Staff
Twenty-six district residents will receive the Volunteer Service Award for their dedication to local organizations tomorrow night.
The ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. at the Townshend Theatre.
The recipients include five Fort Frances residents, including four Fort Frances High School medical first responders (Oryn Albanese, Justin Bartsch, Cassandra Jackson, and Samantha Martin).
The fifth recipient will be Coun. Rick Wiedenhoeft, who has been active with the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame for five years.
There also will be three recipients from Emo, including FFHS medical first responder Marissa Kinnear, Michael Williams (Emo Public Library—15 years), and Glen Jackson (20 years volunteering for the Township of Chapple).
Six volunteers from Barwick also will be honoured, including June Wheatley and Heather Oltsher—both of whom have volunteered for the Township of Chapple for 20 years.
Emily Clink, Bill Clink, Joan Both, and Steve Both, meanwhile, all have volunteered on the Chapple Heritage Committee for 10 years.
A dozen individuals from Atikokan also will be lauded here tomorrow night.
They include Diane Bain, Diana Beaudry, Alex Broski, Roberto Campanaro, Garry Girard, Sharron Halvorsen, Arlo Jewell, Kai Kruger, Judy Kruger, John Nephin, Shirley Pierce, and Sharon Veran.
