Sweet victory
Apiarists Bob and Karen Lyons of Pincher Creek, Alta., were awarded four gold medals for their entries at this year’s Pacific National Exhibition honey competition.
The medals were awarded for the categories of white liquid honey, comb honey, creamed honey and beeswax. They also received the PNE Perpetual Trophy for grand champion honey over 26 other entries.
Appointees to board
A Kathyrn farmer, a sheep producer and an Olds college student have been named to the college’s board of governors.
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Alice Brown, who has been active with Federated Co-operatives and Alberta Women in Support of Agriculture, operates a grain farm near Kathyrn with her husband Bert.
Tom Seaborn, a former district agriculturalist, raises purebred sheep near Rocky Mountain House. He also grows, processes and sells forage and seed.
Courtney Adams, a student in the land resource management program, is a student council member and will take her seat with the board this fall.
Orders of Merit
Six Saskatchewan residents have been awarded the province’s highest honor, the Order of Merit. Recipients are:
Robert Ferguson, of Fort Qu’Appelle, a farmer and community leader; Christine Hodgson, of Moose Jaw, a leader in employment equity for aboriginal people; George Ledingham, of Regina, a retired botany professor and conservationist; William Perehudoff, of Langham, an abstract painter; William Riddell, of Regina, a former University of Saskatchewan principal at the Regina campus; and Carol Sanderson, of Prince Albert, executive director of education for the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations.
The award recognizes individual excellence and contributions to the social, economic and cultural well-being of the province and its residents.
