Decatur Salutes 2009 Hometown Heroes
Decatur honored 12 Hometown Heroes in 2009 for contributions made to the Decatur community: Bill and Vicki Ainslie, Michelle Bray, Bill Bryson, Greg and Nicole Coleson, Mary and Bill Flad, Gary Kronick, Dot Moye, Mercedes Pasqualetti, and Vernita Pinto.
They are pictured after receiving their medals from the Decatur City Commission at the December meeting of the Decatur Business Association.
Decatur started its Hometown Heroes program in 1996 at the close of the Hometown to the World Festival held during the Olympics. The 14-day festival was a success because of the hundreds of volunteers who helped. At the close of that festival, the City Commission honored the volunteers, and since then the Hometown Heroes awards have been presented annually. With the 2008 presentations, Decatur now boasts more over a decade of Hometown Heroes with 217 people having received this special recognition. Detailed information about the Hometown Heroes and their contributions to the community may be found at the links below.
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Hometown Heroes Through the Years
Hometown Heroes have served the community in many ways, including:
- Helping neighborhoods and neighborhood associations organize and execute a variety of activities.
- Supporting the schools by serving on committees, tutoring, babysitting, chaperoning and much more.
- Working with less fortunate neighbors and becoming actively involved in community projects.
- Serving on volunteer boards and commissions, and in local environmental and nonprofit organizations.
- Volunteering hundreds of hours for festivals and events.
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2008
Ann Berg, Carl Black, Erin Braden, Herb Chereck, Mike Curtice, Laura Deming, Jim and Matthew Dickson, Scott Drake, Ron and Kathleen Everett, Spencer Johnson, Chuck and Charlie Lewis, Nonie Ravenberg, Rhett Rhame, Jerry G. White, and Janie Yorker. |
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2007
Laura Bevins, Nick Farley, Michael Gaertner, Earnest Golding, Rob Gordick, David F. Hale, Jeanne Johnson, Jack Krost, Douglas Neal Stark and Lea Whitfield.
Special award to the Decatur Book Festival executive board: Tom Bell, Linda Harris, Richard Lenz, Alice Murray, Bill Starr, Judy Turner and Daren Wang.
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2006
Rick Brozek, Deb Burns, Haywood Curry, Dean Fenley, Amanda Jolley, Sue Leonard, J. Tom Morgan, Will Montgomery, Alex Sherrill, Bill Starr, Scott Thompson, Jim Toney, and Jim Warren.
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2005
Paige Brown , Frank Burdette , Richard Cohen , Tom Keating , Randy Lane , Janice Mathews , Alvin McNeely and Katie Pedersen , Daniel Newman , Angelo , Bette and Anthony Pitillo , Ethel Steverson , Beth Thompson , Pearl Trimble (posthumously), Beth Vann , and Leah Kennedy Vaughan. |
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2004
Jill Alikonis, Pamela Barnes, Darlene Barrett, Terri Jagger Blincoe, Vandy Vail Dickson, Patti and Gary Garrett, Edith Hambie, Kaye Hyde, Danny Ingram, Major Nesby, Patrick Putman, Elizabeth Wilson, Kimberly and Brian Zwaagstra. Special award to the Georgia Municipal Association. |
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2003
Doug Aholt, Dottie Aiken, Andrea Berry, Chris Billingsley, Cassondra Breedlove, Ruby Bock, Heather Flury, Phyllis Gilbert, Mance and Joy Jackson, Paul Jones, Julie Rhame, Becky Smith, Robert Soens. |
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2002
Lee Brown, Paul Cushing, John Hashimoto, Marceil Joyner, Shirley Kendrick, Marcia, Jill, Amy Lampe & Greg Farley (Lampe-Farley Communications, Inc.), Beth Mahaffey, Valeria Maier, Brian McGonegal, Katherine Strong, Tony Powers, Susan Ellis Purdom, Don Rigger, Cathy Vogel.
Special award to the Morse Family (Chet, Gene, Mary Ellen, Anne, Harry, Genia)
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2001
Allison Adams, Jerry Burns, Robert Brown, Fred Cavalli, Charles Cope, Rick Epting, Joanne Hauserman, Greg Levine, Kathy Masters, Stacie Monroe, Neil Norton, Louis Pichulik, Ken Rosskopf, Mary Whitehead. |
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2000
Anna Benefield, Thomas Benefield, Alma Fleetwood, Ellen Slack, Carolyn Krueger, Bill Markert, Mike Gallagher, David Crenshaw, Mary Boyd, Mark Burnette, Catherine Carter, Larry Fossett, Jan Goodloe, Jim Jarboe, JoAnn Murphey, Terry Mann, Vee Simmons. |
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1999
Bobbie Elzey, Diann Baker, Harriet Alston, Tom Barefoot, Carter Wilson (Nicholas & Valarie Wilson pictured), Emilie Markert, Jim Eley (Mattie Eley pictured), Phyllis Schwartz, Juli Fleming, Martha Clinkscales, Fran Franz, Diane Simms, Sue Ellen Owens, Gary Simms, Pete Whitlock. |
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1998
Betsy Tanner, Bob Coleman, Toni Young, Evelyn Sims, Sally Wylde, Lyn Deardorff, Jason Uchitel, Clarence DuBois, Louise Jackson, Steve Vogel, Julia Levy, Jean Quade, Jon Abercrombie, Richard White.
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1997
Carol Reap, Joanne Richardson, Paul Powell, Celia Powell, Melissa Spalding, Judy Turner, John Joyner, Liz O'Brien, Hopie Eubanks, Anne Earle, Cassondra Breedlove, Jane Harris, Fred Boykin. |
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1996
Sandy Bishop Turner, Dana Haugaard, Eddie Owen, Sydney Floyd, Jane Boykin, Cheryl Burnette, Linda Sabo, Brady Horne, Rosella Pringle, Scott Miller, Roberta E. Bayles, Beverly Dabney, Patricia Dollisch, Paula Bonaker, W.D. Wheeler, Olga Kate Morgan, John Randall, Commander B.F. Wilkins, Matt Parry, Buddy Goodloe, Pat Solomon, Weny Worrall, Michael Harbin. Not pictured: Genevieve Edwards. |
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