2020 Annual Awards Banquet & State of the City Address
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AWARD RECIPIENTS HISTORY
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Agriculture 1975 Fred Starrh 1976 Jack Sill 1977 C.J. Vignolo 1978 Harlin Wilson 1979 Marvin Kirschenmann 1980 Emanuel Neuman 1981 Clyde Zachary 1982 Jack Stepp 1983 W.C. Handel 1984 John Nickelsen 1985 Kermeth Anderson 1986 John Turner 1987 Art Penner 1988 Don Camp Sr. 1989 Gary Wilson 1990 T.N. Anderson 1991 Leroy Kirschenmann 1992 Marvin Weidenbach 1993 Hernstedt Farms 1994 Mitchell Farms 1995 Lyle Carter 1996 Dr. Richard Garber 1997 Lowell Bergman Vernon Isaac 1998 W.C. Handel & Sons 1999 Gerald Ford 2000 Leland Bell 2001 Stan Wilson 2002 Dennis Atkinson 2003 O.D. Handel & Sons 2008 Calvin Goehring 2009 Peter Reimer 2010 Lyle Carter 2011 Bloemhoff Custom Harvesting/ Supreme Almonds 2013 Kenny Kirschenmann 2014 John Ohanneson 2015 Greg Palla 2016 Santa’s Farm 2017 Grapery 2018 Espericueta Farms, Inc. 2019 South Valley Farms 2020 The Garlic Company Architecture/City Beautification 2006 Sequoia School 2008 Congregational Church 2009 Jeff Millwee, Richland Chevrolet 2011 Church of Christ 2013 New Hope Community Church 2014 City of Shafter Centennial Murals 2016 Geronimo & Maria Llanas Giovanni’s Italian Eatery 2017 Dr. Ayodeji & Shike Ayeni Shafter Pediatrics 2018 Taco Bell Architecture Contributing to Business Revitalization 2006 429 Central Ave Wilson Family 2016 Shafter Medical Pharmacy Arts - Individual 2006 Cris Starrh 2013 Mike Kotrla 2013 Larry Starrh |
Arts - Group
2006 Junior Miss Committee 2018 COLOURS Committee 2020 Cinco de Mayo Committee Athletic 1971 Earl Williams 1973 Curly James 1975 Randy White 2011 David Armendariz Business 1977 Jack Colvard, Sr. 1978 Ivan Meyer 1979 Robert Ogle 1980 Bud Johnson 1981 Ed Brown 1982 Robert Millwee 1983 Jack Nikkel 1984 Marj Siemens 1985 Don Little 1986 Mike Hair 1987 Rod Wiens 1988 John Fabrie 1989 Pat & Carlos White 1990 Ray Cummings 1991 Frank Woo 1992 Wyman Stark 1993 Biloff Mfg. 1994 Becker Ins. Agency 1995 Ray Schill 1996 Andy Russell 1997 Robert Millwee 1998 Farm Pump & Irrigation 1999 Paul Charon 2000 Dan Smith/Holiday Ford 2001 Jesse Escobedo 2002 Shafter Automotive 2003 Shafter Transmission & Smog 2008 Gavino “Rod” Rodriguez 2009 Mission Bank 2010 Williams- Sonoma 2011 JD Rush Company 2013 Baker Hughes 2014 Target Distribution 2015 Dr. Michael Hair 2016 American Tire Distributors 2017 JS Ag. Packaging, Inc. 2018 Bakersfield Pipe and Supply 2019 Dixieline Lumber 2020 Carrington of Shafter |
Citizen of the Year
1955 H.W. “Pat” Kelly 1956 S.A. Camp 1957 Em. H. Mettler 1958 E.B. Stringham 1959 Adolf Kirschenmann 1960 Pioneers of Shafter 1961 John Turner 1962 Rita Jacobsen 1963 Joe Frizzell 1964 Rolf Jacobsen 1965 Joe O’Brien 1966 Harvey Gaede 1967 Mr & Mrs. A.P. Ohanneson 1968 Eleanor Kelly 1969 Shafter Lions Club 1970 Mr. & Mrs. Frank Wisner 1971 Bob Bann 1972 Mrs. Willis Miller 1973 Al Nikkel 1974 Mr. & Mrs. Roger Fenderson 1975 Mert Wiedmann 1976 G.H. “Ben” Grundy 1977 Richard Larson 1978 Martha Novak 1979 H.B. Cooper 1980 Greeta Pasley 1981 Vernon Pierce 1983 Jerry Schmidt 1984 Elmer Unruh 1985 Rev. & Mrs. Chris Ummel 1986 Donald Zachary 1987 G.H.“Ben” Grundy 1988 Priscella Barber 1989 Cathy Prout Dr. Harold Freedman 1990 Gary Ingle 1991 Linda Gragg 1992 Jean Johnson 1993 Shafter Teen Challenge 1994 Rev. Dean Long 1995 Dave Edmiston 1996 Jerry Schaefer 1997 Joe Kirk 1998 Bill Prout 1999 Gretchen Kirk 2000 Cathy Morgan 2001 Rick Sharp 2002 Jon Johnston 2003 Dolores Robinson 2010 Gary Ingle 2012 Antoinette Johnston 2013 Garry Nelson 2014 Cathy L. Prout 2015 Jon Johnston 2016 Debbe Haley 2017 Jack “Woody” Colvard 2018 Ronald Pierce 2019 Angel Jimenez Commercial Remodel 2006 Don Perico’s Restaurant 2010 Insect Lore 2011 Ramona Herrera, State Farm Insurance 2015 Frank Russell, Inc 2016 Ford Theater 2019 McDonald's Shafter 2020 Basham & Lara Funeral Care |
Community Service
1968 KWSO Radio Shafter Press KERO-TV Ch. 23 1969 Mrs. Dorothy Whisler Betty Petrie Lucille Bongberg 1970 Grady Bartlett Bill Pitcher Adolph Goertzen Barbara Todd Eleanor Kelly Nadine Muir 1971 Lew Carroll Gene Denari-KBAK TV 1972 Clara Schnaidt Ben Grundy Merv Huston 1973 Estela Casas 1974 Ed Bender 1975 Pat Richardson 1976 Bill Banks, Cathy Prout 1977 Mike Byrd 1978 Donald Zachary 1979 Darl Moyer 1980 Stan Wilson 1981 Sharon Biloff Kay Millwee 1982 Clara Schnaidt-Miller 1983 Bill & Evelyn Walker 1984 Danny Escalante 1985 Bev Hawkins 1986 Joe Kirk 1987 John Guinn 1988 Gretchen Kirk Pat Wilson Rod Tidwell Teen Challenge 1989 Gary Ingle 1990 Mel Parrett 1991 Kiwanis Club 1992 Sorpotimist International 1993 Jack “Woody” Colvard 1994 Dave Anderson 1995 Martha Ingle 1996 Randy & Cheryl Toews 1997 Garry Nelson 1998 John Stockton 1999 Roy & Deanna Root 2000 Judy New 2001 AmeriCorps 2002 Gary Rodriguez 2003 Ronda Martin 2009 Cathy L. Prout 2010 Karen Wilkins 2012 Hilda Osorio 2013 Kiwanis Harvest Festival 2014 Angel Jimenez 2014 Animal Shelter Volunteers Janice Anders Fernando Gomez Edith Lopez Genevieve Roberts 2015 Shafter Police Explorers 2017 Arlie Smith 2018 Stan Wilson 2019 Phillip Jimenez 2020 Kiwanis Club of Shafter Corporate Citizen of the Year 2019 California Resources Corporation |
Education - Individual
2006 Ken Gross 2008 Gilbert Alvarado 2011 Jan Nelson 2012 David Franz 2014 Melissa Bergen 2015 Natalie Feinberg 2016 Ken Gross 2017 Devin Shaffer 2018 Helen Gaede 2019 JoAnne Carrillo 2020 Rosa A. Romero Education - Group 2006 Shafter High School Faculty 2012 Golden Oak Elementary 2013 Richland Junior High Algebra Teachers 2017 Project Lead the Way Shafter High School 2018 Grimmway Academy Education - Support Staff Award 2016 Pam Penner 2017 Maria Zachary 2018 Carmen Cleveland 2019 Margaret Ramirez 2020 Sherry Belluomini Humanitarian 1968 Rev. & Mrs. Chris Ummel 1969 Rev. Henry Dick 1992 Helen Crawford 1993 Dr. Thomas Leigh 1994 Jae Joon Kim, M.D. Jong C. Moon M.D. 1995 Winnie Bartel 1996 Shafter Chaplains- Ables, Long,Pulido, Gerbrandt, Natal, Vaca 1997 Partricia Everett 1998 Sandy Armstrong 2000 Mert Wiedmann 2001 Healthy Start 2002 Gerald Lewis 2003 Shafter Community Chest 2006 Eldalene Peters Shafter Rotary 2008 Janet Johnson 2009 Target Distribution Center 2010 Anthony Cisneros Pappy’s Coffee Shop 2011 Roseann Rios 2012 Pastor Michael Polley 2013 Roy Ramirez Leadership 2014 John D. Guinn 2018 Brent Green 2020 Russell Shipley Public/Private Partnership 2006 Shafter City Council 2008 Charlie Fivecoat 2011 Shafter Police Activities League Program 2012 Valley Steel Construction 2013 Karla Bloemhof 2015 Shafter Learning Center Daniel Stewart, Sherry Gomez, Jeff Frapwell |
Shafter Ambassador
2009 Ralph Fruguglietti Special 1975 Nina Leigh 1976 Earl Johnson 1985 John Kattenhorn 1989 Margaret Christensen 1991 Jack “Woody” Colvard 1993 Benjamin & Jackie Langford 1994 Elizabeth Peters 1995 Robert C. Diltz 2001 Stephanie Bender 2006 Paul Charon 2008 June Nikkel 2012 Lou Gomez 2017 Paul Vincent Charon 2017 William Maurice Prout 2018 Christine Wilson 2018 Priscilla Neufeld Shafter Women’s Club 2018 The Scotts Company 2019 Darren Williams 2019 Grimmway Academy 2020 Priscilla Barajas 2020 Redwood Elementary / Richland Jr. High Cafeteria Staff Special City Council Recognition 2006 Larsen Jensen Young Person 1966 Dick Witcher 1971 Tim Robnett 1974 Jan Dargatz 1991 Matt Guinn Adalberto Lara 1992 Ruth Lambert 1995 Aubrey Edgmon 1996 Jacob Nixon 1997 Sarah Bergen 1998 Jordan Lewis 1999 Stephen Penner 2000 Meagan Clutter 2001 Jesse Garcia 2002 Angela Wiedmann 2003 Katie Bergen 2006 Allison Peters 2008 Savannah Matthews 2009 Anna Jelmini 2011 Kaley Mulligan 2012 Eliazar Sanchez II 2013 Tiana Garcia 2014 Irania Rivera 2015 Emily Enns 2016 Juan Manuel Plascencia 2017 Mia Faith Arredondo 2018 Yuosif Hussein 2019 Marco Rodriguez 2020 Jackson Sanchez Youth Development 2006 Terry Lewis 2008 Gladiator Football Albert Barrera Vince Duffy Gilbert Rodriguez 2009 Brandi Root 2010 5th Quarter Program, Shafter Mennonite Brethren Church 2011 Cain Maldonado 2013 Eli Espericueta 2013 Miguel Ayon 2014 Angie Velarde 2015 Ricky Ishida 2016 Shafter Recreation & Parks District 2017 Brandon Sanders 2018 Bobbi Camacho 2019 Jerald Pierucci 2020 Sharon Wiebe |
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