Mr. Speaker, on
Friday, December 11, I had the honour of joining the
Premier, as well as the Member for Kilbride and the
Member for Mount Pearl North at the Duke of Edinburgh’s
Award Ceremony.The event took place at GlenDenning
Golf Club where forty-one awards and six certificates of
recognition were presented. All achievers were
participating in the award under the special needs
initiative.
The following achievers from the District of Port de
Grave were presented with their awards. In the bronze
award: Jonathon Dawe, Coley’s Point; Jonathon Gushue,
Spaniard’s Bay; Ryan Maynard of Shearstown; Laura Vokey,
Spaniard’s Bay. The silver award: Miranda Brown,
Shearstown; Calvin Galway, Clarke’s Beach; Paul Milley,
Clarke’s Beach; Dylan Noseworthy, Bay Roberts. In the
gold award: Shawn Dawson of Clarke’s Beach, and Bradley
Rose of Coley’s Point. All achievers were from the
Ascension Collegiate School.
Truly an event to remember, Mr. Speaker, as all
participants so proudly received their awards. Each of
them have, and will continue to work hard, as they
accept and meet new challenges.
Mr. Speaker, I ask all hon. members to join me in
extending congratulations to all those involved in
making this event such a tremendous success, and in
particular, to the forty-one achievers who received such
a prestigious award. To all involved: Take the
Challenge, Live the Achievement.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.