Secretary Of The Year Award
The Secretary of the Year Award, formerly known as the Secretary Efficiency Award, is awarded annuall at the Multiple District convention to the person who best performed the duties of club secretary during the previous fiscal year. The contest is currently a single category, but has been split into different categories based on club the frequency clubs meet in previous years. Click here to download the official rules.
Single Category | Weekly Clubs | Semi–Monthly Clubs
| Year | Recipient | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Claire Davidson | Westbank Lions Club |
| 2018 | Hope Ramsdale | Longview Kelso Earlybird Lions Club |
| 2017 | Jim Kemp | Tieton Lions Club |
| 2016 | Bill Shepard | Yakima West Valley Lions Club |
| 2015 | Jim Kemp | Tieton Lions Club |
| 2014 | Jim Kemp | Tieton Lions Club |
| 2013 | Viva Metz | Kennewick Lions Club |
| 2012 | Lynn Vaughn | Bellingham Harborview Lions Club |
| 2011 | Lisa Case | Mount Vernon Lions Club |
| 2010 | Fred Kassing | Bellingham Central Lions Club |
| 1973 | Robert Anderson | Burien Lions Club |
| 1972 | Bill Glass | Richmond Lions Club |
| 1971 | A. Plausteiner | Richmond Lions Club |
| 1970 | Don Fitts | Renton Lions Club |
| 1970 | Dave Everitt | Pasco Lions Club |
| 1969 | Tom Hinshaw | Longview Pioneer Lions Club |
| 1968 | Robert Snyder | Longview Pioneer Lions Club |
| 1968 | Ron Vessey | Renton Lions Club |
| 1967 | Earl Eddy | Mount Vernon Lions Club |
| 1967 | Jim Wilson | Lakewood Lions Club |
| 1966 | Jack Loutzenhiser | Yelm Lions Club |
| 1965 | Vern Long | Kalama Lions Club |
| 1965 | Nels Beaton | Vancouver East Lions Club |
| 1964 | Robert Labron | North Vancouver Lions Club |
| 1963 | Walter Bebich | Aberdeen Lions Club |
| 1962 | Wilf Reason | Nanaimo Lions Club |
| 1960 | Jack VanDerbeek | Aberdeen Lions Club |
| 1959 | Bob Wolf | Yelm Lions Club |
| 1958 | George Cheney | Burnaby Centennial Lions Club |
| 1957 | P. Crowe Swords | Vancouver Burrard Lions Club |
| 1956 | E.J. Harbinson | Esquimalt Lions Club |
| 1955 | Bob Young | Vancouver Burrard Lions Club |
| 1954 | Fred Reeves | Abbotsford Lions Club |
| 1953 | Zood Alexander | Port Angeles Lions Club |
| 1952 | Wilf Munton | West Vancouver Lions Club |
| 1951 | George Murdock | Castle Rock Lions Club |
| 1950 | Meade Ellott | Yakima Lions Club |
| 1949 | Meade Elliott | Yakima Lions Club |
| 1948 | Art Cann | Victoria Lions Club |
| 1947 | R.A. Naish | Coeur d'Alene Lions Club |
| 1946 | G. Maurer | Seattle South Lions Club |
| 1945 | Art Cann | Victoria Lions Club |
| 1944 | J. Blodgett | Spokane Hillyard Lions Club |
| 1944 | Paul Matz | Ferndale Lions Club |
Single Category | Weekly Clubs | Semi–Monthly Clubs
| Year | Recipient | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Jeannene Wisniewski | Oak Harbor |
| 2008 | Emerson Bishop | Enumclaw |
| 2007 | Jeannene Wisniewski | Oak Harbor |
| 2006 | Dennis Doll | Oak Harbor |
| 2005 | Harry Lippincott | Spokane Sunrise East |
| 2004 | Jon Whitman | Pullman |
| 2003 | Tom Proteau | Bremerton Central |
| 2003 | George Steinman | Oak Harbor |
| 2002 | Garry Lutz | North Whidbey |
| 2001 | Margorie Stone | Bremerton Central |
| 2000 | Bill Thomas | Fort Vancouver |
| 1999 | W. David Tucker | Bremerton Central |
| 1998 | Frank Berglund | Spokane Sunrise East |
| 1997 | Rod Barnes | Coupeville |
| 1996 | Bill Karcher | Vancouver Dawn |
| 1995 | Bill Karcher | Vancouver Dawn |
| 1994 | William Johnson | Coupeville |
| 1993 | John Bergvall | Olympia Host |
| 1992 | John Bergvall | Olympia Host |
| 1991 | David Tucker | Bremerton Central |
| 1990 | Keith McDonald | Willapa Harbor |
| 1989 | Keith McDonald | Willapa Harbor |
| 1988 | Bruce Cochran | Vancouver Dawn |
| 1987 | Thomas Proteau | Bremerton Central |
| 1986 | Thomas Proteau | Bremerton Central |
| 1985 | Rocky Stone | Bremerton Central |
| 1984 | Bill Karcher | Vancouver Dawn |
| 1983 | Bill Karcher | Vancouver Dawn |
| 1982 | George Mowrer | Mount Vernon |
| 1981 | Grant Angle | Seattle Queen Anne Mag. |
| 1980 | Howard Downey | Bellingham Central |
| 1979 | Gary Honaker | Bellingham Central |
| 1978 | Robert Kosaka | Richmond |
| 1978 | Robert Angster | Gig Harbor |
| 1977 | David Mathews | Walla Walla D.T. |
| 1976 | Calvin Mann | Bellingham Central |
| 1975 | Harry Davenport | Bellevue |
| 1975 | Floyd Shiosaki | Renton |
| 1975 | Ken Deming | Spokane Central |
| 1975 | Tom Riffe | Longview Pioneer |
| 1975 | Ray Klander | Bellingham Central |
| 1975 | George Mowrer | Mt. Vernon |
| 1974 | Robert Anderson | Burien |
Single Category | Weekly Clubs | Semi–Monthly Clubs
| Year | Recipient | Club |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Jim Kemp | Tieton |
| 2008 | September Stokes | Burnaby Lougheed |
| 2008 | Viva Metz | Kennewick |
| 2007 | T.E. Hewitt | Vancouver Columbis Crest |
| 2006 | Debbie Bostock | Kamloops Paddlewheelers |
| 2005 | Erma Kemp | Tieton |
| 2004 | Jim Kemp | Tieton |
| 2004 | Marge Shepherd | Yakima West Valley |
| 2003 | Jim Kemp | Tieton |
| 2003 | Marge Shepherd | Yakima West Valley |
| 2003 | Pat White | Lynden |
| 2002 | Emerson Bishop | Kent |
| 2002 | Frances Challender | Key Peninsula |
| 2001 | Emerson Bishop | Kent |
| 2000 | William Shepherd | Yakima West Valley |
| 1999 | Clem Moore | Prince Rupert Kaien Island |
| 1998 | Jim Kemp | Tieton |
| 1997 | Frank Karas | Moses Lake East |
| 1996 | Emerson Bishop | Kent |
| 1995 | Audrey House | Bellingham Harborview |
| 1994 | Carl Ostrom | Seattle Lake City |
| 1993 | Jackie Johnson | Maple Valley |
| 1992 | Sam Nakano | Wapato |
| 1992 | Dale Huggins | Garfield |
| 1991 | Bob Borland | Vancouver Renfrew |
| 1991 | Jackie Johnson | Maple Valley |
| 1990 | Rock Holman | White Rock |
| 1990 | Jackie Johnson | Maple Valley |
| 1989 | Stan Forbes | Richmond |
| 1988 | Emerson Bishop | Kent |
| 1987 | Jim Erickson | Federal Way Noon |
| 1986 | Paul Kauzlarich | Naches |
| 1985 | Brian Johnston | Mount Seymour |
| 1984 | Stuart Wasser | Kelso Earlybirds |
| 1983 | Larry Rehms | Moscow Paradise |
| 1982 | Garey Ham | Mount Seymour |
| 1982 | Ken Natland | Bremerton Ch. Kit. |
| 1982 | Dale Swanson | Eatonville |
| 1982 | Wilf Dow | Sedro Woolley |
| 1981 | Dick Pierce | Vancouver Central |
| 1980 | Mervin Hill | Smelterville |
| 1979 | Mervin Hill | Smelterville |
| 1978 | Dave Maccallum | Burnaby Cent. |
| 1977 | C.R. "Rob" Manifold | Esquimalt |
| 1977 | David Craig | Gleed |
| 1976 | John Stevens | Elma |
| 1976 | Charles V. Waid | University Place |
| 1975 | J.P.Pavlik | Mount Seymour |
| 1975 | Al Mattison | Waitsburg |
| 1975 | Bob Lightfoot | Longview Sunrise |
| 1975 | Sidney Parker | Wahkiakum |
| 1975 | Larry Shattuck | Taholah |
| 1975 | Bill Lockman | Twin Valleys |
| 1975 | John Stevens | Elma |
| 1974 | Sigurd Hansen | Longview Sunrise |