Manitoba Lieutenant Governor Anita Neville will present the annual Lieutenant Governor's Historical Preservation and Promotion awards Tuesday night to five recipients, including one from the Parkland.
Grandview Municipality Mayor Lyle Morran says he was completely surprised when he received the call about the award from the Lieutenant Governor herself.
"I almost hung up on her. I just thought it was another one of these scam calls. But I did notice on my phone that it did say something about government, so I just kept talking a little longer and realized that it was for real and that I was talking to the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba."
Morran believes he is being recognized for work on the T.A. Burrows building at the Watson-Crossley Museum.
"It is an unreal building. Anyone that comes into it can not believe that we got that kind of a building in such a small community. If it was not for the help of the Burrows Lumber Company and the descendants of Theodore Arthur Burrows, it would never be here, They had a big part in it. We definitely could not have afforded that kind of building."
Morran thinks it is great that work on a museum project outside of Winnipeg is being recognized, and he hopes this award helps promote history and museums throughout the Parkland region.
