Some of us take volunteer groups, particularly the people who volunteer for these groups for granted at times. Volunteers contribute greatly to individual towns and to society in general.

One of those unsung volunteers is Annie Lidd of the Nain Volunteer Fire Brigade.
I only know Annie to greet on the streets, always with the big smile and time to say hello or say a few words about something or other.

Then there was the time Annie and a couple of young kids helped me get my 4x4 Argo out of a sticky situation, I had gone down in a hole between two large chunks of ice near the old bridge, the front was down and the rear up. Annie pushed and hauled like the good ol trooper she is.

So it is fitting that Annie got some recognition in this article in the Nunatsiaq News.

Kind of a shame she had to go all the way to Iqaluit to be recognized, none the less good for Annie and Nunatsiaq news.

I do have some issues with the article though. Not sure where they got their information about the town of Nain, I am positive the population is closer to 1300 than 1000.
The building referenced as the ‘old Labrador Inuit Association building’ was more commonly known as the ‘old school’.
A small part of the old school was owned by the Okalakatiget Society with the larger portion owned by the Labrador Inuit Development Corporation and used for rental space to a number of organizations.
The long term renters where the provincial Dept. of Social Services, College of the North Atlantic, Torngnasok Cultural center, plus LIDC themselves. Later renovations where made and a number of affiliates of LIA moved in along with several private sector groups.

Labrador Inuit Association had its HQ in several buildings over the years, never in the ‘old school’ though.

All that is mute now, but, we don’t want to revise history do we.