Once again Kevin Krueger AWOL

The 24th annual Business Excellence Awards went off without a hitch at the TRU Grand Hall on Saturday night and it’s safe to say a good time was had by all. More than 300 people enjoyed a great dinner, the self-effacing emcee style of Leo Bagio, and the parade to the stage for the trophies.

Some of the key awards: Business of the Year to Absorbent Products (Peter Aylen), Business Person of the Year to Doug Wittal, and the President’s Award to Brant Hasanen.

In past year’s, this event has required considerable stamina to make it through. But the chamber of commerce has been working on this the past couple of years, and Saturday night it was wrapped up at 9:30. That’s an hour and a half less than some other years.

All in all, very well done. Interesting to note, though, that once again MLA Kevin Krueger was AWOL. Kevin has been invisible at a number of major public events since last spring’s provincial election, letting Terry Lake fill in for him. As I noted in an earlier post, this may be by design in order to let newcomer Lake get some attention.

I will be shocked, though, if Kevin isn’t in attendance at this Friday’s official opening of the new airport digs.