BY KEITH LACEY
Robert Lipic's humurous stories about international travel received the biggest laughs of the night Wednesday as more than 500 people gathered to honour Greater Sudbury's movers and shakers at the third annual Laurentian Publishing Community Builders Awards Awards of Excellence banquet inside the Palladium Room at the downtown Radisson Hotel.
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Honoured for their achievements in making Greater Sudbury a better place to live were (front left) Maureen Lacroix, Susan Alcorn MacKay; (back left) Dr. James Grassby, Tammy Frick, Robert Lipic, Alain Dupuis, John Lindsay, Joe Drago and Sylvia Barnard. |
Lipic is president and CEO of Mining Technologies International Inc., winner of the Community Builders Award for Economic Development.
"I've been shot at, I've been kidnapped and I've been beaten up. It takes a lot of skill to learn all of the intricacies of international travel," said Lipic, recalling years of travelling the globe trying to grow his buisness worldwide.
Laurentian Publishing president Michael Atkins said honouring citizens, organizations and businesses that truly make a difference in this community is an event he looks forward to very much each year.
"I'm delighted you have supported us the way you have," said Atkins. "We thank you for making this community a better place to live and we thank you for making it a more compassionate and caring place to live."
Cinefest: Sudbury's International Film Festival was honoured with the CBA in the Arts.
Cambrian College's Glenn Crombie Centre for Disability Services was honoured with the CBA for Education.
The Minnow Lake Restoration Group was honoured with the CBA for Environment for more than 25 years of working to restore the large inner-city lake.
Maureen Lacroix, a founding member of the Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre (NEORCC) and health care advocate for three decades, was honoured with the CBA for Health Care.
Joe Drago, who has dedicated his life to education and minor hockey, was honoured with the CBA in Sports and Recreation.
Alain Dupuis, who managed to maintain a 95 percent average while volunteering on numerous school organizations at College Notre Dame, was honoured as the CBA Junior Citizen of the Year.
James Grassby, who has dedicated more than 42,000 hours of his time for too many community organizations to mention, was honoured as the latest inductee into the CBA Hall of Fame.
