The City of Kelowna held its 40th annual civic awards at the Kelowna Community Theatre. Photographer: John McDonald

Kelowna honours outstanding contributions during 40th annual civic awards

KELOWNA – The City of Kelowna celebrated its 40th annual civic and community awards at a gala event at the Kelowna Community Theatre.

The awards recognize outstanding contributions and achievements by Kelowna residents in a range of categories.

The full list of award recipients is provided below:

Teen Honour in the Arts
Antony Knight

Honour in the Arts
Jennifer Schell

Young Female Volunteer of the Year  
Thish Rajapakshe

Young Male Volunteer of the Year
Nikolai Lesack

The Central Okanagan Foundation, Volunteer Organization of the Year
United Way of the Central & South Okanagan Similkameen

Woman of the Year – Sarah Donald – Treadgold Memorial Award
Meryle Corbett

Man of the Year – Fred Macklin Memorial Award
David Krysko

Corporate Community of the Year – Small to Medium Business
Wentworth Music

Corporate Community of the Year – Large Business
Save on Foods

Champion for the Environment – Individual
Casey Hamilton

Champion for the Environment – Business
1-800-GOT-JUNK

Bob Giordano Memorial Award
Tom Maxwell

Bryan Couling Memorial, Athletic Team of the Year Award
Okanagan Rockets, Major Midget Hockey Club

Augie Ciancone Memorial Award – Female
Emma Johnson

Augie Ciancone Memorial Award – Male
Jeff Tubbs

Female Athlete of the Year
Kelsey Serwa

Male Athlete of the Year
Robbie Yochim

Anita Tozer Memorial
Arion Therapeutic Farms

For more on the Civic & Community Awards and the recipients, visit www.kelowna.ca/residents.

To contact the reporter for this story, email John McDonald at jmcdonald@infonews.ca or call 250-808-0143. To contact the editor, email mjones@infonews.ca or call 250-718-2724.

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John McDonald

John began life as a journalist through the Other Press, the independent student newspaper for Douglas College in New Westminster. The fluid nature of student journalism meant he was soon running the place, learning on the fly how to publish a newspaper.

It wasn’t until he moved to Kelowna he broke into the mainstream media, working for Okanagan Sunday, then the Kelowna Daily Courier and Okanagan Saturday doing news graphics and page layout. He carried on with the Kelowna Capital News, covering health and education while also working on special projects, including the design and launch of a mass market daily newspaper. After 12 years there, John rejoined the Kelowna Daily Courier as editor of the Westside Weekly, directing news coverage as the Westside became West Kelowna.

But digital media beckoned and John joined Kelowna.com as assistant editor and reporter, riding the start-up as it at first soared then went down in flames. Now John is turning dirt as city hall reporter for iNFOnews.ca where he brings his long experience to bear on the civic issues of the day.

If you have a story you think people should know about, email John at jmcdonald@infonews.ca

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