Recognition

Legion of Honor Recipients

2021

Aaron Dupree

Ohio Hill Country Festival

2019

Valerie Winterfield

Oak Harbor Apple Festival

2018

Charlotte Cox

Fall Festival of Leaves

2017

John Grey

Ashville 4th of July Celebration

Kitty Keller

Sweet Corn Festival

2016

Anne Guggisberg

Ohio Swiss Festival

Jim Hostetler

Ohio Swiss Festival

Larry Luschek

Ohio Valley Antique Machinery Show

Bill Yeager

Commercial Point Homecoming

2015

Roger Hardbarger

Ashville 4th of July Celebration

David Johnson

Geneva Area Grape Jamboree

2014

Mike Spriggs

Ashville 4th of July Festival

Dorcas Morrow

Circleville Pumpkin Show

Kim Rippeth

Wild Turkey Festival

Sam Hitchcock

First Town Days

Neal Stephens

Millersport Sweet Corn Festival

2013

Butch Lieb

Clyde Fair

Rob Febes

Circleville Pumpkin Show

2012

Jim Shumway

Nelsonville Parade of the Hills

Tom Dake, Jr.

North Ridgeville Corn Festival

2011

Mickey A. Bache

Dennison Railroad Festival

Todd & Rachael Day

Holmes County Antique Festival

Bernadine Butkowski

North Ridgeville Corn Festival

Melody A. Bache

Dennison Railroad Festival

2010

Dick & Fran Mason

Tuscarawas County Italian-American Festival

John Butkowski

North Ridgeville Corn Festival

Paulette Weirich

Oak Harbor Apple Festival

2009

Linda Ballou

Circleville Pumpkin Show

Ed Otte

Millersport Sweetcorn Festival

Stephanie & Walter Moon

Wellston Coal Festival

Betty Morrison

Ashtabula Co. Covered Bridge Festival

2008

Judy Miller

First Town Days

Norma Castanien

Marion Popcorn Festival

Mary Ellen Mark

Fall Festival of Leaves

2007

Marsha Mari

Tuscarawas County Italian-American Festival

Kevin Schemrich

Old Fashioned Days of Brunswick

Phillip Carpenter

Oak Hills Folk Festival

2006

Georgianna Cool

Holmes County Antique Festival

Kenneth & Marilyn Burgess

New Straitsville Moonshine Festival

Donna Warner

West Jefferson Ox Roast Festival

John Derrow

Wellston Coal Festival

2005

Pam Akins

Holmes County Antique Festival

Myra Jenkins

Milan Melon Festival

Bryan Vidler

North Ridgeville Corn Festival

Phyllis Hendrix

Marion Popcorn Festival

2004

Bill Fauth

Ohio Tobacco Festival

Gary Boulet

Dalton Holidays Festival

Tony Stowe

Geneva Area Grape Jamboree

Chuck Toole

Ashville 4th of July Festival

2003

Thelma Stanley

Bainbridge Fall Festival of Leaves

2002

Dick Jenkins

Milan Melon Festival

Tom Brenner

Wellston Coal Festival

Bob Eldridge & Thelma Bergoch

Geauga County Maple Festival

Jo-Ell Jacobson

North Ridgeville Corn Festival

2001

Darwin Snyder

Holmes County Antique Festival

Shirley Ratcliff

Feast of the Flowering Moon

2000

Chuck Jackson

Ashville 4th of July Festival

Eldon Philips

Marion Popcorn Festival

Bill Martin

West Jefferson Ox Roast Festival

Rema Roberts

New Straitsville Moonshine Festival

1999

Fred Stedman

Old Car Club, Lancaster

Jean Stedman

Old Car Club, Lancaster

1998

Marvin Thompson

Deercreek Dam Days

Tom Reichert

Wellston Coal Festival

Russell Toole

Ashville 4th of July Festival

Ken Burgess

New Straitsville Moonshine Festival

1997

Pat Vaneck

Geneva Area Grape Jamboree

Leona Meyer

Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival

Mike Zahn

Bucyrus Bratwurst Festival

1996

Alcy Haden

Reynoldsburg Tomato Festival

1995

Ed Chinn

Jackson County Apple Festival

1994

Bill Welsh

Ashville 4th of July

June Gregg

Fall Festival of Leaves

1993

John Stevens

Ohio Gourd Show

Charolotte Zakowski

Lorain International

1992

Wayne Rish

Bucyrus Bratwurst Festival

Bill Stedman

Bellevue Cherry Festival

Dorothy Stedman

Bellevue Cherry Festival

Wayne Trask

Geauga County Maple Festival

1991

Ned Dresbach

Circleville Pumpkin Show

Sam Abrams

Cecil Alexander

Millersport Sweet Corn Festival

Doris Weiss

Milan Melon Festival

Roy Odenkirk

Ned Harden

Circleville Pumpkin Show

Art Deal

Ashville 4th of July

Frances Glickert

Portsmouth River Days

Judith Williamson

Fall Festival of Leaves


Charles Campbell

National Clayweek Festival

Louis Weiss

Milan Melon Festival

Al Cornelious

Ashville 4th of July

James Whitlatch

Nelsonville Parade of the Hills

Tom Perry

Jackson County Apple Festival

Ray Lewis

Utica Old Fashioned Ice Cream Festival

Herb Feakins

Vermillion Festival of Fish

George Myers

Ashville 4th of July

Ron Bush

Deercreek Dam Days

George Wolfe

Clarence Radcliffe

Circleville Pumpkin Show

Eileen Hatfield

Fall Festival of Leaves

Ron Keller

Millersport Sweet Corn Festival

President’s Partnership Award Recipients

2022

Mindy Croft

First Town Days Festival

Mark Stout

OFEA Webmaster

2021

David Drake

2021 GOSA President

Anne Guggisberg

Ohio Swiss Festival

Todd Day

Holmes County Antique Festival

2019

Adam Calvert

Georgianna Cool

Holmes County Antique Festival

2018

Keri Roach

North Ridgeville Corn Festival

Mary Dunfee

Dennison Railroad Festival

Randy Kissel

Kissel Amusement Company

2017

Linda Ballou

Circleville Pumpkin Show

Ohio Dept. of Agriculture - Ride Safety

2016

Mike Spriggs

Ashville 4th of July Celebration

Kelly Spriggs

Ashville 4th of July Celebration

2015

John Schwab Entertainment

Variety Attractions

1st Choice Portable Staging

2014

Sharon Gill

Carey Fest

David Gill

Carey Fest

2013

Ken Burgess

Moonshine Festival

Holly Stockham

London Strawberry Festival

2012

Nina Woolridge

Lorain International Festival

Dave Johnson

Geneva Area Grape Jamboree

2011

Melody Bache

Dennison Railroad Festival

Rob Febes

Circleville Pumpkin Show

2010

Judy Miller

First Town Days

Charles (Chuck) Campbell

National Clay Week Festival

2009

Kim Ortman

Wellston Coal Festival

Marty Schumitsh

North Ridgeville Corn Festival

2008

Rita Spicer

Moonshine Festival

Ed Chinn

Jackson County Apple Festival

2007

Thelma Stanley

Bainbridge Fall Festival of Leaves

Bill Welsh

Ashville 4th of July Celebration

2006

Donna Warner

West Jefferson Ox Roast Festival

Gary Boulet

Dalton Holidays Festival

2005

Dick Jenkins

Milan Melon Festival

Myra Jenkins

Milan Melon Festival

2004

Jean Stedman

Lancaster Old Car Club Festival

Tom Perry

Jackson Apple Festival

2003

Dolly Thompson

Williamsport Deercreek Dam Days

Marvin Thompson

Williamsport Deercreek Dam Days

2002

Ron Keller

Millersport Sweet Corn Festival

June Gregg

Bainbridge Fall Festival of Leaves

2001

Doris Weiss

Milan Melon Festival

Ned Harden

Circleville Pumpkin Show