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About forty members and guests showed up at the Brookshire Inn in Williamston
for the Annual Meeting and Awards Banquet. |
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Stacy Kotecki had taken charge of the event - and what a job she did
organizing it. Tables decorated in festive colors added pizzaz, and clean
plates attested to the quality of banquet offerings. |
| Alanna Harvey, Sunfish Fleet Captain, was joined by daughter Laura and
Laura's Fiance. John Fishbeck was recognized as Fleet Champion. Jim Fletcher
was 2nd, Gil Chesbro 3rd, Neil Harrison 4th, Dave Vietti 5th, Dennis Dudley
6th and Susanna Tellschow 7th. |
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Susanna Tellschow was recognized as the most improved sailor during 2004
in Sunfish Fleet sailing. The award is given to the person with the biggest
difference in score from the first half of the season to the second half. |
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Fleet Captain Pat Dolan presented the Laser awards along with a pictures
and stats PowerPoint Show. Mike Moody was 1st by four points over Doug
Carlson. Olav Messerschmidt took 3rd place while George Siegle was 4th.
Pat Dolan was 5th, Blaine Severin 6th, Bob Miller 7th and Dave MacKenzie
8th. |
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There were great door prizes - thanks to Dave MacKenzie. Here Doug Crawford
draws a ticket for the next winner as mom Margaret looks on. |
| Lisa Winters, the 2003 co-winner of the Rookie Crew of the Year award,
was on hand to join in the festivities. During the Annual Meeting portion
of the evening, Lisa was elected to serve as an At-Large Member of the
Board of Directors. Lisa was a regular crew member on "Moody's Booty". |
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Merrick Hurlbutt with regular crew members
Scott Watkins and Adrianne Tuttle participated in the festivities. As last
year's recipient of the Flying Wedge Award, Merrick gave the trophy to
himself for being the skipper of a port boat that had contact with a boat
on starboard. |
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Jim Fletcher had the honor of presenting the Jon C. Stoval Particularly
Peculiar Award. Entertaining the group with a slate of nominees, Jim finished
by taking a vote to see who most merited the award this year. The group
favored Larry Koster for special crew work involving the launching of "Bananas" at
the Michigan District Lightning Championship which saw the lifting bridle
give way. Also, for his insistence on a hiking strap being installed in
the boat which Jim Fletcher saw Larry trip over four times and use not
at all. |
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Doug Crawford was presented with the Junior Sailing Award. Doug was a
student in the Junior Sailing Class held last June - and then began racing
a borrowed Optimist in August. Doug has a great sailing future ahead of
him. |
| Mike Moody was runner up in the Lightning Fleet. Joining Mike on the
dias to be recognized were "Moody's Booty" regulars Lisa Winters and Ken
Knight. Blaine Severin was in attendance with crew members Julie Pierce
and Tom Deits to receive the third place award. Neil Harrison took home
the fourth place award with crew members Alanna Harvey and John Quensen. |
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Lightning Fleet Captain Geoge Siegle awarded the season championship
trophy to Pat Dolan. |
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The "Wind Dancer" team: Gil Chesbro, Stacy Kotecki, Pat Dolan, Susanna
Tellschow and Bob Miller (left to right). They won both the Season Championship
in the Lightning Fleet and the Half Season Championship. |
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To cap off the evening, Doug Carlson was chosen to receive the "Ron
Wilson Award", recognizing a club member that most demonstrates
the club dedication, active racing participation and enthusiasm for sailing
exemplified by the late club member Ron Wilson. |
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