Local MP Frank Valeriote handed out hardware to a long list of community members in celebration of Queen Elizabeth II’s 60 years on the throne.
A ceremony was held Wednesday night at the Guelph Youth Music Centre for the more than 30 local recipients of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, which honours the monarch for her service to this country. The medals also serve to honour significant contributions and achievements by Canadians.
The medal recipients were:
Linda Beaupré
Barald Jan (John) Boers
Delfino Callegari
Don Drone
Cam Faris
Joseph Holody
Nathan Joseph Ingram
Robert (Bob) Ireland
Nazrul Islam
Lloyd Longfield
Roger Manning
Robert Ivan Martin
Garrison Thomas McCleary
Ross Ernest McLean
Rene Andre Meshake
Judith Nasby
Carmela Nini
Nadine Norman
Sandra Pady
Imelda Porcellato
Stephen Peter Redmond
Raymond Angelo Scapinello
Gladys Sheard
Teresa Simpson
Gilbert Arthur Stelter
Joseph Tersigni
John Edwin Valeriote
Robert Emmanuel Walsh
Paul White
Marva Wisdom
Among the recipients were Order of Canada Recipients, all of whom will get the Diamond Jubilee medal this year. They are:
Carroll Baker
David Charles Earle
Robert W. Gillham
William Winegard
Parvathi K. Basrur
Christine Leyser
Shirley Helen McNaughton
Robert N. Munsch
Lois Ethering Betteridge
Kenneth J. Kasha
Jean Little
Kenneth George Murray
James Sanders
Onkar P. Dwivedi
Thomas James Hunter
Thomas King
They are among the 60,000 Canadians being recognized during Diamond Jubilee celebrations.