Published September 24, 2025
by Jeff Thauwald
The Kiwanis Club of Spring Valley has selected Spring Valley’s EMS Coordinators Lucy Drinkall, Sue Puffer and Mike Zimmer as their 2025 Citizens-of-the Year. Club co-presidents Jay Webster and Rita Bezdicek said many great nominations were submitted but that Spring Valley’s EMS Coordinators stood out because of their long service to the community.
Lucy, Sue and Mike will be recognized by the Kiwanis Club, Sunday, October 12, at the Spring Valley Community Center. There will be a reception starting at 1:00 pm with the program to start at 1:30.
Kiwanis International is a world-wide service organization with its’ guiding principle being, “improving the world one child and one community at a time”. As such, the public has traditionally donated money to the club in honor of the selected Citizen-of-the-Year to be used for the clubs yearly Citizen-of-the-Year Scholarship which is given to a graduating Kingsland senior. Donations this year may be brought to the community center on the 12th or sent to: Kiwanis Club of Spring Valley, P.O. Box 133, Spring Valley, MN 55975, in recognition of Spring Valley’s EMS Coordinators.
