Who's Who In Woodlake

Each year since 1961 Woodlake has honored those who do so much for the community. Since that time the city has presented 241 awards. If you are a long time resident, you probably remember these names. They all contributed hours of service to make Woodlake the town it is today. Now it's our turn to make a difference and honor those who work hard. January 31st is the last day to submit nominations for 2015 honorees. Click on the link for the nomination form and instructions.

Mike Marquez, 2014 Man of the Year with MC, Tony Casares

Here is the list of citizens since 1961 who earned Woodlake's highest awards.

Year	Award	First Name	Last Name
1961	Man	E.B.	Loverin
1961	Women	Wilma	Hengst
1962	Man	Frank	Clarke, M.D.
1962	Women	Gertrude	Rucher
1963	Man	Dennis	Pelton
1963	Women	Grace C.	Pogue
1964	Man	Ned	Baker
1964	Women	Lulu	Kress
1965	Man	A.P.	Haury
1965	Women	Pauline	Merchant
1966	Man	F.J.	White
1966	Women	Doris	Votaw
1967	Man	William	Starns
1967	Women	Vivien	Crawford
1968	Man	George	Sommer
1968	Women	Yvonne	Keck
1969	Man	Pat	Becket
1969	Women	Nancy	McCallister
1970	Man	Morris	Bennett
1970	Women	Elizabeth	Baker
1971	Decade	Courtney	McCracken
1971	Man	Bill	Crawford
1971	Women	Pearlea	Keller
1971	Youth	Julie	Walters
1971	Youth	Valinda	Walters
1972	Man	Leonard	Hansen
1972	Women	Margaret	Chavez
1973	Man	Dr. Bill	Ruth
1973	Women	Gullermina	Portillo
1974	Man	Bill	Ferry
1974	Women	Mary	Bartlett
1975	Man	Manuel	Alley
1975	Women	Elizabeth	Hansen
1976	Man	Leo	Robinson
1976	Women	Mary	Rivas
1977	Man	Herman	Ziegler
1977	Women	Marion	Legakes
1978	Man	Pete	Legakes
1978	Women	Helen	Sharp
1979	Decade	Russ	Garcia
1979	Man	Johnny	Jackson
1979	Women	Emma	Welch
1979	Youth	Sommer	Stephen
1980	Man	Hap	Baker
1980	Women	Ann	Whiteside
1981	Man	Richanrd T.	Edmiston
1981	Women	LuEllen	Ray
1981	Youth	Gerald	Sweeney
1981	Youth	Joy	Sweeney
1982	Decade	Ropes	Edwin J.
1982	Man	Bob	Painter
1982	Women	Margaret	Wolfe
1983	Man	M.J.	Parmenter
1983	Women	Wanda	Sweeney
1984	Man	Jack	Deitz
1984	Women	Ruth	Edmiston
1985	Man	Dale	Wolfe
1985	Women	Mary Ruth	Crumly
1985	Youth	Irene	Robles
1985	Youth	John	Vincent
1986	Man	Leo	Fry
1986	Women	Frances	Phillips
1986	Youth	Carie	Dever
1986	Youth	Matt	Vaccaro
1987	Decade	Johnny	Jackson
1987	Man	Dave	Whiteside
1987	Special 40	Dennis	Pelton
1987	Women	Diana	Pearcy
1988	Decade	Margaret	Chavez
1988	Man	Tom	McGee
1988	Women	Louise	Achenbach
1989	Man	Cletis	Gray
1989	Women	Susan	Johnson
1990	Decade	Carl	Shanes
1990	Man	Vic	Keller
1990	Women	Mary	Cisneros
1991	Decade	Buckles	Betty
1991	Decade	Bill	Crawford
1991	Man	Frank	Ainley
1991	Women	Ruth	Gonzalez
1992	Man	Bill	Diamond
1992	Women	Viola	Faubel
1994	Man	Stan	Sanchez
1994	Women	Sally	Pace
1996	Decade	Ann	Reimer
1996	Decade	Legakes	Pete
1996	Man	Manuel	Jimenez
1996	Spirit	Bill	Crawford
1996	Women	Sandra	Crawford
1997	Decade	Ferry	William
1997	Man	William P.	Crawford Jr.
1997	Spirit	White	Frances J.
1997	Women	Tricia	Renteria Aguilar
1997	Youth	Karen	Glentzer
1997	Youth	Francisco	Torres
1998	Decade	Baker	Leland
1998	Man	Joseph	Hallmeyer
1998	Women	Donna	Whittaker
1998	Youth	Frankie	Castillo
1998	Youth	Patricia	Renteria
1999	Business	Woodlake Hardware
1999	Man	Joe	Martinez
1999	Women	Barbara	Hallmeyer
1999	Youth	David	Botello
1999	Youth	Hilda	Rodriguez
2000	Business	Valero Brothers
2000	Century	Marion	Legakes
2000	Decade	Sandy	Crawford
2000	Decade	Leonard	Hansen
2000	Man	Milton	Baker
2000	Man	Ken	Crandall
2000	Spirit	Dr.Steve	Tietjen
2000	Women	Jean	Crandall
2000	Women	Linda	Hengst
2000	Youth	Daniel	Hallmeyer
2000	Youth	Tara	Hardcastle
2000	Youth	Cynthia	Haro
2000	Youth	Johnny	Haro
2001	Business	Keith Brown Building Materials
2001	Business	Pizza Factory
2001	Man	Joe	Perez
2001	Spirit	John	Zapalac
2001	Women	Virginia	Palomo
2001	Youth	Tim	Hiatt
2001	Youth	Avilez	Serina
2002	Business	General Food Store
2002	Man	Manuel	Villegas
2002	Spirit	Manuel	Jimenez
2002	Women	Laura	Armstrong
2002	Youth	Garcia	Anthony
2002	Youth	Bauer	Sarah
2003	Business	Woodlake Growers Supply	Mike Rivas
2003	Man	Ernest	Garcia
2003	Spirit	Ralph	Alley
2003	Women	Antonieta	Ruiz-Lenz
2003	Youth	Rourke	Emi
2003	Youth	Heriberto	Rodriguez
2004	Business	High Sierra Lumber
2004	Man	Robert H.	Hengst
2004	Spirit	Donna & Gerald	Whittaker
2004	Women	Frances	Mann
2004	Youth	Garcia	Fernando
2004	Youth	Jaimie	Gonzalez
2005	Business	Super Taco	Armando Huerta
2005	Decade	Frank	Ainley
2005	Decade	Sally	Pace
2005	Man	Randy	Powell
2005	Women	Linda	LaFleur
2005	Youth	Soukarana	Stephens
2005	Youth	Sarah	Villegas
2006	Business	Woodlake Drive Inn
2006	Dist. Vet.	Alvin	Hogue
2006	Dist. Vet.	David	Peden
2006	Man	Richard	LaFleaur
2006	Spirit	Kent & Sandy	Owen
2006	Spirit	Diana	Pearcy
2006	Women	Barbara	Edwards
2006	Youth	Lizette	Rodriguez
2006	Youth	Joseph	Spahn
2007	Business	Substation
2007	Lifetime Achievement Award	Judi	Vaccaro
2007	Man	Gonzalez, Jr. Gregorio	Gregorio
2007	Sprit	Jackie & Robert	Groeber
2007	Woman	Tori	Johnson
2007	Youth	Zakaria	Alsumari
2007	Youth	Karla	Thompson
2008	Business	Valley Business Bank
2008	Lifetime Achievement Award	Frances	Sotomayor Ortiz
2008	Man	Michael	Pace
2008	Spirit	Lupe	Robles Pinon
2008	Woman	Leslie	Rivas
2008	Youth	Lilian	Garcia
2008	Youth	Jordan	Vieiera
2009	Business	Iron Grip Gym	Santos Herrera
2009	Lifetime Achievement Award	Manuel "Rusty"	Moran
2009	Man	Rudy	Garcia
2009	Pastor of the Decade	Charles	Castles
2009	Spirit	Jesus	Mendoza
2009	Woman	Terry	Thompson
2009	Youth	Rosellia	Cordova
2009	Youth	Ben	Pfenninger
2010	Commitment to Youth	Brian	Vaccaro
2010	Lifetime Achievement Award	Olga	Jimenez
2010	Lifetime Achievement Award	Bob	Pearcy
2010	Man	Alex	Reynoso
2010	Spirit	Jerry	Alvarez
2010	Spirit	Larry	Arroyo
2010	Spirit	Phillip	Castillo
2010	Spirit	Michael	Flores
2010	Spirit	Ignacio	Garcia
2010	Spirit	Frank	Guillen
2010	Spirit	Bobby	Hernandez
2010	Spirit	Manny	Martinez
2010	Spirit	Pop Warner Bengal Coaches
2010	Woman	Ana	Carretero
2010	Youth	Alberto	Reynaga
2010	Youth	Vanessa	Reynoso
2011	Business	Family HealthCare Network
2011	Community Organization	Camp Zap	John Zapalac
2011	Decade	Gerald & Dona	Whittaker
2011	Lifetime Achievement Award	Alice	Fesperman
2011	Lifetime Achievement Award	Frank	Lupercio
2011	Man	Bill	Lewis
2011	Recycler	Castle Rock Knights	Rachel Lira
2011	Spirit	Tim	Hire
2011	Woman	Donna	Hills Fraser
2011	Youth	Phoebe	Castro
2011	Youth	Ivan	Reynaga
2011	Youth Mentor	Mike	Flores Jr.
2012	Business	Lauri Polly	Green Dragon Graphics
2012	Commitment to Youth	Daniel V.	Dudley
2012	Community Organization	Woodlake Food Pantry	David E. Brown
2012	Educator of the Year	Robert	Gonzales
2012	Lifetime Achievement Award	Lino E.	Moran
2012	Lifetime Achievement Award	Anita	Villegas
2012	Man	Johnny	Varela
2012	Recycler	Sima Le	Woodlake Donuts
2012	Spirit	Jack & Brenda	Persall
2012	Woman	Linda	Gonzalez
2012	Youth	Leticia	Garcia
2012	Youth	Alberto	Ponce
2013	Youth	Carlos	Vargas
2013	Youth	Melissa	Samaniego
2013	Spirit	Irene	Bly
2013	Organizations	Ballet Folklorico del Lago	Micaela Rodriguez Macareno
2013	Woman	Courtney	Canterbury Hengst
2013	Man	Ramon	Lara
2013	Lifetime Achievement Award	John	Wood
2013	Recycler of the Year	Woodlake Valley Middle School Recycling Club	Monte McKean
2014	Youth	Quinn	Keller
2014	Youth	Terran	Brown
2014	Woman	Irene	Zacarias
2014	Man	Mike	Marquez
2014	Spirit	Marcy	Legakes Miller
2014	Hero	Mark	Wood
2014	Lifetime Achievement Award	Craig	Baker
2014	Lifetime Achievement Award	Becky	Walters Baker
2014	Organization	Ramon	Lara
2014	Youth Mentor	Sophia	Mejia Taylor
2014	Recycler of the Year	Visalia Citrus Packing
2014	Business	Ortiz Automotive	Corny Ortiz