John Mitchler received the Jakk Longacre Award at the NJ09 Convention.
The Award is the highest the club offers. There is only one other living person who has received the award.
The Award was in recognition of John’s considerable efforts on the newsletter and the fact that virtually all club correspondence goes through him.
This years selections for the “Paul Zumwalt Award” are David Liaño, Tracey Barrett and Steve Koski.
David volunteered to take Guru Jakk’s ashes to the top of Mount Everest at the request of one of our members Stuart Smith. He completed his mission and also completed havivg Jakk’s ashes scattered at all of the “World’s Seven Summits.”
While climbing Lhotse this spring, Stuart met David, who, after summiting Lhotse on May 21st, took some ashes from him and summited Mount Everest five days later, on May 26th!
Tim Webb, Club President and longtime member, received the “Vin Hoeman Award” at this years convention held in Arizona. Tim has been a huge club supporter and was one of the driving forces behind the “Jakk Longacre Highpointers Memorial” on Taun Sauk Ridge in Missouri. He spent much of his own time and money talking to the right people in Missouri and taking his surveying crews there to finalize things.
The Frank Ashley Award named after the author of the first state highpointing guidebook, is bestowed “in recognition for significant volunteer service to the Club in the year prir to the annual membership meeting.”
Any member can nominate a candidate.
With the nomination, the submitter should include a short description of the service and contribution that the nominee has made to the Club.
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