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How wonderful then there is an awards ceremony honouring individuals over 70 years of age who, rather than retire, rewire and refire. The Top 7 Over 70 Awards Gala, held May 26 at the Hyatt Regency, saluted seven dynamic people for the unparalleled value, expertise and wisdom they bring to our community. The third 2021 biennial award, founded by legendary Jim Gray, was a great success attended by more than 650 guests. Funds raised at the gala will support InterGen, an organization that provides talent, mentors, education and capital for new entrepreneurial companies.
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Heartfelt congratulations to this year’s winners: Don Taylor; Marg Southern; Louis B. Hobson; Miiksika’am (Clarence Wolfleg); Bonnie Kaplan; Sherali Saju; and Murray McCann. Their amazing stories will be permanently honoured at the recently announced Top 7 Over 70 display at Heritage Park.
Family, friends, colleagues, committee members, dignitaries and past winners in attendance included: Alberta Lt.-Gov. Salma Lakhani; Alberta Minister of Seniors and Housing Josephine Pon; Kim McConnell, Top 7 Over 70 executive committee chair; vice-chair, Calgary Herald managing editor Monica Zurowski; University of Saskatchewan vice-president, Cheryl Hamelin; Brian and Stephanie Felesky; ATCO chair and CEO Nancy Southern; actor and director Mark Bellamy; Bennett Jones’ Wayne Whitlock and his wife, UNICEF’s Penny Whitlock; Surecall president and CEO Desiree Bombenon; John Lacey and Linda McNally; Bob Brawn; John Fitzsimmons; Steve Allan and his wife Marjie Allan; Bonnie DuPont; Bev Foy; Marg Davenport; retired Herald columnist Licia Corbella of Corbella Communications and her husband Stephen Gardiner; Pat Moore; Kathy Hays; Mount Royal University Foundation executive director Terry Kellam; Carol McCann; Richard Conte; Ruth Taylor; Dolly Saju; Colleen Sitting Eagle; Kelly Koss-Brix; Herald colleagues Michele Jarvie, Eric Volmers, Paul Harvey; and others pictured.
From all your friends at the Herald, thank you honourees for making the world a better place. And keep doing what you’re doing.
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