About a month ago, Clif called me and asked me to look up who had been in the ABC long enough (10 years) to get the Lifetime Achievement award, so he could start considering who would get the award this year. So I sent him a list of names.
A few minutes later, realizing I had messed up the date restriction on the query in my database, I reran the query and one more name showed up. I sent that name to Clif.
With that one additional name, it was a clear choice who would get the Lifetime Achievement award for this year. Her dedication, serving two terms as President, multiple terms as Western District Director, contributing her time, her effort, her ideas, and, even (for the annual egg awards at the Nationals) her prize goose feathers.
When Clif saw that name, he immediately said that's who it should be. I heartily agreed.
This year's Lifetime Achievement Award, for her years of dedication to the Ameraucana Breeders Club, goes to
Jean Ribbeck
(http://www.ameraucanabreedersclub.org/images/lifetimeachievement jean ribbeck.jpg)