Lieutenant Governor Vaughn Solomon Schofield has announced the names of nine recipients of the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal and on the list is Yorkton resident Allan Bailey. The medal recognizes outstanding volunteer service or exceptional community involvement.
"It will be a great privilege to present the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal to these nine outstanding individuals," Solomon Schofield says. "Each honouree is extraordinarily generous and capable, and has made enormous contributions to our province."
The 2011 recipients are: W. Allan Bailey, Yorkton; Marcel de la GorgendiÈre, C.D., Q.C. Saskatoon; Joseph L. Dubielewicz, Kerrobert; Clarence Johnson, Parkside; Dr. Anne Leis, Saskatoon; Donald S. McDougall, Regina; Marlene Nedelcov (posthumous), Weyburn; Sandra R. Wankel, Regina; and Evelyn Wojcichowsky, Saskatoon.
Recipients will receive their medals this spring, at Government House in Regina. Recipients are selected by the Saskatchewan Honours Advisory Council from nominations submitted by the public. Including the nine new recipients, the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal has been presented to 148 outstanding individuals since 1995. Saskatchewan has the highest rate of volunteerism in Canada.
For more information on the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal or the Saskatchewan Honours and Awards Program visit www.ops.gov.sk.ca.
See next week's issue of The News Review for a full story on Allan Bailey.
