National awards winners honored.NRPA's National Awards Program recognizes outstanding programs and inspirational people who remind us daily of the great work being done to improve the quality of life for Americans. Selected by the NRPA NRPA National Recreation and Park Association NRPA Natural Resources Protective Association (Staten Island, NY) NRPA Niagara Regional Police Association (Canada) NRPA National Rifle and Pistol Association Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. National Awards Committee and renowned authorities in parks, recreation and leisure, winners are an inspiration to their profession and to the park and recreation movement nationwide. NRPA formally recognized National Awards winners at the annual Congress, which took place in Reno, Nev. The 2004 National Awards winners were: The National Distinguished Professional Award David A. Lorenz South Suburban Parks & Recreation, Centennial, Colo. The National Humanitarian Award Mayor Dick Murphy Richard M. (“Dick”) Murphy (b. December 16, 1942) is a former U.S. politician. He served as the 33rd Mayor of San Diego, California from 2000 to 2005 Early life Murphy was born 1942 in Oak Park, Illinois. City of San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , San Diego, Calif. The National Voluntary Service Award (Individual) Walter L. Mess Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority The Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority is an association dedicated to providing people in Northern Virginia with access to parks and nature reserves and to protect Northern Virginia's rich heritage of woods, meadows, lakes and streams from the threat of suburban sprawl. , Fairfax Station, Va. The National Voluntary Service Award (Organization) City of Dublin, Ohio Dublin, Ohio The Ralph C. Wilson Award Dr. Ira J. Hutchison The Roundtable Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C. The Recognition of Significant Efforts (ROSE) Awards Gary Packan City of Huron, Huron, Ohio Kathleen S. Margoles City of Tamarac, Tamarac, Fla. The Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Research Dr. Leo Leo, in astronomy Leo [Lat.,=the lion], northern constellation lying S of Ursa Major and on the ecliptic (apparent path of the sun through the heavens) between Cancer and Virgo; it is one of the constellations of the zodiac. H. McAvoy, Jr. College of Education and Human Development, University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. The 2004 Dorothy Mullen Arts and Humanities Award Winners were: Class I Dougherty Arts School, Cultural Affairs Division, Austin Parks and Recreation Austin, Texas Class II Rockford Park District, Illinois Snow Sculpting sculpting Cosmetic surgery The surgical reshaping of a tissue. See Deep tissue sculpting, Facial sculpting. Competition Rockford, III. Class III Nashua, N.H. SummerFun Program "Sounds of Summer" Nashua, N.H. Class IV Paducah Parks Services, Arts Reach Program Paducah, Ky. Class V Kernersville Parks & Recreation, 2003 27th Annual Honeybee honeybee Broadly, any bee that makes honey (any insect of the tribe Apini, family Apidae); more strictly, one of the four species constituting the genus Apis. The term is usually applied to one species, the domestic honeybee (A. Festival Kernersville, N.C. The 2004 National Congressional Award winners were: The Honorable Lamar Alexander United States Senate, Tenn. The Honorable Mike DeWine United States Senate, Ohio The Honorable John W. Olver U.S. House of Representatives, Mass. The Honorable Thomas Petri U.S. House of Representatives, Wis. The Honorable Nick J. Rahall II U.S. House of Representatives, W.Va. The National Recreation and Park Association invites you to compete in our 2005 National Awards Program. These awards recognize the inspirational people and outstanding programs that remind us daily of the phenomenal work being done in the field of parks and recreation. It's not too late to send in your application--the dead-line has been extended to April 1. To find out more information or download an application, go to www.nrpa.org. |
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