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Awards of Club Members

George Hixson Award
This award was named in honor of Kiwanis' first International President, 1916-1918. It was created in 1983 by the Kiwanis International Foundation to recognize outstanding Kiwanians. To help promote the IDD Program (Iodine Deficiency Disorder,) the Hixson award was extended to include $1,000 donors to the Kiwanis International Foundation, and by 1988 over $1,000,000 had been contributed. Through this program our club has honored the following club members with this award:

Gordon Low
Jay Weeks
Dick Dedrick
George Veach
Louis Landman
Gordon Fulton
Robert Crary, Jr.
Gale Touse
Ford Topping
Clare Sergeant

Erv Gilbertson
Joe Wolfe
Morley Fraser
Leo Harley
Lee Zimmerman
Jim Schlindler
Max Rubert
Gene Bills
Phillip Berkemeier

Dennis Dapra

The Tablet Of Honor Award
The Tablet of Honor Award likewise goes to outstanding members. The name of the honored member is inscribed on the Tablet of Honor, which is permanently displayed at the Kiwanis International Headquarters in Indianapolis. This award was presented to:

Harold Bell
Ken Hickey
Howard Patch

Jay Weeks
Jack Weigman

Legion Of Honor
This award distinguishes those Kiwanians for being a member for at least 25 years and each five year increment thereafter:

YEARS

35
45

MEMBER'S NAME
Paul Ingell
Phil Berkemeier & Gene Bills
Bart Bradley, Ron Markowski & Jack Weigman

Steve Fairbanks & Russ Hanson

Leo Harley

Perfect Attendance Award
The following members earned "Perfect Attendance" (52 meetings) for the year 2005-2006:

YEARS

50
35
33
29
28
23
21
20
16
15
14
13
10
9
8
6

MEMBER'S NAME
Leo Harley
Ken Hickey & Gordon Low
Joe Wolfe
Dick Dedrick
Jim Schindler
George Veach
Jay Weeks
Dennis DaPra
Gene Bills
Lee Zimmerman
Dick Erhardt & Dick Hitch
Phil Berkemeier
Bob Eberhart & Bob Malott
Pat Kiessling
Vern Brown, Elinore Currier, Jim Kolb, Herb Poulsen, Dave Ray
Eileen Lehnert, & Lydia Weeks, Brad Snyder
Herb Elfring

Jim O'Connor, Dorothy Oster, Harold Oster

Bill Hestwood

Sandy Eisele

Harold Miller, Jessica Mitchell, Don Sowers

-Content contributed by Joe Wolfe