
Lake Murray Members Recognized
At Lake Murray's monthly meeting on 17 April, various members
were recognized for recent National and District awards, which they have
recieved.
Cdr
Elaine Price presented Lake Murray's newsletter editor Janice Ayers and the
Distinction in Journalism Award for 2007 “in recognition of distinctive
performance in the practice of USPS Journalism.” Also receiving this award was
Lake Murray member Barbara Pearson, former editor of the D/26 newsletter, 026° True.
Our Squadron website received the 2007 Website Award for Excellence “for
outstanding website design, information, ease of use, content and the
dissemination of the spirit of the United States Power Squadrons.”
Congratulations to our webmaster, P/C Debra Allen, P, for this achievement.
Lt/C Andy Hyman, AP, was awarded the D/26 Spark Plug Award.
Nominees are new members
of less than two years who have contributed the most in time and effort to USPS.
Andy also received a “Power of 10” pin for recruiting 10 new Lake Murray
members.
Our Squadron also was awarded the USPS Educational Fund Certificate of Merit “in
appreciation of the extraordinary contribution for the furtherance of education
in the fields of navigation and small boat handling.” We have been on this honor
roll of 100% participation for 26 years.
Our 2007 “Get Up Now” commander, P/C Mike Kirk, AP, was awarded the Ed Fetner
Award. This award was donated to the district by P/D/C Edward H. Fetner, Jr., N,
(one of Lake Murray’s own past commanders) because there always seems to be at
least one more squadron commander who displays the same qualifications as the
Commander of the Year. Congratulations, Mike, on this outstanding achievement!

Congratulations, P/C Tony Dodson, AP, our 2007 Boating Activities Chair! And a
huge thank you to all the cruise coordinators and everyone who participated in
the more than 20 boating activities last year. We couldn’t have done it without
YOU! 2007 was indeed an outstanding year.