Nominees: Phil Oakley, Mary Haslebacher, Tom & Susan Robertson

Winners:
Tom & Susan Robertson

Horizon Award
In recognition of the Junior Member of the Willamette Agate & Mineral Society for support of the club and who most shows promise to be a lifelong rockhound.

Nominees: all junior members, including Naomi & Ariana, Zach Abbas, and Russell & Sierra Hurtado.

Winners:
Russell & Sierra Hurtado

New Member of the Year Award
In recognition of the new member of the Willamette Agate & Mineral Society who has most shown enthusiasm and dedication toward supporting the club and promoting the hobby of rockhounding. Qualifications: All members who officially joined WAMS after Jan. 04.

Nominees: JoAnn Kobel, Steve Lawrence, Ted & Vicki Johnson.

Winner:
Steve Lawrence

Field Trip Achievement Award
In recognition of the Member of the Willamette Agate & Mineral Society who has gone above and beyond normal activity to collect a rock, gem, or mineral during a sanctioned field trip.

Nominees: Ted Silver, Ken Leith, Kristi Edwards, Dan Groah, Rob Leedy, and Chuck Hunt.

Winner:
Kristi Edwards for stepping up to organize field trips and finding the largest agate on the Ochoco Trip.

Program of the Year Award
In appreciation of the member of the Willamette Agate & Mineral Society who provided the most entertaining program at a general meeting.

Nominees: Aaron Currier for Collecting on the Oregon Coast and Obsidian; Kit Leshk & Rob Leedy on Rock Tumbling, Nancy Plummer on Maps, Kit Leshk on Safety and Tools, Janice Van Cura on Competitive Displays, and Dan Groah on China Stone Carvings.

Winner:
Dan Groah

Multifarious Award
In recognition of the member of the Willamette Agate & Mineral Society who was most resourceful, creative, and multifarious with the use of „letters of the alphabet‰ for show and tell.

Nominees: Susan Appleby, Joe Start, Ted Silver, Janice Van Cura, and Rob Leedy.

Winner:
Janice Van Cura

Community Awareness Award
In appreciation of the member of the Willamette Agate & Mineral Society who most provided information to membership regarding important issues affecting the hobby of rockhounding.

Nominees: Kit Leshk, Aaron Currier, Dan Groah for Oregon Council, Ted Silver for activities regarding the Senior Center, Janine Owens for editing the newsletter, Susan Appleby for managing the website, and Dexter Leonard for Federation reporting.

Winner:
Susan Appleby

Excellence in Education Award
In appreciation of the member of WAMS who has most supported the education of children toward the sciences and hobby of rockhounding.

Nominees: Ted Silver, Aaron Currier, Kit Leshk, Art & Joyce Winters, Debbie Eisenhut, Emily Start, and Jennifer Ferrell.

Winner:
Jennifer Ferrell

Inspirational Rockhound of the Year Award
In recognition of the member of the Willamette Agate & Mineral Society who most promoted the hobby of rockhounding. Qualifications: Everyone who collected rocks, led field trips to collect rocks, and/or taught members about rock collecting, lapidary, and identification.

Nominees: Ted Silver, Aaron Currier, Janine Owens, Lucille Sams, Janice Van Cura, Rudy Appleby.

Winner:
Ted Silver

WAMS Outstanding Member of the Year
In recognition of the member of the Willamette Agate & Mineral Society who most promoted the club. Qualifications: Everyone who is a standing member of WAMS

Nominees: Ray Plummer, Ray and Nancy Plummer, Janice Van Cura, Joe & Janice Van Cura, Ted Silver, Ted & Geri Silver and Tom & Susan Robertson.

As you know, the Federation Show was hosted by WAMS this year... a first for our club and it was a resounding success. Thanks goes to so many people for stepping up to do a lot of work to make it happen. Without the efforts of dozens of people, equally deserving of the Outstanding Member award this time around, it would not have been the success it was. We all know how this started a couple of years ago, after numerous years of the Federation executives requesting we take our turn to host the big show. Janice volunteered to direct the show and many others agreed to chair committees. It took 2 years of planning and follow through and included some efforts by people to pick up slack when others couldn&Mac226;t complete their tasks.

One great example was Ray Plummer, who not only did a fantastic job with his elected duties of vice-president and membership chair, but did a ton of work for the Albany show, from making the database, nametags, maps, and handling an awful lot of details at the show itself. Then he took over the management of getting the display cases finished and arranging work parties for all the tasks to get done. He just went way beyond the call of duty this year!

Throughout the time, Janice and Joe stuck to their commitments and by the end of it all not only did they complete the task, but they inspired the rest of us, and together we set the bar for the annual Federation Show at a record height. Good luck Longview!

So for directing the Federation Show & managing the facilities and security. And... newsletter article submissions, consistently educational and entertaining show and tell specimens, providing a lecture on competitive displays, and help in so many other areas, I present the Outstanding Member of the Year award, as voted on by the membership

Janice & Joe Van Cura

Congratulations one and all!