NOBPA AWARDS & RECOGNITION
Gail Myers Founders Award
This award commemorates the life of Gayle Myers who, along with her husband and partner Ken, made a sustained, selfless contribution to the Northeast Ohio Balloon Pilots Association (NOBPA).
This award is the highest honor NOBPA can bestow on a member. In order to be eligible for this award, the individual must have been a member of NOBPA for at least 15 years and over that time demonstrated the same sort of sustained, selfless contribution to NOBPA that we all think of when remembering Gayle Myers.
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Recipients of this award include:
2023: Marie Russell
2016: Penny Suttle
2015: Dick Rossen
2014: Lynee Bixler
2013: Alex Jonard
2012: Beth Davidson
2011: Paul Suttle
2010: Mike Emich
2009: Bill Cloninger
2008: Beverly Zanella
2007: Maury Sullivan
2006: Ken Myers
2005: Fred Muffet
2004: Carol Weiner
2003: Bob Zanella
Spirit of Annie Award
This award recognizes an Observer, Official or Event Worker who personifies the "Spirit of Annie"
"Being the Best You Can Be"
With the ability to interact positively with people from all aspects of ballooning.
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Recipients of this award include:
2010: Dottie Humbert
2010: Bob Humbert
2008: Maury Sullivan
2007: Jim McKenney
2006: Barb Davis
2005: Beverly Zanella
2004: J. W. Byrd
2003: Morgan Schrader
2002: Bill McLaughlin
2001: Jim Diball
2000: Kim Wilson
1999: Josh Swallow
1998: Patty Cramer
1997: Mike Tuten
1996: Donna McTavish
1995: Sally Shields
1994: Tom Tyler
1993: Gil Prine