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economist sunlsuntribune community saturday nov 26 2005 angel athlete scientist humanitarian honoured outstanding citizens receive awards an awards ceremony last week was billed as an event to honour an angel an athlete a scientist and a humanitarian the four residents were pre sented with markhams award for outstanding citizenship wednesday night angel honours went to les ley price who won the environ mental achievement award known as markhams angel ms price has worked for two decades to preserve and rehabilitate the towns heritage and natural environment marlene stewart streit the athlete among the honourees was presented with the sports and recreations achievement award last year at the age of 69 she was inducted into the world golf hall of fame making her the first canadian to receive the prestigious title ms stewart streit who has spent five decades in the world of golf is also past director and president of the ada mackenzie memorial foundation which raises funds for canadas dis abled athletes a recipient of an order of canada this year allan carswell is the groups scientist he was given the science and engineering achievement award for years dedicated to developing laser radar technol ogy also known as lidar nasa will use the technology during its 2007 phoenix mission to mars mr carswell was also recog nized for his contribution to boy scouts of canada leadership programs medical research and for establishing canadas first fullylicensed small business daycare when he opened his company optech international in 1974 taking home the community service achievement award was humanitarian brian murphy he was honoured for his commitment as a community worker and fundraiser mr murphy operates street connection a weekly venture from markham to impoverished areas of toronto during which he provides a hot meal and clothing to people in need the annual awards were established in 1985 to recognize residents associations busi nesses and corporations who have made an outstanding con tribution to the community and brought recognition to the town we are proud of this years award recipients said coun cillor bill odonnell chairper son of this years ceremony they inspire us all to do the best for our community in addition to mr odonnell members of the awards com mittee are karine chui lisa kassabian ralph persram david taylor gaetano vella ken wade and councillors george mckelvey and khalid usman lisa queen we do not have call display and we do not record the call cash rewards for anonymous tips that lead to an arrest 1800222tips or wwwcrimestoppersyrca this message brought to you as a community service of the economistsuntribune inserts for sat nov 26 2005 schickedanz homes caa dove depot cleaners dell mindtech montessori llonno beauty tech stouffville pharmasave david khurana petsmart home hardware zehrs office depot bonus pak stouffville living rogers wireless shop save the bay grand toy the source by circuit city no one delivers results like we do 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