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| Awards Ceremony |
The annual Awards Ceremony is a chance to honor local residents who have contributed to the community in various ways. Each catagory receives nominations from various civic clubs and is then voted on by representatives of those clubs.
The awards and their sponsors are:
Man of the Year, Pleasanton Lions Club
Woman of the Year, Pleasanton Rotary Club
Teenager of the Year, Alpha Chi Chi Sorority
Young Citizen of the Year, Pleasanton Young Farmers
Teacher of the Year, Pleasanton Fireman's Auxiliary
Couple of the Year, Pleasanton Women's Club
Sr. Citizen of the Year, South Texas Regional Medical Center Senior Circle
Business Person of the Year, Pleasanton Chamber of Commerce
2010 marked the 59th annual event and was held at the beautiful Lone Star Lodge near Poteet. Attendees were treated to a wine & cheese social with music by Joe Vickers. The feature speaker was William Myers of San Antonio Planning Advisers. His topic was "Preparing for the Future."
Outgoing board members were also presented with a plaque for their service - Wesley Shearrer, Outgoing President/Director; Sunny Punjani, Director; Rey Rodriguez, Director; Adrian Gutierrez, Director; Lupe Rangel, Director.
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Man of the Year - Clint Powell
Clint Powell graduated from Pleasanton High School in 1988 and served in the U.S. Air Force reserves in both Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Restore Hope. He graduated from Southwest Texas State University in 1997 and received his MBA at UTSA in 2005. He started his own business Powell Havins Financial Services in September 2001. He and his wife Ami have two children, son Hayden, 9, and daughter Morgan, 7.
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Woman of the Year - Lucinda Vickers
If anyone in Pleasanton or Atascosa County has recieved charitable assistance or benefitted from a civic project in the last 20 yrs, chances are that Lucinda Vickers was involved.
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Teenager of the Year - Katie Elmer
Katie Elmer was born in San Antonio in 1992 and resides in Pleasanton with her parents and siblings. She is a very dedicated, hard working and generous young lady. For someone who maintains such a very busy schedule, she always has a kind and pleasant attitude and is always willing to help others.
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Young Citizen of the Year - Aubrey Olle Smith
Aubrey Olle Smith was born Oct 21, 1976 in San Antonio to Michael Olle and Coral Gasch of Pleasanton.
Born and raised in Pleasanton it was at the age of 8 that she would beg her Mom to take her to the local nursing homes so she could visit and make gifts for the elderly.
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Teacher of the Year - Lela Palmer
Lela Palmer was born in Poteet, Texas, on August 30, 1942, the third child of Jake Oron (J.O.) and Genevieve Scales Boone. She grew up on the Paul White Humble Oil camp, located five miles south of Freer, Texas. She attended Freer Schools all twelve years, graduating salutatorian from FHS in 1960.
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Couple of the Year - Millie & J.D. Kvapil
The couple are both native Texans born in Runnela County near the community of Rowena in West Texas.
They met in 1957 when he was in the military and she was attending school in San Angelo. After he completed 8 years of military service, they married in 1960 in San Angelo. Later they moved to Abilene where he took a job with city government and a contracting company. Their only child, Wade, was born in 1962. After their child started school, she took a job starting out part time and eventually elevated to service manager and credit manager with Sears Roebuck Company.
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Senior Citizen of the Year - Dr. Gerald B. Phillips
Dr. Gerald B. Phillips has been a kind, caring, and compassionate member of the community for over 50 years. He never hesitates to help those in need, and is always available when anyone asks for his assistance. He built his life around God, family, and community.
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Business Person of the Year - Cindy Carr
Our 2009 Outstanding Business Person of the Year began her business endeavors early in her life. At age 8, she and her best friend started a cookie-baking company with a simple marketing strategy; they passed out warm samples of chocolate chip cookies in their neighborhood, along with homemade business cards! The strategy worked and soon, they were swamped with business.
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