League of Women Voters to host voter forum

For the City Times
WISCONSIN RAPIDS – The League of Women Voters of the Wisconsin Rapids Area (LWVWRA) and Wisconsin Rapids Community Media (WRCM) will host a voter forum for the candidates competing on the Feb. 18 primary ballot for the position of Wisconsin Rapids mayor and Wisconsin Rapids District 2 alder.
The forum will be held Jan. 30, at 6:30 p.m., at the Wisconsin Rapids Community Media studio at the Centralia Center, 220 Third Ave. South, Wisconsin Rapids.
Invited mayor candidates include: Mayor Zach Vruwink, incumbent; Shane Blaser; and Patrick Delaney.
District 2 alder candidates are: Vernon Verjinsky, incumbent; Dean Veneman; and Carolynn Peterson Martin.
The forum can be viewed live on the WRCM website at www.wr-cm.org, Solarus high-definition channel 3, Charter Cable standard-definition channel 985 and on Roku devices by adding the WRCM’s channel through the web at: http://roku.streamsource.tv/add/wrcm.
The League encourages voters to attend this event or phone 715-423-0445 to submit questions to the candidates during the live broadcast.
The forum will be rebroadcast at various times on the television channels and will also be available on WRCM’s YouTube channel 24 hours after the forum, at www.wisconsinrapidscommunitymedia.com.