Sundre mayor Annette Clews is proud to have been awarded a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Member of Parliament Blake Richards presented the medal to Clews at the Sundre council meeting on April 2.
With only a specific number of the medals given across Canada to represent the Queen's 60th anniversary, Clews received the medal as an award for her services in municipal government and her dedication to Sundre.
“I feel very honoured,” she said.
“I am very passionate about my entire community as a whole.”
She started serving on town council in 2001, became acting mayor in 2009 and was acclaimed in 2010.
“During my first term I was instrumental in the new community centre/library/Greenwood Neighbourhood Place redevelopment,” she explained.
She is also proud of her accomplishments with the riverbank stabilization.
“I did a lot of work recently with Red Deer River Municipal Users Group,” she said.
“We're working with government departments on looking at the Red Deer River and how to mitigate disaster, such as flooding and droughts, human impact.”
Clews is also passionate about seniors' housing in the community.
“I am very concerned and working very hard on trying to secure new housing for our seniors, not just apartments and lodges but also long term care,” she said.
She has also engaged in both provincial and federal policy development.
“I have worked with Blake Richards on policies that he has taken forward to the federal level,” she said.
“Provincially I worked with former MLA Ty Lund in discussions over the seniors tax diversion act, which was adopted last year.”
