Recently-retired Source reporter Geoff Lee has received the Lloydminster Kiwanis Club's Distinguished Service Award.
The organization honoured Lee with the award on Jan. 6 for extensive club coverage during his time as a journalist in Lloydminster.
Kiwanis secretary, Vera Gallant, worked with Lee over the years telling service club success stories that lead to smiles.
“Geoff has been so awesome to the Kiwanis Club. He was all over the community and he’s done a lot, especially for us,” said Gallant on Jan. 7. “Whenever I called him, he was always available. It didn’t matter what he had on the go, he would manage to squeeze us in.”
“He was on my mind for this award before he announced his retirement. We wanted to thank him for all the work he’s done.”
For Lee, who jokingly told Meridian Source editor Taylor Weaver he had no recollection of working at the paper when asked for comment, the award was special.
“It felt pretty good, but I have to give credit to Vera. She was always alerting me of events they were having,” said Lee on Jan. 7. “The award is appreciated and it’s nice to know good came from it while I was doing my job.”
Now retired, Lee noted he planned to clip into his road bike during the award presentation.
“When Vera called me, I said, ‘Unless you’re giving me $1,000,000, I’ll be cycling at 5 p.m.,'" he joked.
In other Kiwanis news, Gallant noted efforts to improve next year’s Festival of Lights will ramp up soon.
“I’m going to be pounding pavement looking for sponsors and donations for the 2025 Festival of Lights,” said Gallant. “I want to order more lights for the trees.”
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