PeterB Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 The winners of the 2013 NSPN yearly awards were announced at the Holiday Party last night .PADDLER OF THE YEAR AWARD: PRUDENCE BAXTER(The Paddler of the Year Award is given to the person who made the greatest contributions to benefit the club's membership.)TRAVERSO AWARD : CATHY FOLSTER(The Traverso Award goes to the member who has shown the most improvement through taking a "never quit “ attitude in the last year. This award is supported by a memorial gift in honor of Jim Traverso, a member who lost his life on the Sun Kosi River in Nepal in 1999. Jim was a dedicated teacher, guide, adventurer, and lover of the outdoors. ")FOUNDERS AWARD: CATHY FOLSTER(“The Founders Award is given to the person deemed by the members of the club to have done the most to keep the NSPN spirit alive by giving of themselves to better the club, in ways that may not always be visible.")"SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS" AWARD : BILL HARTER(A lighthearted, less-than-half-serious award celebrating the club member who indured the most notable insults to boat, body or personal property in the course of kayaking) Congratulations Prudence, Cathy, Cathy, and Bill! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfolster Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 A "standing" ovation to Pru.Bill, continue to play hard!Finally, and with obvious bias, I will say that Cathy truly earned both awards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnHuth Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Congratulations to Pru and Cathy - well deserved, and a great party, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Pru and Cathy, congratulations on these well deserved achievement awards. As you can can see below, Bill was glowing with pride after receiving the Hard Knocks Award.Doug Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lallen Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Congratulations to Pru, Cathy and Bill! And a big thank you to Katherine, Janice, Cathy and everyone else who made this Year's party so much fun. The Gould Barn and path looked absolutely lovely. And Katherine, tough as a school teacher, during the trivia section was the perfect MC! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyce Carpenter Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 CONGRATS to all!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lbeale Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 Thanks to the Board for all your hard work in making this a most excellent "festivies-for-the-rest-of-us" occassion.Les Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 (edited) Last night was amazing! We witnessed superb planning and execution! My compliments!Cathy, Pru and Bill, congratulations on your well deserved awards. It was an amazing season and each of you enriched the experiences for all of us!Thank you,Warren Edited December 8, 2013 by Warren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill H Posted December 8, 2013 Share Posted December 8, 2013 What a great time Karen and I had at the Holiday Party.Congratulations to Cathy and Prudence for the achievement awards.On the Award for School of Hard Knocks Award, Thank-youAlso a note of Thanks for all the donations for the Raffle.Karen + Bill HarterSee You On The Water ( PLAY HARD ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave M. Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Great night of food, fun and above all friends. Congratulations to Cathy, Pru and Bill for a job well done.Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfolster Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I got a couple of photos to come out ok. Rest didn't do so well in the low light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prudenceb Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 A really excellent party, and kudos for all the work put in by the Party Tzarinas, Katherine, Cathy and Janice. For those of you who didn't make it, you missed a terrific time. Congratulations to Cathy for her two totally deserved awards. Bill, I wish I were a good enough paddler to watch you in the conditions that won you the Hard Knocks! And thanks for all the kind words about my award.It was most excellent to be on my feet again, and seeing everyone Saturday provided inspiration (as if I needed any!) to keep up with PT so as to be ready for the spring paddling season!pru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcosloy Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 Congrats to all. Pru did you do the knee? If so good luck with that. I'm currently PT ing for my second hip with the same goal as yours. (but I hear that knees may be a tougher road than hips). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prudenceb Posted December 9, 2013 Share Posted December 9, 2013 I did TWO knees, Gene! Keep up that PT...and you'll be back in your boat, as I hope to be, too!pru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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