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CITIZEN OF THE YEAR

Celebrating the Sunshine Spirit of Volunteerism in the Dungeness Valley

Winner Renne Brock in Iceland

Renne Emiko Brock

Unique as You

2023 | Article

2022 Winner COTY

Dave Blakeslee

Sequim Valley Lions

2022 | Article

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Jean Wyatt

Sequim Irrigation Festival

2021 | Article

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Essential Workers

Sequim Community

2020 | Article

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Created in 1968, the Citizen of the Year Award was designed to recognize those individuals who contribute to the betterment of our community.  Former Mayor, Peter Black was the first recipient of the award.

A committee (made up of past Citizen of the Year recipients) meets each year to review nominations from the community for this award that recognizes exceptional volunteerism to the Sequim-Dungeness Valley.

Sequim Citizen of the Year

1968 Mayor Peter Black 1969 Carl Klint
1970 Virginia Keeting 1971 Virginia Peterson
1972 Tom Groat 1973 no awards given
1974 Katie & Bill Merrill 1975 Jerry Anjuili
1976 Chuck Southern, Howard Woord, Lorna McInnes 1977 Nellie Tetrude
1978 Marcia Welch 1979 Ruby Trotter
1980 Iris Marshall 1981 Howard Herrett
1982 Guy Shephard 1983 Don & Vivian Swanson
1984 Bill & Shirley Keeler 1985 Ed & Marcia Beggs
1986 Ruby Mantle 1987 Jeff Shold
1988 Annette Kuss 1989 Jim Haynes
1990 Bill & Judy Rowland 1991 Nina Fatherson
1992 Bud Knapp 1993 Paul Higgins
1994 Rand Thomas 1995 Rochelle McHugh
1996 Esther Heuhslein Nelson 1997 Annette Hansen
1998 Jim & Cathy Carl 1999 Bill Fatherson
2000 Robert Clark 2001 Don Knapp
2002 Gil Oldenkamp 2003 John Beitzel
2004 Emily Westcott 2005 Lee Lawrence
2006 Bob & Elaine Caldwell 2007 Steve Rosales
2008 Walt & Sherry Schubert 2009 Tom Schaafsma
2010 Jim Pickett 2011 Dick Hughes
2012 Kevin Kennedy 2013 Gary Smith
2014 Cliff Vining 2015 Louie Rychlik
2016 Dave Bekkevar 2017 Judy Reandeau Stipe
2018 Clare Manis Hatler & Don Hatler 2019 Deon Kapetan
2020

2022

Essential Workers

David Blakeslee

2021

2023

Jean Wyatt

Renne Emiko Brock

Sequim Humanitarian Awards

2007 Bill & Esther Littlejohn 2008 Brown & Sara Maloney
2013 Patsy Mattingley & Al Friess 2014 R. Leo Shipley
2016 Dave & Patsy Mattingley
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