Another well-deserving community member from The Pas has been presented with the Sovereign’s Volunteer Medal. Bev MacTavish was also presented with the prestigious award for her volunteerism with a few different entities in the community.
“I received the Sovereign’s Volunteer Medal for my involvement with the choir, Sam Waller Museum and my work at the hospital,” said MacTavish.
“I got involved with the Sam Waller Museum in 1978, when I first came to The Pas to teach at the high school. I really love history, so that made me get involved. I got on the board and have been on it ever since.
“I knew Sam Waller and he was such a unique and interesting person,” said MacTavish. “He collected all of the stuff in his school house at Opaskwayak Cree Nation. When he retired, he had nowhere to put it. Then The Pas Rotary Club built him a bigger building and then outgrew that, because there were donations from all over the world to add to the collection.”