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Community Awards History

Citizen of the Year | Cornerstone and From the Heart | Most Wanted | Business of the Year and Entrepreneur of the Year

Man of the YearYearWoman of the Year
Ted Jacobs1963
Bob Harrison1964
Austin Clark1965
George Koenig, Jr.1966
John Peeples1967
Louis Coutu1968
Al Edlund1969
Gene Post1970
Moritz Kerndt1971
Ted Judge1972
Joe Stewart1973
John Held1974Mary Rawson
Joe Hergert1975Gerry Cady
Salida Firemen1976Hoppy Randolph
Leon Stanton1977Donna Lawyer
Dick Tuttle1978Evelena Carter
Charles Melien1979Elsie Stallsworth
Mervin Aude1980Carol Kellerman
Steve Frazee1981Norma Conroe
Jeff Snyder1982Karen Morrison
Merle Baranczyck1983Haelen Nachtrieb
John Breicha1984Joann Gleason
Tony Aiello1985Charlene Chacon
Steve Hall1986Georgiana Smith
Brad Craig1987Nancy Sanger
Charles Forster1988Terry Barkett
Wes Hill1989Pat Brooks
Carl Larson1990Peg Arnett
Tad Hascall1991Mary Purdy
Richard Harris1992Mabel Hall
Glen Everett1993Pat Haffey
Tom Bruenich1994Janis Edmonds
Terry Scanga1995Margaret Alexander
Mike Bowers1996Judy Fender
David Potts1997Katherine Granzella
Ken Brandon1998Karin Naccarato
Danny Granzella1999Marti Thomas
Steve Best2000Donna Rhoads
Art Gentile2001Jean Dilatush
Wendell Hutchinson2002Donna Coupland
Dave Taliaferro2003Vickie Sue Vigil
Ed Lambert2004Bonnie McDonald
Larry Smith2005Tangie Granzella
Tim Glenn2006Janet Burkhart
Sam Johnson2007Kathleen Nelson
Dick Michaud2008Linda Foster
Jeff Post2009Cinda Riley
Rusty Granzella2010Cathy Haruf
Bob Grether2011Lisa Marvel
Larry Kovacic2012Patti Arthur
Chris Collins2013Karen Dils
John Diesslin2014Kim Bouldin
Frank Holman2015Elaine Allemang
Dan Johnson2016Jennifer Dempsey
Eric Moltz2017Rose Bayless
Michael Varnum2018Cindy Williams
Gary Buchanan2019Maggie Falconi
Josh Hadley2020Andrea Carlstrom
Brian Beaulieu2021Dominique Naccarato
Citizen of the Year2022Heather Adams
CornerstoneYearFrom the Heart
N/A2001Pat Lucero
Glenn Everett2002Bonnie Poser
Charles Forster2003Ben Oswald
Jeff Snyder2004Steve Borbas
Bob & Katy Grether2005Jackie Berndt
N/A2006Kevin Nelson
Janice Edmonds2007Cheri Schleicher
Stan Provenza2008Shawn Gillis
Dr. William Mehos2009Pat Duletzky
Arlin Piper2010Cheryl Walker
Bill Murphy2011Sandy/Brad Love
Stew Brown2012Debbie Eggleston
Jim McCormick2013Earle Kittleman
Dave Potts2014Gayle Anne Dudley
Ginny Bigelow2015Jennifer Dempsey
Merle Baranczyk2016David Wood
Tom Eve2017Chris Bainbridge
Karen and Carl Hasselbrink2018Vickie Sue Vigil
Terry Scanga2019Marilyn Bouldin
N/A2020Elaine Allemang
Don Kaess Sr.2021Jim Wilson
Ken Brandon and Ilona Witty2022Janet Franz
Business of the YearYEAREntrepreneur of the Year
Fabulous Finds Emporium2001
C.J. & Company2002
Bongo Billy’s2003
High Country Bank2004
Diesslin Structures2005
Murdoch’s2006
Moltz Construction2007
Pinon RE Group2008
Neighbor to Neighbor/Chaffee Shuttle2009
Absolute Bikes2010
Amicas2011
Monarch Mountain2012
Roxy’s Bottle Shop2013
Moonlight Pizza2014Elevation Beer Co.
Heart of the Rockies Radio Group2015Wood’s High Mountain Distillery
Salida School District2016Terry Brown (posthumously)
The Hodgepodge2017Rob & Sarah Gartzman
Soulcraft Brewing2018Scotty Hughes
Walke & Associates2019David Blackburn & Salida School District R-32-Jc
The Alliance2020Heart of the Rockies Anytime Fitness
Chaffee County Public Health2021Anita Kudasic of American Classic Inn
Collegiate Peaks Bank2022Julie Mach
Most WantedYEAR
Chris Parameter
J.W. Wilder
Casey Swanson
2001
Darwin Hibbs2002
Mike Harvey2003
Ada Turley2004
Cheryl Smith2005
Tony Medone2006
Jack/Jerri Lines2007
Greg Ralph2008
Margy Brown2009
April Prout2010
FIBArk Board of Directors2011
Rob/Donna Prescott2012
Dan Sack2013
Jody & Jim LiVecchi and Barbara & Larry Williams2014
Greg Felt2015
Wiley Middleton2016
Dean Johnson2017
Lori Roberts2018
Wendell Pryor2019
Barbara Pearson-Sawyer2020
Dave Armstrong & Steve O’Neill of Salida Sunrise Rotary2021
Dow Stewart2022