Citizen of the Year
Citizen of the Year will be announced at the Creston Blossom Festival Opening Ceremonies.
2022 CITIZEN OF THE YEAR - Retla Wigen
2022 JUNIOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR - Nicole Cobbe
Citizens of the year photos and bios on the 2022 festival news page.
Download a Citizen of the Year Nomination Form
Download a Junior Citizen of the year Nomination Form
You will need Adobe Reader to view and print the nomination form. It's a free download!
Past Recipients - Citizens of the Year
| 1969 Fred Martello | 2000 Fred Ryckman | |
| 1970 A. W. Burch | 2001 Ed and Joan Gatzke | |
| 1971 Tak Toyota | 2002 Lela Irvine | |
| 1972 Dr. J. Vernon Murray | 2003 Terry and Gloria Elliott | |
| 1973 Cliff Carr | 2004 Alex Nilsson | |
| 1974 Vi Baker | 2005 Peter Chambers | |
| 1975 Jim Ross | 2006 William and Ruth Mitchell-Banks | |
| 1976 Herb Dodd | 2007 Betty Martin | |
| 1977 Henry Stasiuk | 2008 Marjorie Comm | |
| 1978 Marjorie Powers | 2009 Jim Haines | |
| 1979 Bill Herchmer | 2010 Art and Pauline Tremblay | |
| 1980 Roy Rhodes | 2011 Norm Husband | |
| 1981Rev. Norman Tanner | 2012 Phil Thomas | |
| 1982 Manning Powers | 2013 Henry Schoof | |
| 1983 George Oliver | 2014 Peter Hepher | |
| 1984 Ruby Roebuck | 2015 Bob Meredith | |
| 1985 Clara Milner | 2016 Bev Caldwell | |
| 1986 Bill Dewald | 2016 Junior Citizen - Dylan Smith | |
| 1987 Wayne Salmond | 2017 Bill and Dorathy Pfeifer | |
| 1988 Doug Taylor | 2017 Junior Citizen - Matthew Lengyell | |
| 1989 Guy Browell | 2018 Eric and Donna Kutzner | |
| 1990 Pastor Harry Haberstock | 2018 Junior Citizen - Ethan Greentree | |
| 1991 Vaughan Mosher | 2019 Maurice Maurie Murphy | |
| 1992 Anne Page | 2019 Junior Citizen - Olivia Kettle | |
| 1993 Eric Jacks | 2020 John Huscroft | |
| 1994 Don Holmes | 2021 Heather More | |
| 1995 Carle Jones | 2021 Junior Citizen - Madeline Darby | |
| 1996 Wayne Adams | 2022 Retla Wigen | |
| 1997 Jim Elford | 2022 Junior Citizen - Nicole Cobbe | |
| 1998 Margaret Lavender | ||
| 1999 Homer Eddy |