A fantastic crowd of 500 people were on hand today at the Odawa Casino to honor community award recipients at the 23rd Annual Breakfast for Champions.
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Bridget Waldvogel (left) and Bob Waldvogel (center) accept the Chairman's Award for Jack Waldvogel presented by Bill Marshall (right)). This is the first time this award has been presented posthumously
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Athena Award Winner, Liz Aherns (center)
with Diance Henizelman (left) and Dave Kring (right)
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Mission Award, Individual - Becky Goodman
Mission Award, Group - Alanson Improvement Group
Entrepreneur of the Year Award - Sturgeon River Pottery
Service Excellence Award - Bill & Carol's
Community Enthusiast Award - Fran Foster
Ambassador of the Year Award - Bob Reedy
Architectural and Renovation Awards
Beautification Category,
First Place - Downtown Greenway Trail
Special Commendation - Petoskey Area Garden Club
Heritage Category,
First Place - Phone Guide
Honorable Mention - Encore Financial Group
Design Category,
First Place - Daniel Harris Law Firm
Honorable Mention - Crooked Vine Winery
In addition to recognizing these outstanding members of our community, today's Breakfast for Champions had a wonderful opening performance by the Petoskey High School Madrigal Singers and the audience enjoyed this year's video for the event produced by Pierpont Productions.
