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Awards & Recognition<br />
Ruth Dodge-Ducharme Named Wisconsin Flying Farmers VIP Of The Year<br />
BARABOO, WIS. – The Wisconsin<br />
Flying Farmers has named Ruth<br />
Dodge-Ducharme of Darien,<br />
Wisconsin, “VIP of the Year” for<br />
55 years of dedicated service to<br />
the organization. The award was<br />
presented at the organization’s annual<br />
convention, April 21-23, 2013, in<br />
Baraboo, Wis. Dodge-Ducharme has<br />
been the organization’s newsletter<br />
editor for the past 27 years. Presenting<br />
the award was Wisconsin Flying<br />
Farmer President Phil Peterson of<br />
Oregon, Wisconsin.<br />
The convention featured a<br />
presentation by historian Verlyn<br />
Mueller on the past and future of the<br />
Badger Army Ammunition Plant in<br />
Baraboo, and tours of the Circus World<br />
Museum, National Crane Foundation,<br />
Sysco Foods, and Baraboo/Dells<br />
Airport.<br />
Membership in the Wisconsin<br />
Flying Farmers is open to any pilot<br />
who supports agriculture and enjoys<br />
traveling and sightseeing. For additional<br />
information email Phil Peterson at<br />
pcpete83@frontier.com or visit http://<br />
internationalflyingfarmers.org/ q<br />
Wisconsin Flying Farmer President Phil Peterson<br />
presents Ruth Dodge-Ducharme of Darien, Wis., with<br />
the “WFF VIP of the Year Award.”<br />
Michigan & Illinois Students Awarded National Scholarships<br />
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The General Aviation<br />
Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has awarded scholarships<br />
to two students in the <strong>Midwest</strong> who have excelled in or are<br />
pursuing aviation studies.<br />
Nicholas Funkhouser of Jackson High School in Jackson,<br />
Michigan, has received the Edward W. Stimpson “Aviation<br />
Excellence” Award of $1,000.00.<br />
Funkhouser, who will attend Western Michigan University<br />
in the fall, has his Private Pilot Certificate and works at<br />
Napoleon Airport on runway maintenance and grounds<br />
keeping. An Eagle Scout and a member of the National<br />
Honor Society, he hopes to become a captain for a major<br />
airliner. Funkhouser was praised in a recommendation letter<br />
as “a model of excellence.”<br />
Ed Stimpson was a founder of GAMA and served as its<br />
president from 1970 to 1990, and from 1992 to 1996.<br />
Kayan Todiwalla, a sophomore at Lewis University<br />
in Romeoville, Illinois, majoring in both aviation flight<br />
management and aviation administration, was awarded the<br />
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