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Awards

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award	recipient year
Herschel 400	Kevin McKeown	Barry Spletzer	Gordon Pegue	Larry Cash (05)
John Dobson Award	Tom Davies 2010	Bob Hufnagel 2009	Ray Collins 2008	John Laning 2007	Shannon Mann 2006	No Award Given 2005	Judith Stanley 2004	Mark Kroska 2003
	Barry Gordon 2002	Sammy Lockwood 2001	Kevin McKeown 2000	Robert Williams 1999	Lisa Wood 1998	Michael Pendley 1997	Brock Parker 1996
	Roger Flegel 1995	John McGraw 1994	John Dobson 1993
Messier	Karen Keese	Nancy Davis	Larry Cash	Elinor Gates (97)	Linda Hixon (96)	Kevin McKeown	Gordon Pegue	Karina Running Horse (97)
	Anna Whitlow (97)	Dee Friesen (05)	Jewel Karpel (05)	Will Ferrell (06)	Neil Goldberg (06)	Dick Fate (10)
TAAS 200	Jeff Bender	Barry Spletzer	Larry Cash	Peter Eschman	Kevin McKeown	Gordon Pegue
TAAS Service Award	Trish Logan,Tom Grzbowski,Bob Havlin,Bob Hufnagel,Gary Bodman,Steve Welch,Kevin McKeown,Amy Grochowski,John Lanning,Carl Frisch,Will Ferrell,Melissa Kirk,Lynne Olson 2010	Tom Davies, Dick Fate, Bill Firth, Bob Havlen, Karen Keese, Charlie Mullen, Judy Stanley, Steve Welsh 2009	Dan Clark, Gary Cooper, Dave Downing, Robert Hufnagel, Robert Williams 2008	Larry Cash, Bob Hufnagel, Dee Friesen, Gordon Pegue, Pete Eschman 2007	Dee Frieson, Bob Hufnagel, Karen Keese, Bill Wallace, Steve Welch 2006	Dee Friesen, Bob Hufnagel, Barry Spletzer 2005	Bob Hufnagel, John Laning, Brock Parker 2004	Dan Richey 2003
	Karen Keese, Dave Brown, Alison Schuler 2002	Jay Harden 2001	Lisa "Astronomy Gal" Woods 2000	Peter Eschman, Robert Kyrlach 1999	Elinor Gates, Arturo Jacobs, Kevin McKeown, Gordon Pegue, George Pellegrino 1998
W.S. Isengard Award	Dee Friesen 2009	Jay Harden 2008	Barry Spletzer 2007	Gordon Pegue 2006	Dan Richey 2005	Michael Pendley 2004	Ray Collins 2003	Gordon Pegue 2002
	Peter Eschman 2001	Robert Ortega 2000	Carl Frisch 1999	Robert Ortega 1998	Carl Frisch 1997	Claire Broline 1996	John Hockemeier 1995
	Bill Tondreau 1994

The Heart of the Observatory Award is given to GNTO directors that show extraordinary service to our observatory.  This award is created from a piece of scrap that was rescued from a cleanup fire many years ago.  It was cut from one of the main beams holding up the second floor.  The award was first given to Peter N. Eschman in December, 2005.

The John Dobson Award is an annual award (since 1994) given to an individual in the community that has "a clear and outstanding record of sustained activity in public education."

The Lieutenant Colonel William S. Isengard Award is an annual award (since 1995) given to an individual in the community that has shown exceptional generosity to the Society.

Service Awards are annual awards (since 1999) given to individuals "for sustained and selfless participation toward the advancement of the Society."

Messier Awards are given to any member of the Society that has observed every Messier object.

TAAS 200 Awards are given to any member of the Society that has observed every object on the TAAS 200 list

Herschel 400 Awards are given to any member of the Society that has observed every object on the Herschel 400 list.

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