the cut. It was expected chair Bill Christie, incumbents Lyn Hall and Michelle Marrelli and virtual incumbent Lois Boone (by virtue of her former trustee and provincial cabinet minister status) would all take their seats at the school board table. Whom from among the remaining six challengers would get the other three seats? The answer turned out to be Roxanne Ricard, Sharel Warrington and Naomi Manning. Ricard is a former chair of the District Parent Advisory Council, Warrington is a recently retired longtime teacher and Manning, perhaps the dark horse story of the campaign, is a UNBC student from a family of teachers and school district workers. All three cracked the 7,000vote barrier leaving Trish Bella, Linda Chartier and Ken Edzerza all below the 6,500-voter mark. Christie and Hall were the top vote-

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Bridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 City, B.C. . . . . . . . . . . 3, 5, 13 Classifi ed . . . . . . . . . . . 21-23 Comics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Crossword . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Horoscope . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Nation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6, 7 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-12 World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 16

Bill CHRISTIE

Lyn HALL
ELECTED
Votes: 10,944

Lois BOONE

Michelle MARRELLI

Roxanne RICARD

Sharel WARRINGTON

Naomi MANNING

ELECTED
Votes: 11,325

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ELECTED
Votes: 9,890

ELECTED
Votes: 8,039

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ELECTED
Votes: 7,966

ELECTED
Votes: 7,829

ELECTED
Votes: 7,275

OTHERS -- Trish BELLA, 6,459; Linda CHARTIER, 5,529; Ken EDZERZA, 4,847

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getters with 11,325 and 10,944 respectively. Next came Boone, the former MLA and deputy premier, at 9,890. Marrelli was strong with 8,039 which was nearly equaled by Ricard at 7,966 to become the first new face in the trustees' circle. "I thought I would need at least 5,500 to get in and, as I thought about it, I wondered if I even knew 5,500 people," Ricard said Saturday night. "That is encouraging, to be up there among those people getting those numbers." Manning still has to graduate from university, and has aspirations to help establish education systems in developing countries, so what better course to take than a three-year program as a school trustee? "I know I have a lot of work to do now; this is where the hard part comes in," Manning said. "I'm definitely bringing a fresh perspective. I think a lot of people get in time after time, and often it is the same old people running the same old show. -- See LOBBYING page 3

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