Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Best of Local Folk: Just Folks: : Readers Poll
Best Civic Leader Gold
Vice Mayor Richard Skorman
Previous Best Of Awards:
'02
Silver
Mary Lou Makepeace
Former mayor
Executive director,
Leadership Pikes Peak
Bronze
Sallie Clark
Former city council
member
Bed and breakfast inn
owner and neighborhood
activist
Best Arts Advocate Gold (tie)
Mary Mashburn
Coordinator, Kennedy
Center Imagination
Celebration, Colorado
Spring
Previous Best Of Awards:
'00 '01 '02
Rodney Wood
Multi-media artist,
teacher and consultant
Silver
John Hazlehurst
Columnist, The Colorado
Springs Independent
Bronze
Gerry Riggs
Director, Gallery of
Contemporary Art at
UCCS
Best Environmentalist Gold
Vice Mayor Richard Skorman
Silver
Ann Oatman-Gardner
Bronze
Jennifer French
Best Visual Artist Gold
Charles Rockey
Silver
Jessi Abraham
Bronze (three-way tie)
Starr Kempf
Steve Wood
Chris Weed
Best Hairdo On a Local TV Anchor Gold
Eric Singer
KKTV 11 News
Silver (tie)
Melissa Brown
KKTV 11 News
Stephanie Pytlinski
KKTV 11 News
Bronze
Lisa Lyden
KOAA News First 5/30
Best TV Reporter Gold
Eric Singer
KKTV 11 News
Silver
Lisa Lyden
KOAA News First 5/30
Bronze (tie)
Georgiann Lymberopoulos
KOAA News First 5/30
Stephanie Pytlinski
KKTV 11 News
Best Print Journalist Gold
Rich Tosches
The Gazette
Previous Best Of Awards:'02
Silver
John Hazlehurst
The Colorado Springs
Independent
Bronze (tie)
Cara DeGette
The Colorado Springs
Independent
Kathryn Eastburn
The Colorado Springs
Independent
Best Radio DJ Gold
Vicki Gregor
KRCC-FM 91.5
Silver
Chris Knight (CK)
KKMG-FM 98.9
www.989magicfm.com
Bronze (tie)
Mark Goldberg
KRDO-FM 95.1
Johnny Ginn
KILO-FM 94.3
Best Restaurant Staff Gold
Sencha
331 S. Nevada Ave.,
632-8287
Silver
Ritz Grill
15 S Tejon St., 635-8484
Bronze
Amanda's Fonda
3625 W. Colorado Ave.,
227-1975
Best Chef Gold
Brent Beavers, Sencha
Silver
Jason Gust, Ritz Grill
Bronze
Ketil Larson, Phantom
Canyon
Person Who Was Most Likely Elvis In A Previous Life Gold
John Weiss
Publisher, The Colorado
Springs Independent
Silver
Mayor Lionel Rivera
Bronze
Vice Mayor Richard Skorman
Best Public Fool Gold
Douglas Bruce
Silver
Charles Wingate
Bronze
Ed Bircham
Best Sane Politician Gold
Vice Mayor Richard Skorman
Silver
State Rep. Mike Merrifield
Bronze
Mayor Lionel Rivera
Most Embarrassing Politician Gold
Charles Wingate
Silver
Mayor Lionel Rivera
Bronze
Ed Jones
