The PEI Curling Hall of Fame and Museum’s sixth annual induction ceremony was held tonight at the Charlottetown Curling Club with four curlers honoured – Wanda MacLean, Irving MacKinnon (posthumously), Don Hutchinson (posthumously) and Kim Dolan. Prior to the induction, event co-hosts Paul H. Schurman, and Tricia Affleck introduced Hall of Fame and Museum chair Jerry Muzika, who welcomed everyone to the event. Congratulations were then offered by Charlottetown City Councillor Eddie Rice, MLA Robert Mitchell, Charlottetown Curling Club President Eddie MacKenzie, Canadian Curling Association Governor Shirley Osborne, and Connor MacPhee, 2nd Vice President of the Prince Edward Island Curling Association.
Each inductee was presented with a certificate, a Hall of Fame Member Pin, donated by Consolidated Credit Union in Summerside, and a portrait by artist Wayne Wright, which will be displayed at the Charlottetown Curling Club.
Wanda MacLean and Kim Dolan were both in attendance, and expressed their appreciation for all that curling has offered them over the years, and thanked the Hall for the honour of being inducted. The late Irving MacKinnon was represented by his wife Audrey, and his daughter Irene Newman, while the late Don Hutchinson was represented by his daughter Joan MacKinnon.
Photo (L-R): Wanda MacLean, Audrey MacKinnon (wife of the late Irving MacKinnon), Joan MacKinnon (daughter of the late Don Hutchinson), Kim Dolan pose with the portraits of the inductees, from artist Wayne Wright