Four area residents were honoured on November 12 to receive the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medals from Crowfoot MP Kevin Sorenson.
Sorenson awarded medals at a ceremony at the Royal Canadian Legion in Stettler. Among the recipients were Luke Onruf of Delia, LaVerne Erickson of Rosebud and Ed LaPlante and Stan Schumacher of Drumheller.
“It was a privilege for me to be the Member of Parliament for our riding of Crowfoot during the 60th Anniversary of the reign of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth the Second,” said Sorenson.
The Queen’s Jubilee marks 60 years since her accession in 1952. The Queen became only the second UK monarch to mark 60 years on the throne. The first was Queen Victoria. The Office of the Governor General of Canada has established the Diamond Jubilee Medal as a way for Canadians to honour Her Majesty for her service to our country and also recognize 60,000 Canadians nation-wide for their service to Canada.
MP Sorenson acknowledged, “The medal recipients have done more for their community than any single medal can properly recognize. We can all be very proud of our community’s record of people helping each other. There were many extremely worthy nominations. The nominees are all people who have volunteered a lifetime of dedication and hard work to improving their communities and the lives of their families, neighbours, friends, and often complete strangers. These outstanding citizens are truly the foundation upon which our remarkable country Canada has been built, community by community.”
