Council Photos and Articles of Interest

Voice of Experience: Bill Thake longest serving mayor

“Mayor Bill Thake says a municipal politician can’t rest on his laurels or he won’t last long. Believed to be Canada’s longest-serving mayor, he has been involved for close to 50 years.” Photo by Chris Must, read Article by Chris Must at: PerthEMC: Voice of Experience

Westport’s Glenn Allen honoured

Westport Mayor Bill Thake presented the Bill Thake Economic Development Leadership Award to village resident Glenn Allen as United Counties Warden Mel Campbell looked on at the Roebuck Hall Thursday. Read article by Nick Gardiner at http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2973318

Queen’s Park salute ahead for area’s political ironman

By Ron Zajac, Brockville Recorder and Times, http://www.recorder.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2994045

Photos

Mayor & Mrs. W.L. (Bill) Thake’s China Trip 2010

Mayor Bill and Mrs. Marlene Thake, represented the Village of Westport and Leeds and Grenville County (as Warden), at the Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China. The focus of this trip was to establish a friendship between the Canadian Thousand Islands and the Chinese Thousand Islands, to promote tourism, economic development and immigration.