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Sis Musselman (right) returns her ballot box 1â€"11 to Marsland Centre for the official counting of votes Monday night. A voter turnout of 39.9 per cent, the highest in years, resulted in a long night for vote counters, longer still for those candidates who came out on the short end. Rick Campbell photos ?ICominued from page 1) . ‘ _ In an interview with the Chronicle yesterday i Turnbull said, "If it is available ... I will accept ‘ the seat on regional council." Turnbull added that he owed his success at the polis to the strong campaign that he waged and "the long memory of the Waterloo voters." "I‘m very pleased with the support I got** said Ald. Doreen Thomas. "It is a very strong fourthâ€"place finish, 3,500 more votes than I got last time. The four remaining incumbents easily reâ€" tained their seats on council. "It was quite a race and quite a campaign," she said. Ald. Glen Wright, who finished third in the last election dropped to fifth on the polls, with 7,623 votes, thus losing his spot on regional council. . Ald. Richard Biggs finished in sixth place with 6,556 votes and aldermen Robert Henry and Charles Voelker ended the evening in seventh Time for change‘? and eighth places respectively. Other unsuccessful candidates besides Shorâ€" treed were, in order of their finish: Andrew Telegdi, 4,938 votes; Fred Shuh, 4,396, Carol Lang 4,224; Pat McMahon 2,867; Maurita McCrystal 2,760; Mike Sutherland, 2,726. Although defeated in their attempts to get onto city council, Lang, Shuh, Sutherland and McMahon each vow that when the 1986 municiâ€" pal elections come around, they will be ready to fight again. "I‘ve already started to formulate a few plans," she commented. "Just wait until next time." "I feel very good about my showing," said Lang. "The important thing is that I have learned something for my next run at council, and there is no question that I will run again. Although this was Mike Sutherland‘s second unsuccessful campaign for a position on council he remains undaunted. "You‘d better believe I‘ll run again," he said. Sutherland said he ‘‘is looking forward to getting involved in a number of committees to keep my hand in it (municiga] politics)." Sutherland said he wasn‘t "terribly surâ€" prised" by the election results. ‘"The people of Waterloo weren‘t ready for change ... there wasn‘t really the strong cause that warranted change." The most encouraging thing about the election said Pat McMahon "was that the turnout increased by the percentage that it did. I‘m really happy that 40 per cent did choose to exercise their franchise this time." According to Waterloo city clerk Ron Keeling more than 16,000 of the city‘s 42,294 eligible voters went to the polls Monday. ‘"‘This is the highest voter turnout that 1 can recall, 39.9 per cent as compared to 25.5 percent last time," he said. Keeling attributed the record turnout "to a combination of three things: the race for the separate school board which there hasn‘t been for years, and the two questions (fluoridation and disarmament)." Melodee Martinuk Chronicle Staft Mention the words politics or election the usual reaction you‘ll hear â€" ‘"‘it‘s just a vicious game," ‘"who cares," ‘"my vote doesn‘t matter,‘‘ ‘‘politicians are all crooked." Well, a group of Bluevale colleâ€" giate students are learning that politics isn‘t just another dirty word. The students are currently enrolled in a coâ€"op politics proâ€" gram at Bluevale and what makes this civics course different is that the students are not just learning by studying textbooks, they‘re learning by doing. "The general purpose of the course is to introduce the students to the political process by having them become actively involved in it and by working with the people involved in it," explained Elvin Rudy, who teaches the program. To accomplish this, the program has been organized so students spend oneâ€"half their time working ‘in the field," he continued. In the course of the school year the students will have three work terms with local politicians at the municipal, provincial or federal levels. In fact, Rudy said, one of his students took his introduction to politics even one step further: he decided to run for the separate school board in his home ward in Kitchener. > . Other students spent the work term helping out in Mayor Marâ€" jorie Carroll‘s or Waterloo MP Walter McLean‘s offices and two were involved in a research projâ€" ect into paramedic services in Ontario for Ald. Glen Wright. For five of the BCI students, the first of the work terms has been a true baptism of fire in the political world as they have spent the past few weeks campaigning with Waâ€" terloo candidates for city council. Heather Main travelled the camâ€" paign trail with seasoned Waterloo politician,. Doreen Thomas,â€" and Firstâ€"hand feel of political game for BCI students Thomas, right, chats with Minnie Aligeier, left, the Civitan senior citizen‘s apartment com WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1982 â€" PAGE 3 the 17â€"yearâ€"old student said, "I‘ve learned a lot ... it‘s eyeâ€"opening to see what goes on in an election." In her work with Thomas, Main said she has been exposed to all facets of an election campaign, but added that "most of my time has been spent knocking on doors. **Politics," Main said, ‘"is really much more than 1 had imagined it. It really involves a lot of plain hard work, 24 hours a day if you want to do a good job." Before taking the course, Main admits she had little interest in politics and, instead, made every effort "to stay away from it. "I didn‘t want to be interested, but now I know how vital it is to the city and how good our city really is," she said. Most important, Main said, is that ‘"now I realize the importance of voting. I‘m appalled at the apathy people have towards elecâ€" tions in general ... and that‘s how I was before." From observing council, Main continued, "I‘ve seen how much input residents have. The people at the top are just people and if you have a concern it is up to you to take the initiative and bring it up. ‘"‘There‘s no doubt it‘s going very well and generating a lot of interest on their part," he said. "A lot of what they are doing is mundane stuff, but for them it is exciting." This is the first time a politics course has been offered in this way in the region, and Rudy said, "I‘m very pleased with the results. *‘*Now I wouldn‘t be afraid to take something to council ... l have a better understanding of how to get things done," she explained. Basically, Main said, "I feel more of a part of the city after going through the course, even though I‘ve lived here all my life." *"*From what I have seen they all are finding it eyeâ€"opening, benefiâ€" cial and interesting," Rudy said. *"When you‘ve got all three, what more could you want. MWM