BEST OF WYANDOTTE AWARD APPLICANTS

• Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. - Mu Omega - PSAT Test Preparation
• Associated Youth Services - Kansas City as School
• Bethel Neighborhood Center
• Board of Public Utilities Annual Golf Tournament
• Catholic Community Services, Inc. - New American Community Center
• City Vision Ministries
• Connect the Dottes
• Duchesne Clinic
• Kansas City, Kansas Area Vocational Technical School
• Leadbusters
• Leadership 2020
• LTN, Consultants - Neighborhood Organizers
• Mt. Carmel Redevelopment
• Neighborhood Housing Services - NeighborWorks
• Prairie Piper Optimist Club - Youth Service
• Ronald McDonald House Reading Club
• St. Joseph Care Center
• Turtle Hill Community Association
• Wyandotte County Community Health Partners
• YWCA - Bridging the Gap

1998 FINALISTS

• Associated Youth Services - Kansas City as School
• Bethel Neighborhood Center
• City Vision Ministries
• Connect the Dottes
• Duchesne Clinic
• Leadership 2020
• Mt. Carmel Redevelopment
• Neighborhood Housing Services - NeighborWorks
• Wyandotte County Community Health Partners
• YWCA - Bridging the Gap

1998 WINNERS

• Bethel Neighborhood Center
• Duchesne Clinic
• YWCA - Bridging the Gap

1997 CITIZENSHIP AWARD NOMINEES

Winner -- Patty Dysart David Alvarado Ben Blagg Pat Crilly Darrell Dye Donna Harsh Murrie Jackson, Sr. Susie Overmen

Forrest Rhea Martin Salazar Harold Simmons Rev. Ervin SIms, Jr. Diane Stohlmann Georgia Story Dorothy Tolman Lillie Mae Warfield

SCREENING COMMITTEE

• Meredith Schraeder, Chair
• Pat Brune
• Ron Cobb
• Tom Cooley
• Richard "Pete" Fields
• Jackie Hampton

AWARD JURY

• Trudie Hall, Chair -- Federal Reserve Bank and world famous Ruckette
• Melissa Bynum -- Leavenworth Road Association
• Charles Delgado -- Kansas City Consensus
• Nolen Ellison, Ph.D -- University of Missouri at Kansas City
• Pat Gaunce -- KCKPL West Wyandotte Library
• The Honorable Bill Kostar -- Mayor of Westwood
• Pat Lowry -- The Kansas City Kansan
• The Honorable Cordell Meeks -- Wyandotte County Judge
• Maria Newman -- Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC)
• David Warm -- Mid American Regional Council (MARC)

BEST OF WYANDOTTE COMMITTEE

• Julie Blagg
• Pat Brune
• Craig Gaffney
• Brenda C. Jones
• Dean Katerndahl
• Susan Rohrer
• Cheryl LaBrecque

WYANDOTTE COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL

• Chair Ted Stolfus -- Mayor of Bonner Springs
• Harold Berry -- Mayor of Edwardsville
• John Feeback -- B.P.U. Board Member
• Carol Marinovich -- Mayor/CEO of Unified Government
• John McTaggart -- Commissioner - Unified Government

CITIZEN'S PLANNING COMMITTEE

Craig Gaffney, Chair Pat Brune Ron Cobb Tom Cooley Richard "Pete" Fields Don Gray Jackie Hampton Brenda C. Jones Marc Marcano

John McTaggart Jesse Milan Marionna Poke-Stewart Susan Rohrer Meredith Schraeder Brenda Shivers Evelyn Welton Wendy Wilson Terry Woodbury