Past Awards Recipients
Flesherton & District Chamber of Commerce
Community Awards
Year* Senior Citizen Business
| 1983 | X | Aubrey Foster (Artemesia Twp**) | XXX |
| 1984 | X | Dora Hogarth (Artemesia Twp) | XXX |
| 1985 | X | William J. (Bill )Kinney (Artemesia Twp) | XXX |
| 1986 | X | Emerson Beaton (Artemesia Twp) | XXX |
| 1987 | X | Kathleen Aldcorn (Artemesia Twp) | XXX |
| 1988 | X | Robert J. (bob) Clark (Artemesia Twp) | XXX |
| 1989 | X | L. B. Whittaker(Artemesia Twp) | XXX |
| 1990 | X | Vernon Fawcett (Artemesia Twp) | XXX |
| 1991 | X | Kent Hewgill (Artemesia Twp) | XXX |
| 1992 | X | Marie Curtis (Artemesia Twp) | XXX |
| 1993 | X | Jack Carson (Artemesia Twp) | XXX |
| 1994 | XXX | Murray Betts (Artemesia Twp) | x |
| 1995 | XXX | June and Allan MacLachlan (Artemesia Twp) | x |
| 1996 | XXX | Donald Stewart (Artemesia Twp) | x |
| 1997* | Bernice Douglas | William (Bill ) Stephens (Artemesia Twp) | Colton’s Garage |
| 1998 | Mary Stoddard | Carman Whyte | Aero Industries |
| 1999 | Bob Avis | Frank Weiner & Fred Zinn | Delphi Centre |
| 2000 | Geraldine Robinson | Lynn Silverton | Aggie’s Café |
| 2001 | Cliff Littlejohns | Alf Olsen | Boyd Bros Motors Ltd. |
| 2002 | Winifred Smith | Doreen Green | Northwood Kitchen & Bath |
| 2003 | Bob & Jean Elliott | Thelma Lougheed | Bernard’s Quality Cars |
| 2004 | Frank Eagles | Wayne Ferris | Duncan Home Hardware |
| 2005 | Bob & Joan Croft | Philip Allanson | Wilton Sanitation |
| 2006 | Joan Magee | Donny Hodder | Local Colour |
| 2007 | Eric Lundsted | The physicians of the Flesherton Family Practice, Drs. Hodgins, Power & Winfield | Top O’ The Rock |
| 2008 | Margaret Pawson | Margaret Russell | Fawcett Funeral Home |
| 2009 | Ron Pegg | Ann Detar | Hair Fair |
*awards are presented for service in the calendar year prior, so for example the 2007 winner was presented in 2008.
** Prior to 1997, Citizen of the Year was awarded solely by the Township of Artemesia.
In 1997, the Awards became a dinner event, co-hosted by the Flesherton & District Chamber of Commerce and a Business of the Year Award and Senior of the Year were started.
In 1999 the Business Award was re-named: the Archie Bernard Memorial Business of the Year Award, in recognition of the leadership and inspiration the late Archie Bernard brought to our community through Bernard’s Quality Cars, Frontier Village and his Council and Chamber involvement
With the demise of the Township (amalgamated in 2000 to form the Municipality of Grey Highlands), the Flesherton & District Chamber of Commerce decided to continue all three awards as an initiative solely of Chamber.
Since 2001, the Community Awards has been a Chamber of Commerce event.
The Business of the Year award is presented to the business that best represents, in that calendar year, the following criteria:
Outstanding Customer Service; Growth or expansion; Innovation; Employment; Community Service
The Senior and Citizen of the Year awards are presented to individuals who have distinguished themselves during that calendar year with outstanding community service.
Special Recognition Awards are presented from the Flesherton and District Chamber of Commerce to community organizations that have distinguished themselves through promoting Flesherton and/or providing exceptional service to the community.
Name Year Received
The Friends of the Flesherton Hills 2003
The Flesherton Pond Committee, 2004
Community Split Rail Festival Foundation, 2004
Peter Wayne Tribute (posthumous) 2005
Flesherton Kinsmen and Kinettes year?
And the Community Awards has served as a fitting occasion for other recognitions to be made, by other organizations. For example, when the provincial or federal governments have made recognitions to, for example, volunteers, heritage groups and youth, the Community Awards event has included these presentations in the agenda.
Since 2004 The Community Awards has also cooperated with the South Grey Museum board to host a Silent Auction in benefit to the South Grey Museum, at the Community Awards Dinner.