By Mary Citizen special correspondent CARLETON PLACE
A quiet life-time resident of the town was named Citizen of Year this weekend. Lloyd Hughes, 83, who has lived in the same house for more than 68 years, said the award came as a complete surprise and he is still trying to figure out why he was picked. But the thunderous response of the large audience which gathered at the arena for the town’s Apreciation Night Dinner dispelled any fear that the mayor might have read the wrong name. Hughes admits that he has always been a “behind-the-scenes-man” and that he was too busy to take part in local government.
But there has never been any doubt in anyone’s mind that “Lloyd kicks with the right foot” as far as his federal and provincial politics are concerned. And he has always spoken out when he opposes something the government does…
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