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CLARKE COSGROVE WINNER 2008
Winner of the 2008 Clarke Cosgrove
Memorial Award for Youth Achievement was Allison Grzeskowiak of region 18.
CLARKE COSGROVE WINNER 2007
Winner of the 2007 Clarke
Cosgrove Memorial Award for Youth Achievement was 14 year old Gabriel Lockhart
of Region 18. A member of SEMO Iris Society, Gabe has been growing irises
for nine years and was described by the adults nominating him as
"cheerful", "enthusiastic" and "always willing to
help." Gabe received his award at the AIS National convention banquet
in Austin, Texas.
CLARKE COSGROVE WINNER 2006
Winner of the 2006 Clarke Cosgrove
Memorial Award for Youth Achievement is Grace Farley from Region 21. Grace
was the only AIS youth member to attend the convention in Oklahoma, and Cheryl
Denton was able to spend time getting to know her. She hybridizes, and
this year the first of here seedling will bloom. I often found her
"nose-to-nose" with her camera and an iris bloom, taking pictures of
the interior parts of the flower for further study. Members of her home
club, the Lincoln Iris Society, were enthusiastic about her active participation
in all club activities, and her willingness to volunteer for anything and
everything that might be needed. She is also very active with her school
track team and FFA and on the honor roll. She hopes someday to hybridize
an iris that has her school colors of blue, yellow and white, perhaps a broken
color iris.
CLARKE COSGROVE WINNERS 2005
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The winner of the Clark Cosgrove
Memorial Award for Youth Achievement is Joshua Winzer of Mounds, OK in
Region 22. He is an active member of
the Tulsa Area Iris Society. Joshua
used to live in Region 18, and was an active member of the Augusta Iris Society,
even serving as Treasurer at the age of 14.
He received nominations from members in both regions, and has received
many awards in both regions. |
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Photo above is Joshua Winzer
with Paul Gossett receiving the Clark Cosgrove Memorial Award.
Below, to the right, is Joshua
holding his well deserved trophy. |
Currently,
he is an assistant manager of a fast food restaurant, earning money for college,
and due to his responsibilities at work will be unable to attend this year’s
convention. He is an AIS judge, and
in his spare time he likes to judge shows of neighboring iris societies in
addition to caring for his own garden and hybridizing.
He admires Paul Black and hopes to meet him and visit
Mid-America
Gardens
sometime in the future. |
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The first runner-up is Kelly
D. Norris, of
Bedford
,
Iowa
in Region 21. Kelly is
attending
Iowa
State
University
, majoring in Horticulture. He
is the youngest person to be certified as a Master Gardener in
Iowa
. Kelly is the Editor of the
Dwarf Iris Society Newsletter, a member of the AIS Scientific Committee
and a student judge. He has
also done some hybridizing. Kelly
will be attending the AIS Convention in
Portland
. but must leave early and will miss the last day of garden tours and the
Awards Banquet. |
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Photo above was taken at the
2006
Portland, Oregon, Iris Convention.
Next to Kelley is Dave Silverberg. |
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is very excited about seeing the gardens and meeting a lot of people.
Kelly and his family operate Rainbow Iris Farm.
In fact, Kelly was instrumental in convincing his family to purchase the
business, and he is the manager.
Photo to the right was taken at the 2006
Portland, Oregon, Iris Convention. From left are Cheryl Deaton,
Kelley Norris, and Jeanne Plank. |
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The second runner-up is Rachel
Hindle, of
Hutchinson
,
Kansas
in Region 18. You might recognize
her name as Rachel has been the winner of the AIS Coloring Contest four times.
Her creativity is well known, and I’m told she excels in the artistic
division of the shows that she enters. Rachel
is a member of the Hutchinson Iris Club and has served as the club’s Youth
Advisor for the past three years. She
is currently a student judge and grows about 75 varieties of iris in her garden,
her favorites being the SDBs and MTBs.
Congratulations to all the winners.
As you can see, we are extremely lucky in having such accomplished and
special members in the American Iris Society.
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