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Worship Music was provided by the Vineyard Worship Band
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Significant achievements of 2006 covered by Joel Martin |
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· Board of Directors recognized
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o Dinsmore
o East Arlington
o Fruit Cove
o Millennium Christian School
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· Junior Olympians Kayla and Josh Abernathy Recognized
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· Yvonne Salis organized and managed the Kick-A-Thon.
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· Awards recognized the following
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o Top School was East Arlington
o Top Fundraisers were:
#1 Stephen Riner
#2 Joey Pappalardo
#3 David/Thomas Moroney
#4 Stephen Frankewicz
#5 Veronica Villaneuva
o Most Kicks over 1000
#1 Anthony Watkins
#2 John Hälfman
#3 Kyle Schmucker
#4 Jordan Smith
#5 Clint Phillips
#6 Branden Salis
#7 Desiree Midyette
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· David Gray and Harley Privette organized and ran the 1st Annual golf tournament at Eagle Harbor Golf club.
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· Black Belt Promotions for the year were:
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o 3rd Degree
Drew Robertson
Mark Sadusky
David Smith
Mark Spaulding
o 2nd Degree
Ben Griffin
Greg Olipendo
Steve Ritchey
o 1st Dan
2/4 – Caleb Gifford, Chelsea Spaulding, and Robert Vaughn
5/6 – Mary Groom
8/5– Joshua Abernathy, Kayla Abernathy and Kelly Pickren
11/4 – Shelby Midyette, Yvonne Salis, Jordan Smith, Chet Williams, and Paula Winstead
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· New Student Manual is
published
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· 1st Annual Awards Banquet
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After the 2006 Highlights - We still had a LOT more...
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Yesha Ministry’s History and introduction of new Kwan Patch was introduced by 5th Dan Master instructor Nels Gyland
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Our Key Note Humorist was Jenny Nolen who kept us laughing and added meaning to our lives. She was awarded an Honorary Black Belt.
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Each school then provided a token of appreciation to the Church pastors or their representatives and presented Student of the year honors and competition team selections.
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The Baldwin Black Belts
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The Dismore Black Belts
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East Arlington Black Belts
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Fruit Cove Black Belts
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Mandarin Black Belts
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Melinneum Black Belt
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West Arlington Black Belts
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Westside Black Belts
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Lewis Keller introduced three time Gold and one time silver medalist Nancy Hogshead-Makar. She focused on motivating our students to excellence.
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Chuck Coker then “Immortalized” by some of his Black Belts leaders who presented him with the “Chuck Coker Bobble head.”
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Chuck then recognized the following people:
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Jack Dinsbeer was Chuck’s pastor as he grew up.
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David Smith was honored for his creativity with the Yesha logo and advertising campaign.
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The following people were recognized for their time and commitment to the ministry:
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Joel Martin
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22 years
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Drew Robertson
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14 years |
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David Smith
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14 years |
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Levi Ruis
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11 years |
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Jerry Baumgartner
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10 years |
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John Silsby
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10 years |
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David Groom
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10 years |
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Mary Groom
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10 years |
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Mark Sadusky
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8 years |
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Mark Spaulding
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8 years |
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Jenessa Spaulding
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8 years |
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Shannon Spaulding
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8 years |
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Travis Spaulding
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8 years |
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Heather Spaulding
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8 years |
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Chance Spaulding
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8 years |
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Steve Ritchey
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5 years |
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Dewayne Griffith
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5 years
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“Behind the scenes” awards were given to the spouses of all the school’s Senior Instructors.
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David Maxwell was recognized as “Pastor of the Year” for all of Yesha Ministries Churches.
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Hugh and Regina Matthews were recognized as “Sponsors of the Year.”
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Phyllis Luther and Harley Privette were honored as Lady and Gentlemen Volunteers of the Year for all the help they gave the ministry.
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David Gray and Yvonne Salis received the “Above and Beyond” awards for exceptional commitment and efforts during 2006.
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“Family of the Year” honors went to the Spaulding Family
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This year there was a tie for “Student of the year” as both Joshua and Kayla Abernathy finished 6th in the US Junior Olympics and served the ministry as both Warriors and Ministers.
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Drew Robertson (Instructor of the year 2005) presents Mark Sadusky his award as “Instructor of the Year” for 2006.
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John Silsby and Joel Martin were then inducted into “Yesha Ministries’ Hall of Fame” for their decades of commitment, teaching and ministry efforts.
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