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Since 1970, the Dunedin Historical Society
has honored residents who work hard to make Dunedin a great place
to live and work. These are the type of people who toil
“behind the scenes,” not for the glory to themselves,
but to make the lives of those around them better, the society said
in its announcement.
Each year the Historymaker Committee
receives nominations from various sources such as local schools,
churches and other community service organizations. They study each
nominee’s qualifications and then choose two winners, either
an individual or a family who epitomize the spirit of true
volunteerism.
The first Historymaker Award for 2007 went
to Nell Thomas, 20 year resident of Dunedin who has devoted
hundreds of hours of volunteer service at the United Methodist
Church, the City of Dunedin, the Inner Wheel of Rotary North, the
Dunedin Public Library and the Historical Society.
The second Historymaker Award for 2007
went to Sandy and Mary Keith, well-known in the community as the
organizers of Dunedin’s annual Highland Games, as well as
teachers and mentors to young people in the bagpiping program for
the Dunedin Highland Middle, Dunedin Scottish Highlander, Elliot
and the City of Dunedin Pipe Bands. What the Keith’s have
accomplished for the youth of Dunedin and for the City cannot be
measured in words, the committee said.
The 2007 Historymakers represent what is
good and right in the City of Dunedin and deserve to be appreciated
and looked up to as examples of “doing the right thing”
for their community, the society said.
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