Stettler community recognized the successful businesses and outstanding citizens of the 2014 with the traditional gala event on Thursday, Oct. 23 as organized by the Stettler Board of Trade and Community Development.
Male Citizen of the Year award went to Bob Willis, Erin Prehn was recognized as the Female Citizen of the Year and Maggie MacKenzie was rewarded for her community volunteer and church activities by being declared the Youth Citizen of the Year.
Several entities were recognized for their contribution to the development and growth of Stettler business community with Business of the Year award going to Wells Furniture while Heartland Glass received the Small Business of the Year award.
The full list of recipients of the annual awards will be listed and the details of the award ceremony will be published in a special supplement to next week’s edition of The Independent.
In addition to the traditional business awards, Heartland Beautification Committee recognized community members promoting environmental sensibilities in three categories. In the individual/household category Carolyn Victor received the recycling award. In the business category ReGlycol was rewarded for their extensive contribution to recycling as a thriving business and Superfluity, a non-profit organization recycling everything from clothing to blankets and contributing to the community with $73,000 through purely volunteer work was awarded in the institutional category.
The Male Citizen of the Year Bob Willis received further recognition by the Community Futures East Parkland, an organization on whose board Stettler was represented by Willis since 2006. As Willis decided to step down as a board member, Community Futures asked the outgoing board member to identify a community organization to receive a $900 donation, $100 for each year served on the board. Willis nominated East Central Alberta Heritage Society for the contribution of funding.