Gene Roehl
Winner of the 2023 MVC Shaft Award
The Shaft Award
Each year, this award is given to a member of the club who went the extra mile of service to his/her fellow members. This is an honor to receive and the recipient is selected by the president. The traveling award is presented at our annual banquet in January. The recipient is a secret from all until the awards night.
The Shaft Award was created by our long time member, Walt Gaertner in 1979. The base is walnut, with four eagles on the base. The shaft is a chrome Model "A" crank shaft adorned with a flying Quail radiator cap from a 28-29 car. Not sure how much it weights, but it takes 2 persons to carry.
Past Recipients
1979 Ellen Daniels
1980 Phil & Ell Abacchi
1981 Al & Vicki Meier
1982 Jim Flowers
1983 Tim Walsh
1984 Larry Shepard/Rosey Raymo
1985 Jon Wasson
1986 Grant MacLaren
1987 Al Franz
1988 Jim Flowers Family
1989 Terry Oberer
1990 Dave Smith
1991 David Stukenbroeker
1992 Robie Haines
1993 Tom Holtgrave
1994 Gene Cogorno
1995 Jack & Mike Dolde
1996 Rich & Madelen Ellsworth
1997 Robie Haines
1998 Jim Ruth
1999 Grant MacLaren
2000 Bill Langer
2001 Fred & Susan Burk
2002 Jim "Standup" Ruth
2003 Mark Schenberg
2004 David Stukenbroeker
2005 Jeff Buckley
2006 Larry Hassel
2007 Terry Yount
2008 Phil Ierardi
2009 Terry Oberer
2010 Bob and Nell Austin
2011 Phil Ierardi
2012 Sonny and Barb Ketchum
2013 Jeff Buckley
2014 Rich Dann
2015 Dave Hitt
2017 Alice & Bert Schott
2018 Larry Shepard
2019 Gene and Dayna Cogorno
2020 Palmer Lawson
2021 Larry Shepard
2022 Darrell Sanderson
2023 Gene Roehl
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2031