The Village of Clavet honoured outgoing Mayor Spencer Beaulieu as its 2020 Citizen of the Year recently.
Beaulieu has been actively involved in the community since he and his family moved to Clavet 14 years ago. He has been a member of Clavet’s Emergency Measures Organization since its inception. He spent four years as the treasurer for Clavet Minor Hockey and two terms as a board member of the Clavet United Church.
Beaulieu has also coached hockey for several years, as well as serving as team treasurer. He also coached soccer and flag football for a couple years. He has always been very supportive of the various functions and fundraisers in Clavet. This includes dances, Seniors’ Day, Santa Day, Fire Prevention Week celebrations, fall suppers and Shrove Tuesday pancake suppers. He has also helped plan and participate in Canada Day celebrations. The most memorable being where he volunteered to sit in the dunk tank and be the first to try out the fire department’s ‘slip-and-slide’ on a very cold and rainy day. All of these things make Beaulieu a very worthy recipient of this year’s award.
Dan Lalonde is Clavet’s 2020 Volunteer of the Year. Lalonde has been on the Clavet Fire Department since April, 2018. At that time he jumped in to his bunker pants with both feet. That spring the fire department had a number of large calls and Lalonde was instrumental in giving his all to help with those. Since then he has continued to better himself by keeping his attendance near perfect. He has attended multiple fire schools, taken every course offered, and completed all the Firefighter 1 online courses, along with every other course offered in the online curriculum (86 by last count). The time he gives is not only the official recorded time, but in the hours spent at the hall, helping with maintenance, keeping minutes from the meetings, flooding the community outdoor rink, and helping prepare for training nights. In 2020 he attended 28 of 50 call-outs and 19 of 20 training nights. Lalonde is a valued member of the Clavet Fire Department.