Award Winners

Jim Doogan Lifetime Achievement Award Winners:

1992

Doris Volzke
Jay Kerttula

1996

Neva Egan
Prentiss Gazaway
Katie Hurley

1998

Peggy Burgin
Warren Christianson
Pat Clark
Mary Combs
Jim Doogan
Helene Hennings
Nilo Koponen

2000

Ed Earnhart
Helen Fischer
Julia Garrigues
Vera Gazaway
Bill Lewis
Charlie Parr
Lydia Selkregg

2002

Tom Cashen
Diane Carpenter
Carolyn Covington
Juanita Helms
Marlene Johnson
Richard Listowski
Don Lowell

2004

John Alexander
Bob Covington
Bernard J. ‘Barney’ Gottstein
Vic Fischer
Virgie King
Brenda Knapp
Bill Parker
John ‘Jack’ Roderick
Anna Bell Stevens

2006

Fred Brown
Helen Brown
Gordon Evans
Lottie Fleeks
Carolyn Gray
Don Gray
Susan Kalen
Marilyn Miller
Mike Miller
Gordon Severson
Joe Sonnerman

2007

H.A. ‘Red Boucher’

2008

Frank Barthel
Thelma Buchholdt
Mary Ann Eininger
Frank Gwartney
Marcella Hill
Rod McCoy
Joe McKinnon
Theda Pittman
Margaret Pugh
Rhonda Roberts
John Shaw
Cal Williams

2010

Roselynn Cacy
Claudia Douglas
Clark Gruening
Daniel Karmun, Sr.
Barbara May

2012

Pat Abney
Bruce Gazaway
Barbara Gazaway
Hal Gazaway
Kimberly Metcalfe
Judy Salo
Tony Vaska

2014

Anita Thorne
Willie Hensley

2016

Fran Ulmer
Johnny Ellis

2018

Charles Degnan
Cindy Spanyers

2020

Kay Brown
Gene White

2022

Patricia Chesbro
Charity Kadow

2024

Willie Anderson

2026

Bruce Botelho

Queen Bess Awards

1988

Doris Volzke

1990

Cindy Spanyers

1992

Rosa Franks

1994

Rosalee Walker

1996

Katie Hurley

1998

Carolyn Covington

2000

Marlene Johnson

2002

Juanita Helms

2004

Julia Garrigues

2006

Patti Higgins

2008

Valerie Mittelstead

2010

Kim Metcalfe

2012

Lottie Fleeks

2014

Brenda Knapp

2016

Anita Thorne

2018

Valerie Mittelstead

2020

Elyse Guttenberg

2022

Fay Herold

2024

Nadine Lefebvre

2026

Elaine Lawrence

Hugh Malone Awards

2004

Beth Kertulla

2006

Hollis French
Les Gara

2008

Bettye Davis

2010

Johnny Ellis

2012

Mike Doogan

2014

David Guttenberg

2018

Berta Gardner

2020

Geran Tarr

2022

Chris Tuck

2026

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