Special Report
January 30, 2010From the Pueblo Chieftain
by Gary Franchi
SCR's finest honored at annual Banquet
What a night for stars to shine!
None more than Paulette Arns, who was named Outstanding Club Member during the 2010 Southern Colorado Runners Banquet that was held Jan. 30 at La Renaissance restaurant in Pueblo. The program included lots of well-deserved individual recognition, raffle prizes, the naming of new officers, a super 2009 race highlight slideshow that was created by Larry Volk, and – oh yeah – a delicious meal, too.
It was all planned and choreographed by the banquet committee of Stacey Diaz, Paul LaBar, Peggy Oreskovich and Carrie Turman. Peggy served as the emcee and did an admirable job of keeping the program moving smoothly, announcing the winners of various raffle prices and adding a touch of humor at times.
While Paulette’s was the culminating award, there were plenty of other big ones given out during the evening that drew close to 100 attendees.
Major award winners were:
• Outstanding Club Member: Paulette Arns
• Male Runner of Year: Justin Ricks
• Female Runner of Year: Peggy Oreskovich
• Youth Male Runner of Year: Mike Cernoia of Pueblo West High School
• Youth Female Runner of Year: Anna Marshall of Pueblo West High
School
• Dirty Sweatsock Award: Bill Veges
The new officers for 2010, presented by outgoing president Don Pfost,
are:
• President: Paul LaBar
• Vice President: Dave Diaz
• Secretary: Mike Archuleta
• Treasurer: Paulette Arns
• Membership Chair (acting): Don Pfost
• Newsletter Editor: Ron Dehn
• Calendar Keeper: Dave Diaz
• Predict Race Coordinator: Carrie Turman
• Webmaster: Paul LaBar
Stacey presented a bottle of fine wine from the Bonacquisti Wine Company
and two super-cool SCR-engraved wine goblets to each volunteer who earned
at least 50 points during 2009.
Volunteers honored were:
Mike Archuleta, Kim Arline, Jeff Arnold, Paulette Arns, Joe Bulow, Terry
Cathcart, Ron Dehn, Anthony Diaz, Dave & Stacey Diaz, Gary Franchi,
Robin Krueger, Paul LaBar, Ruth McDonald, Hilbert Navarro, Peggy Oreskovich,
Don & Lois Pfost, Ken Raich, Shelley Riddock, Jim Robinson, Kerry
Roman, Paulette Stewart, Linda Strange, Carrie Turman, Bill Veges, Larry
Volk, Paul Vorndam and Jacqueline Wall.
Jim Robinson, the Prediction Series Coordinator in 2009, recognized the year’s top point-getters and noted that the Predict Series champion, by a margin of less than one point, was Noni Spracklin.
Don presented special awards to outstanding 2009 contributors Mike Archuleta, Paulette Arns, Terry Cathcart, Ron Dehn, Dave Diaz, Paul LaBar and Lois Pfost He also presented a special Long Distance award to Gary Franchi for his years of service to the SCR. Notable is that Gary failed to put the audience to sleep during his keynote address.
The various awards were hand crafted by club members Don, Lois and Ron as well as by Dan Miller of Pueblo Woodturners.
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