Meridian Source - March 28, 2024

Twenty Questions

Each month, the Source highlights one member of the community as a fun way to bring us all closer together! This month, we featured City of Lloydminster Councillor, Lorelee Marin!

If you didn’t do what you do for a living, what would you be doing?

I am so privileged to do my work; but if I was doing something different, I would be working to transform cancer care in Alberta.

It’s Sunday morning, what are you having for breakfast?

A glorious, flavourful 2-egg omelet created by my husband.

If you could see one concert, what would it be?

I “Can’t tell you Why” but I might have to “Take it to the Limit” and as “The Last Resort” - “Take it Easy” at the “Hotel California.” Eagles in concert.

Who was your childhood celebrity crush?

Andy Gibb held the top spot with a large poster on my bedroom wall.

If you could have one super power, what would it be?

My super power would be “relationships,” the ability to create meaningful connections.

What is your favourite TV show?

Blue Bloods – I watch it faithfully. It is in its final season so I may rewatch it in retirement.

What’s your dream car?

A 1955 Ford Thunderbird two-seat convertible, red.

What’s your fast-food guilty pleasure?

DQ Small Chocolate Dipped Cone is my favourite treat, especially on a hot summer day.

Last book you couldn’t put down?

Non-fiction: The Connected Community by Cormac Russell & John McKnight, Fiction: The Return by Victoria Hislop about the Spanish Civil War.

Which person, alive or dead, would you like to have dinner with?

My favourite companions would be my husband and six grandkids but if I had an opportunity to have dinner with John Maxwell, I would clear my schedule.

What’s the one thing you haven’t done that you’d love to do?

There are so many things I would love to do, some practical and some fanciful - snorkelling in Bora Bora is top of my list.

What’s the best thing about Lloydminster?

The generosity of the people –generous with kindness, time, and support.

If we’re buying you’re having....

Seafood Paella and preferably in a little whitewash village on the southern coast of Spain. Locally, a good Alberta beef dinner.

What’s your favourite vacation destination?

Spain – my husband’s family is there, and we enjoy our time visiting but we have many villages and cities still on our list to explore.

What’s your weirdest habit?

Straightening things – I always have to line things up – I am a bit fiddly!

What’s currently playing in your car or on your smartphone right now?

I checked my phone and the last song I listened to was by local artist Elenee Young – All You’ve Done.

What’s your biggest pet peeve?

Shopping carts left in parking stalls and the worst is when they are “parked” in the handicap stalls. I simply do not understand why.

What are your words to live by?

For most of my life I have worked hard to create connection with others. It has been because of those connections that I have celebrated positive change. “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed, citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”– Margaret Mead.

Who’s your hero?

In my daily life, my husband Henry, who does “all the things” so that I can do what I do. Twentyfive years ago he was diagnosed with leukemia and had a 25 per cent chance of survival; he not only survived, but thrived and we have been richly blessed.

What was your most embarrassing moment?

One Christmas vacation, my brother asked me to ride an old roping horse he had to see what I thought of the horse. So I went for a ride and it was all good until we headed home. It was all I could do to hold the reins but a cough caused me to let up a bit and the horse was gone on a full run. Heading for the highway, I decided I needed to jump off, so I did. Unfortunately, I slid quite a ways and my pants ended up around my ankles – all captured on video. An embarrassing moment then, a funny moment all these years later.