Today 730CKDM wraps up its celebration of local folks from across the Parkland with Swan River's Dave Theunissen.
Mr. Theunissen has been an instrumental part of the growth of Swan River for over 65 years.
As recognition for his work around the community, Dave was given a Manitoba 150 honour, an honour given to individuals who stand out for their role in making our province such an amazing place.
Dave came to Swan River when he was 19 years old; he brings us through his journey in the community;
“I’m 91, I’ve been involved since the ’60s with the Rotary Club and Ag Society, I’ve held various in the town operations positions in the town operations, Parks & Rec committee, town planning and development board. I’ve felt that my work with the Rotary Club probably had more bearing on it than anything other than in the latter years I was very involved with the Animal Protection League. I was helping them with a new building, we’re not finished with it yet, but I hope we’ll be in operation before the snow comes. Other than that, like a lot of other people have done in the past. Hope for a better community, and you do your little work every day to help it along.”
Dave used his honorary $500 donation from the MB150 group to go towards the Animal Protection League.
Theunissen, a man with goals for his community, outlines what he wants to see moving forward;
“My main concern today is to keep the rotary club alive, we’re down to 10 members, and I would certainly like to see about five more join us so we could fulfill our program to the community.”
CKDM thanks you for joining us in recognizing worthy people from our community this week.
