King’s medal presented to twenty locals

Individuals from Lloydminster, the Battlefords and surrounding areas were honoured today (Jan. 9) with the king's medal.

Only 30,000 King Charles III Coronation medals were minted for presentation. MP Rosemary Falk met recipients at the Seniors Drop-In Centre in Maidstone for the presentation ceremony.

"It's important that we recognize the community members who have been nominated for these awards by other community members," said Falk. "We are showing them recognition and honouring their service that they've done for their communities."

Kurt Price and his wife Heather were recognized for their service to Lloydminster in various forms. Price says the award inspires him even further.

"Well, it's a huge honor, actually to think that there's so few medals handed out to get one of those," he said. "I was actually thinking about this this morning, it puts a lot of pressure on me to be even better, because I know there's a lot of people that deserve this medal and I want to do the best I can for the community."

They both are very appreciative of both the award and thankful to those who submitted their name for recognition.

"We just really are thankful that we live in such a fantastic community. We know there's a lot of volunteers in Lloydminster, a lot of people that go out and do their best for the city. It's a great place to live," said Price.

Stephanie Munro,  chief executive officer of the Lloydminster Region Health Foundation, was also recognized for her participation in the community.

"Nominated for her dedication to improving care in in our region, Stephanie is a passionate leader as the CEO of the Lloydminster Region Health Foundation," said Falk before presenting the medal. "She's the driving force behind impactful fundraising initiatives, she has also made valuable contributions to the community as a former nurse and city councillor."

For her part, Munroe was humbled by the award.

"I just extremely grateful. I'm very humbled. I feel like there's so many well-deserving people within our community and within our region," she said. "So to be selected for this award and to have receive this medal as extremely extremely humbling, but I am very grateful as well."

The full list of recipients is below -

• Lana Abrahamson
• Denise Lynn
• Blain Nicole Combres
• Stacey Commer
• Dean Dimmick
• Heath Gabruch
• Neil Georget
• Tom Hougham
• Andrew James Krieger
• Dean Moore
• Stephanie Brown Munro
• Dr. Paul Naude
• Jonathan Puetz
• Heather Price
• Kurt Price
• Malcolm Radke
• Melanie Roberts
• Tara Shirtliffe
• Sarah Marie Thompson
• Kelly Villeneuve

After a group photo, the recipients had a light lunch with Falk.

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