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Awards Ceremony, April 2002
A festive mood was set on the 5th of April when the Chapter held it's always popular Awards Ceremony.
Manny Kugler, our premier master of ceremonies greeted the attendees with his own homegrown sweet peas and welcoming smile.
The ineffible "Prince Myshkins delighted us with their wry humor and clever musical satire.
The Silver Cup was handed over to long time activist Jeanne Davies.
Jeanne joined the Sierra Club in 1967. Early on she began work on cutting edge issues, such as the Energy Committee. She helped the City decide to provide a subsidy for increasing insulation in homes, around hot water heaters,and windows.
Jeanne next turned her thoughts towards Recycling which came on the scene in the Eighties,at the National Sierra Club. Jean helped organize the national committee, and was soon recognized as "The Expert" on Zero Waste, an effort to avoid any waste products not recyclable. At the Chapter's Conservation committee, Jeanne showed us how to afix an address tag on aluminum or plastic cola bottles, send them back to the manufacturer, and suggested a method to identify the containers as recyclable. Manufacturers ended up with thousands of tons of empty bottles in their mail pouches. Containers began appearing with codes of "1" or "2" with curving arrows to designate a level of recyclability. A new industry was born.
Jeanne then asked the City to provide special residential containers for recyclable items in the trash collections. After initially resisiting the expense, the City started a program in selected neighborhoods with small containers for plastic, glass and paper. Gradually, other areas are being phased in, with total coverage expected in the next few years.
Jeanne gradually shifted her efforts to solid wastes, becoming the State Chair of this committee. The sewage sludge contains toxins which contaminate commercial crops. The committee worked to adopt stiffer requirements for the treated waste material, with some success. Into the nineties Jeanne stayed on as Vice Chair of the Chapter's Conservation Committee, showing great interest in land use such as defeating the proposed Gregory Canyon Landfill. We are priviledged to show Jeanne our deep felt appreciation for her years of work to overcome apathy, resistance and opposition to achieve the conservation goals she has worked toward.
Other awardees this year were:
Conservation Activist - Ed Kimura;
Rainbow Warrior - Byron Lindsley;
Emily Durbin for land use issues - Abby Ackroyd-Rafkin;
Edward Abby for desert protection - Edie Harmon;
Verna Quinn for environmental advocacy - Royce Riggan;
Community Networking - Anne Fege, Dave Fege, Martin Eder, & Tom Oberbauer;
Environmental Law - Corky Wharton;
Business Conservation - Rich Sillampa;
Grassroots Activism - Connie Garcia;
Rookie Activist - Janice Barnard;
Friend of the Environment - Pam Slater;
Unsung Hero - Dianne Pietile;
Student Volunteer - Agate K.;
Office volunteer - Martha Coffman;
Outdoor Education - Ship Forsht;
One Club - David Butler;
Special Appreciation (Outings) - Wanda Zack, Dave Gottfredson, PJ Jeffery, Ellen Feeney & Sandy Sanders;
Retiring COL - Lois Day;
COL Longevity - Nelson Copp, Jeanne and Glen Dunham, Bill Edwards, Kathy Mueller, Terry Flood, Cheryl Knapp, Rob Langsdorf & Mike Fry;
Distinguished Achievement, Consevation - Janet Anderson;
Distinguished Achievement, Outings - Lynn Nebus;
Lifetime Achievement - Eugene Sprofera.
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