Salem Area Historical Society

Preserve, Protect, Educate

	Candidates' Forum at Jarvis Stone School on Wednesday - July 23, 2008 and Tuesday - July 29, 2008
	Salem Township's Primary Election is Tuesday, August 5, 2008.

Salem Area Historical Society Candidates’ Forum

Candidates’ Forums in July:

Salem Area Historical Society held the first of its two Candidates’ Forums at the Jarvis-Stone School. It was on Wednesday, July 23^rd, and included the Salem Township Candidates for Supervisor (Robert Heyl -R), Clerk (Sharon Bell – D, Mary Cowmeadow - R, David Trent – R) and Treasurer (Linda Hamilton – R, Brian Laskey – D, Paul Uherek). Fred Roperti (Supervisor –R) canceled on the day of the forum. This first forum as attended by a standing-room-only crowd of over 65 citizens. Attendees were given handouts that included the candidates’ responses to 10 questions. During the forum, each candidate gave an introduction, responded to three questions and gave a closing. This was followed by informal discussions afterwards.

Click on this link for your copy of the July 23^rd Candidates’ Forum Handout.

Forum Emcee, Terry Cwik, President of Salem Area Histoircal Society                             Clerk Candidate, Sharon Bell - D


              Clerk Candidate, Mary Cowmeadow - R                                                               Clerk Candidate, Davis Trent - R


                       Treasurer Candidate, Linda Hamilton - R                                        Treasurer Candidate, Brian Laskey - D


                   Treasurer Candidate, Paul Uherek - R                                                      Supervisor Candidate, Robert Heyl - R

Salem Area Historical Society held the second Candidates’ Forums at the Jarvis-Stone School on Tuesday, July 29^th and attending were the Salem Township Candidates for Trustee (Matthew Letts -D, Sue Bejin – R, Barton Cann - R, Dennis Draplin – R, Wayne Wallazy – R and Brien Witkowski –R). Dan Jenkinson (R) canceled on the day of the forum and Marcia Van Fossen –R was unable to attend due to travel. Both had submitted written responses. Dave Helm – R did not respond to the Candidates’ Forum invite. This forum as attended by a standing-room-only crowd of over 62 citizens. Attendees were given handouts that included the candidates’ responses to 10 questions. During the forum, each candidate gave an introduction, responded to three questions and gave a closing. This was followed by informal discussions afterwards.

Click on this link for your copy of the July 29^th Candidates’ Forum Handout.

                      Trustee Candidate, Barton Cann - R                                                     Trustee Candidate, Brien Witkowski - R


                      Trustee Candidate, Dennis Draplin - R                                                        Trustee Candidate, Sue Bejin - R


                   Trustee Candidate, Matt Letts - D                                                            Trustee Candidate, Wayne Wallazy - R

Salem Area Historical Society’s Candidates’ Forum Format

1.) SAHS will invite all Candidates to attend. Supervisor, Clerk and Treasurer Candidates will be invited to the July 23^rd Forum. The Trustee candidates will be invited to the July 29th^th Forum. Both Forums will be held at the SAHS’s Jarvis-Stone School starting at 7 PM.

2.) SAHS will solicit questions for the candidates to be submitted to Salem_Area_HS@yahoo.com by July 11^th. Candidates can submit questions.

3.) Candidates should confirm their Forum attendance by July 14^th.

4.) SAHS will select 10 questions and make them available to the candidates by July 16^th.

5.) Candidates should return answers (100 words or less per question), candidate introduction (100 words or less) and candidate closing (100 words or less) to SAHS by July 21^st.

6.) SAHS will have all of the candidates’ qualified submissions available to those who attend the Forums.

7.) On the night of the Forum, each attending candidate will select a “position” identification via a random draw that will be used to determine the sequence of candidate responses.

8.) On the night of the Forum, each attending candidate will select three questions via a random draw. Each candidate will be given 2 minutes for a Candidate Self Introduction, 2 minutes for each the selected questions and 2 minutes for a Candidate Closing Statement.

9.) Each 2 minute timeslot will be monitored. A 2 minute warning will be given and the candidate will be cutoff at 2 minutes and 10 seconds.

10.) A candidate who does not attend can request to have their qualified submission read at the appropriate Candidate Forum by the SAHS Emcee, who will also draw that candidates “position” identification and three questions.

If you would like to submit a question for the candidates to answer at the SAHS Candidates' Forum, please send an email to Salem_Area_HS@yahoo.com. Please make the subject of the email "Question for Candidates' Forum" and keep the question to 100 words or less.

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