Clearview trustees announce Clearview Star Award winners

Guy Neitz, Clearview Board Chair says, “Mandi Rietmann’s work in her community library is an extension of her role as an educator in Big Valley school. She has passionately engaged and energized her students and community in the joy of reading. Thank you Mandi for sharing the love of lifelong learning with your students.”

“Mandi is a dedicated Big Valley library volunteer. She is the lifeblood that keeps Big Valley library running,” writes Rachel Rex, a Big Valley community member and Big Valley School parent, in the letter that accompanied Rex’s nomination of Rietmann. Rex writes, “[Rietmann] leads [the library’s] fundraising and programming, and regularly comes up with library contests, initiatives and promotions to involve children and families with literacy outside of school.”

Rietmann says she is surprised, humbled and honoured to receive the Clearview Star Award.

“I feel very fortunate to work with such great community members and colleagues who deserve this award just as much as I do and have been instrumental in getting me to where I am today,” says Rietmann.

“Connecting my students to other people in the community and the province as a whole has always been a priority for me,” says Rietmann. “It is lovely working in Big Valley and having access to a local library. I have been able to help with programs being run through the library while at the same time nurturing more of a love of reading in my students.”

Read the full story here: https://www.clearview.ab.ca/news/mandi_rietmann_receives_clearview_star_award

Mark Dennis

Stettler Regional Fire Chief, President of Stettler Minor Football, and Wildcats Coach, mark Dennis, is the recipient of a Clearview Star Award.

“Volunteers make an immense contribution to the vitality and success of our communities and schools,” says Guy Neitz, Clearview Board Chair and Stettler Wildcats Coach. “Mark Dennis was instrumental in the procurement and installation of the track and football field lights at Wm. E. Hay Stettler Secondary Campus. The Board appreciates Mark and those who worked with him for their efforts to complete the field light enhancements of our track and football field.”

“It really was a community effort,” says Mark Dennis, Clearview Star Award recipient. “The vision for the project was already in place, and many volunteers and community members contributed to this project. I am kind of surprised to be receiving the award because it was really a community project. I did try to bring everyone together, but honestly I couldn’t have done it without so many contributing to the work.”

Katie Bainbridge nominated Dennis, and gives him credit for the work of bringing everyone together. Bainbridge is the outgoing President of the Stettler Wildcats Football Club. She was on the committee that oversaw the project development, and is a parent of teens who have participated in Wildcats Football.

“Mark spearheaded the effort,” says Bainbridge. “He took what had been talked about and made it happen. For more than 60 years youth have played football in this community. Other communities have lighting for their fields. Having lights for our Stettler Wildcats has been a dream for a long time. Having that dream come true has really contributed to the opportunities our youth and whole community now have. It lifts the players, the team and the community.”

Read the full story here: https://www.clearview.ab.ca/news/mark_dennis_receives_clearview_star_award

by rdnewsNOW Staff

Clearview trustees announce Clearview Star Award winners

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