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TUCSON 2002
CONVENTION
AWARDS PRESENTED
April 11 - 13, 2002
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George Spader Award
Service Awards
Honor Clubs
Silver Medal Award
Meritorious
Achievement Award Spade
Club Awards
Newsletters
Trowel Club Awards
Photography Youth
Gardening
Scholarship Awards
Awards listed below in the order presented.
Youth Gardening:
For the outstanding Youth Gardening
programs in TGOA/MGCA:
- Clifford Hall - Gardeners Club of Green Bay
- Club Award - Northland Gardeners of America,
Janice Hawk, President. Mo-Kan Region
Photography: Best of Show Winners
2nd Runner-up: Donald P. Delmez, Gardeners of St.
Charles
Japanese Iris, Iris ensata, 'Mai-Ogi'
1st Runner-up: Paul Hartman, Gardeners Club of Green Bay
Rose, Rosa odorata, 'Voodoo'
Best of Show: Donald P. Delmez, Gardeners of St.
Charles
Japanese Iris Seedling, 'Iris ensata'
Sweepstakes Award: For the most blue ribbons:
Rodney Toth, Men's Garden Club of Youngstown
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Service Awards:
- TGOA Palm Beach Garden Club
FL 1/27/97 5 yrs
- Greenville MGCA
SC 4/07/97 5 yrs
- The Rankin County GOA
MS 2/24/92 10 yrs
- East Valley Gardeners Club
AZ 1/02/87 15 yrs
- Gardeners of Western PA
PA 6/20/87 15 yrs
- Gallatin County MGC
MT 5/18/82 20 yrs
- Burlington MGC
NC 1/02/77 25 yrs
- MGC of North Iowa
IA 1/02/77 25 yrs
- GOA Overland Park
KS 1/02/77 25 yrs
- Gardeners of St Charles County MO
1/02/77 25 yrs
- TGOA-Monterey Peninsula
CA 10/09/67 35 yrs
- MGC of Erie County
OH 1/05/62 40 yrs
- Foothill MGC
CA 2/01/62 40 yrs
- Maple City MGC
MI 1/02/57 45
yrs
- Fulton County Garden Club
OH 12/01/52 50 yrs
- Rockford Area GOA
IL 12/23/47 55 yrs
- Santa Rosa MGC
CA 4/04/47 55 yrs
- MGC of Minneapolis
MN 1/02/42 60 yrs
- Akron MGC
OH 1/02/37 65 yrs
- MGC of Syracuse
NY 11/16/37 65 yrs
- MGC of Des Moines
IA 9/26/32 70
yrs
- Fort Wayne GOA
IN 9/26/32 70
yrs
Honor Clubs: Percent
Increase in Membership
- Mo-Kan
Mission Springs GOA KS 35.7 %
- Ozark
Gardeners of Parkway MO 33.3 %
- Central Great Lakes Fulton County GC
OH 25.0 %
- Rocky Mountain
Denver GOA
CO 25.0 %
- Illinois-Wisconsin
Rochelle GOA
IL 20.0 %
- Blue Ridge
Spartanburg MGC SC
19.8 %
- Illinois-Wisconsin GC
of Green Bay
WI 18.7 %
- Florida-Georgia
Marietta Gardeners Club GA 13.9 %
- Arizona-New Mex. East Valley Garden Club
AZ 12.9 %
- Florida-Georgia Mountain Shadow G.
Club GA 12.1 %
George Spader Award:
For the greatest percent increase in membership over the
previous year:
Mo-Kan
Lake Lotawana Garden Club MO
120 %
Newsletters:
Editor Newsletter
Club
Class A:
1st place:
Bob PLoger The Green Thumb
First MGC of Dallas, TX
2nd place: Brad Lucht The Manure Spreader
Greater Kansas City GOA
Class B:
1st place: Karen Williams The Nite Crawler
The Gardeners of Spokane, WA
2nd place: Geraldine Herman The Manure Spreader
Stow Community Garden Club, OH
3rd place: Harry Ofverstedt The Sprout
GOA Overland Park, KS
Class C:
1st place: Teresa Edgar Horticulture Highlights
Olathe GOA, KS
2nd place: Betty Stokes The PHD
Hill and Dale Garden
Club, Cherokee Village, AR
3rd place: Kathy Lasanta & Rhonda Yabrow
The Gardeners Corner
Marietta Gardeners Club, GA
Spade Club Awards:
For recruiting new members.
Club with highest percent of participants:
Greater Kansas City GOA _ 13 Spade Club Members for 2002
One Year Spade Club Members - 37 - Various clubs.
Two Year Spade Club Members - 10 - Various clubs.
Four Year spade Club Members - 4 - Various clubs.
Five Years:
- Betty Fletcher
Blue Springs MO
- Charles Thompson Dallas
TX
- Francis Weng
Akron
OH
Six Years:
- John Hunt
Richardson TX
- F. Donald Lewis
Palm Beach FL
- Miles Raymond
Olathe
KS
- Eleanor Walsh
Kansas City MO
Seven Years:
- Velma Walker
Emporia
KS
- John Walsh
Kansas City MO
Ten Years:
- Grace Brasher
Kansas City MO
- Jack Fletcher
Blue Springs MO
Thirteen Years:
- Theodore Bale
Canfield
OH
- Leno Laner
New Middletown OH
Fourteen Years:
- Charles Brasher
Kansas City MO
Seventeen Years:
- Robert M. Smoker
Tecumseh KS
Nineteen Years:
- Dale D. Luthi
Kansas City MO
Trowel Club Awards:
For recruiting new members
who renew for a 2nd year.
30 Trowel Club Members for 2002 from 20 clubs.
Gardeners Club of Green Bay had 4 Trowel Club Members.
Scholarship Awards:
Candidate
Affiliation
Score
Maricela Rojas
Richland Col. - Dallas MGC
572
Vincente Tremonte Ohio State - Akron MGC
563
Chris Wiesinger
Texas A & M - Austin MGC
556
Brenda Madkin
Richland Col. - Dallas MGC
556
Laura Nackerud
Hennepin Tech - Coon Rapids, MN 547
Silver Medal Award:
In recognition of a TGOA/MGCA
member for outstanding service to the national organization:
Presented to:
James A. Tracey - member of:
The Rockford Area Gardeners of America
The Tucson Gardeners of America
President of TGOA/MGCA in 1992
Meritorious Achievement
Award: A special unique
award never given before. For long, dedicated and capable
service to the organization as National Treasurer, President
and Past President:
Presented to: Ronald A. Heggen
- member of:
Men's Garden Club of Des Moines
President of TGOA/MGCA in 2000
National Treasurer for many years.
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