For biographical information and details on the sporting
achievements of the inductees please click a picture below
or the link to the "Full Story".
ATHLETE
David
Biever
David Biever earned
his athletic reputation as an outstanding outrider
on the Northern
Professional Chuckwagon Association circuit
between 1982 and 2009. In those
years he was sought after by the elite of the sport and became the
multiple winner of chuckwagon racing's most cherished championships as
well as amassing
more than thirty
individual awards on the chuckwagon circuits across Western Canada.
He has four Calgary Rangeland Derby wins, four Calgary Stampede
Aggregate wins and was in the Sudden Death Final of the Calgary Stampede
Rangeland Derby eleven times. Dave also won the Ponoka Stampede
three times
Ken Nelson, a recognized pioneer
in the Water Ski and Wakeboard Canada Hall of Fame, has been a world
class competitor for close to forty years, winning over seventy
medals in major championships. He is a dreamer, innovator,
designer and builder. He founded Shalom Park,
described by athletes as
one of the top ten water ski sites in the world,
his youth programs, boat driver clinics and military "Honour Day" have
made the sport more accessible to a wider group of water sport
enthusiasts, and his ground-breaking designs have had an influence on
the sport round the world being incorporated into international
competitions.
Margaret Perry grew up in
Wetaskiwin, started dancing at the age of four and had founded the
Wetaskiwin School of Ballet by age eleven. Her passion for dance
has not only given her vast experience as a professional dancer,
choreographer and trainer, it has garnered Margaret several awards and
global recognition for her various levels of involvement. She founded
several schools of dance, inspiring her graduates to become professional
dancers and
establish their own dance schools around the globe. Her expertise
and dedication included training other dance teachers, creating syllabi
for recreational ballet that are utilized internationally, and
developing dance programs for all ages to expose them to dance at
various levels.
An outstanding athlete who
garnered MVP recognition in several sports Dave is being inducted for
his volunteerism. He started his volunteer career early, as a
teenager he coached the Wetaskiwin Olympia Swim Team from 1972-1974. He
also coached the Wetaskiwin Kinsmen Kings Hockey Team in 1983-84. As
soon as Dave completed his chiropractic training in 1981 he put his
expertise to work and volunteered to be the team chiropractor and
assistant trainer for the Wetaskiwin High School Sabres Football Team,
donating his time and knowledge to the them for an amazing 33 years. He
also contributes a considerable amount of time to other teams in the
area.
In 1980 a group of five
and six year-old boys started playing fastball together at Falun.
When they were eight and nine years-old they started playing
competitively at the Squirt Level and entered the zone play downs. As
Squirts they won the Provincial Championship in 1984 and again in 1985
as Peewees. The core of this group played together up to the Midget
Level. As Bantams they won the Provincials in 1987 and 1988 and as
Provincial Champions they represented Alberta at the Western Canadians
both years. At Westerns, in 1987, they placed fourth and in 1988 the
team won the Silver Medal. As Midgets in 1990 they again won the
Provincial Championship and then went on to represent Alberta at the
Canadian Championships.