Cypress Hills-Grasslands MP David Anderson handed out Canada 150 medals to celebrate Canada’s 150th Birthday.
Among the honorees in the National Building Category were Glenn and Greg Honey and Brad Nelson of Frontier.
Greg Honey says he and his brother started making a rod weeder attachment (1979), built their own tractor (1979-80) and then in 1981 their first swather.
The Honey brothers started a small business in the Quonset on their farm, then moved to Frontier in the mid 80’s and teamed up with Brad Nelson.
Over 38 years later Honeybee Manufacturing is a well-known name around the globe.
"We had sold in about 50 different countries," she said. "eastern Europe into Kazakhstan, Russia, Austria, Western Europe, Australia, those have been pretty good markets for us."
Other significant agriculture-related winners include:
Roy King, Birsay – Nation Builders
Roy King is a recently retired irrigation farmer from the Birsay area. Roy has dedicated hundreds of hours over the years to the Birsay Water Users Irrigation Project. This project was engineered in the mid- 1980s and Roy was one of the original promoters/supporters of this massive project. He became the Chairman of the Birsay Water Users Association until he sold his farm. The project has consumed a lot of time and a lot of effort through the years. Roy always seemed to find the time to work through the red tape issues with municipal, provincial and federal levels of government. I’m quite sure that today, the Birsay Water Users Association still call on Roy for advice or information about this “State of the Art “ Irrigation project.
Gerald Olson - Swift Current/Tomkins – Nation Builders
Gerald owned a ranch near Tompkins SK, where he grew up. He was involved for many years in the Canadian Cattle Association, Canadian Beef Export Federation, Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association. He served as a Councillor and Reeve for the RM of Piapot and a trustee on the Gull Lake Hospital Board. He was very active in his community Lions Club, Credit Union, United Church and Legion. After enjoying retirement for a few years, he decided to run for Mayor at the Resort Village of Beaver Flats where he served 4 years. His ability to connect with people, his immense generosity and willingness to help have made our community, Saskatchewan and Canada, a better place to live.
Tom Luchenski - Lucky Lake – Bridge Builders
Tom moved to Lucky Lake in 1984. He served on Village Council for many years as both an Alderman and Mayor. Tom did an excellent job on Council, always looking out for Lucky Lake and never being afraid to call a spade a spade! Tom being a pilot was very instrumental in working with our local municipalities, provincial and federal government departments to put forward a plan to fund and build a paved lighted air strip in Lucky Lake. Tom has been involved with the Coteau Hills Rural Water Association since it was formed. This is a multi-million dollar project that was engineered by PFRA that provides raw water from Lake Diefenbaker to three communities, one Hutterrian Colony and to any local farm that subscribes to the service.
Source : Discoverestevan