Serge Lalonde earns Diamond Jubilee medal nomination GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca NEWS editionap.ca
at i on Tra i l group (PRRT) and has also served as PRRT pres i dent. He i s a found i ng m e m - ber of both les Cheval i ers de Colo m b de Plantagenet (conse i l 6716) and le Club de L i ons de Plantagenet, served m ore than 4 0 years as a volunteer m e m ber of the Planta- genet F i re Depart m ent. H i s other co mm u- n i ty serv i ce post i ngs i nclude pres i dent of the Plantagenet Ann i versary Co mmi ttee, dur i ng wh i ch t im e he helped organ iz e “the b i ggest St-Jean Bapt i ste Parade between Ottawa and Montréal” i n 1977. He has been pres i dent of the Cha m ber of Co mm erce for Plantagenet and North Plantagenet, rec- reat i on co mmi ttee pres i dent, and been a long-t im e and act i ve m e m ber of the Glen- garry-Prescott-Russell L i beral Assoc i at i on. Past awards Lalonde has rece i ved for h i s co mm un i ty serv i ce i nclude le Pr i x Alfred Évanturel fro m l’Assoc i at i on canad i enne- frança i se de l’Ontar i o (ACFO), le Pr i x É m er i - tus dur i ng the 2 00 9 Gala de l’Excellence de Prescott-Russell, and the Pre mi er’s 2 00 9 Volunteer Apprec i at i on Award fro m Pre- mi er Dalton McGu i nty.
Plantagenet | He is one of the senior statesmen on Alfred-Plantagenet Town- ship council and has received several hon- ours in the past for his community service. This year may become one of the high- lights of Serge Lalonde’s life though as he and hundreds of other Canadians become a special part of the Diamond Jubilee An- niversary for Queen Elizabeth II. The federal govern m ent has asked m u- n i c i pal i t i es across the country and the prov i nc i al and terr i tor i al govern m ents to no mi nate people as cand i dates for one of 4 000 co mm e m orat i ve D i a m ond Jub i lee m edals i n honour of the i r years of outstand- i ng co mm un i ty serv i ce dur i ng the 6 0 years that Queen El iz abeth II has re i gned over the Co mm onwealth. Alfred-Plantagenet Townsh i p counc i l has na m ed Coun. Serge Lalonde as the m un i c i pal i ty’s cho i ce for a D i a m ond Jub i lee m edal but h i s fellow counc i llors kept the no mi nat i on a secret fro m h im unt i l the i r resolut i on vote dur i ng the June 1 8 counc i l sess i on. “Mayor Lalonde m ent i oned i t to m e just before the m eet i ng,” sa i d Coun. Lalonde. “It’s qu i te an honour for the no mi nat i on.” Deadl i ne to sub mi t the na m es of lead cand i dates and alternate no mi nat i ons for the D i a m ond Jub i lee m edals i s Aug. 1. The federal govern m ent, and the Federat i on of
on townsh i p counc i l i n add i t i on to repre- sent i ng h i s area on le Conse i l des écoles séparées cathol i ques de langue frança i se de Prescott-Russell (CESFCPR) fro m 197 8 to 1997, i nclud i ng a ter m as CESFCPR pres i - dent. He s i ts on the Prescott-Russell Recre-
Canad i an Mun i c i pal i t i es wh i ch i s ass i st i ng i n the no mi nat i on collect i on process, w i ll announce later i n the year the final l i st of D i a m ond Jub i lee Medal rec i p i ents. Coun. Lalonde has served four ter m s
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