Shal­iza Has­sanali

San­gre Grande Cor­po­ra­tion has ho­n­oured four of its own for their valu­able con­tri­bu­tion to the re­gion. The awards were pre­sent­ed to 2010 So­ca Chut­ney Monarch Ravi B; Ramdeen "Falko" Ma­haraj; Yan­ick Cari­ah, for his ster­ling per­for­mance in crick­et; and Mar­i­lyn Lynch a pub­lic health in­spec­tor with the East­ern Re­gion­al Health Au­thor­i­ty, for yeo­man ser­vice.

Chair­man Ronald Boynes took time off from his month­ly statu­to­ry meet­ing on Thurs­day, to pay trib­ute to the four­some for mak­ing the re­gion proud. To­co/Fish­ing Pond coun­cil­lor Ter­ry Ron­don, who heaped prais­es on the awardees, open­ly ad­mit­ted to his col­leagues that he had no idea that Ravi B was a "son of the soil." Ravi B, Falko and Cari­ah each re­ceived plaques' do­nat­ed by mem­bers and staff of the cor­po­ra­tion, while Lynch was pre­sent­ed with a bou­quet.

"This is a to­ken of ap­pre­ci­a­tion for ex­celling in your field. You have made us proud," said Boynes. Ravi B and Falko live at Gra­ham Trace in San­gre Grande, with­in a stone's throw of each oth­er. In thank­ing the cor­po­ra­tion, Ravi B promised to work hard­er for 2011 to keep San­gre Grande's name fly­ing high.