.png)
Members of District 17 are recognized on this page for their contributions of service to the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
District 17 Annual Auxiliary Summit - 2013
Awards presented for 2012
ANNUAL SERVICE PERFORMANCE AWARDS
2012 - PUBLIC EDUCATION
BRUCE JONES - 31 credit hours
DEAN TERENCIO - 31 credit hours
BILL REITER - 33 credit hours
CRAIG FORREST - 33 credit hours
SUSAN NYMEYER - 34 credit hours
NANCI TERENCIO - 37.5 credit hours
RUSSELL LYDAY - 39.5 credit hours
DAVID BRUBAKER - 53.5 credit hours
DREW HERMAN - 54 credit hours
MICHAEL MORRIS - 82.5 credit hours
VERNON CRAIG - 88 credit hours
RICHARD FAIRBANKS - 97 credit hours
DENNIS THAUTE - 97.5 credit hours
2012 - VESSEL EXAMINER/MARINE DEALER VISITOR
DEAN TERENCIO - 5 Vessel Safety Checks and 46 Commercial Fishing Vessel Exams
MIKE MORRIS - 15 Vessel Safety Checks/17 Uninspected Passenger Vessel Exams/30 Marine Dealer Visits
JAMES HENDLEY - 64 Vessel Safety Checks
MICHAEL GARTLAND - 49 Vessel Safety Checks and 16 Marine Dealer Visits
BRIAN IDZIK - 65 Vessel Safety Checks and 6 Marine Dealer Visits
TIM WINTERS - 8 Vessel Safety Checks, 73 Marine Dealer Visits
RICHARD FAIRBANKS - 139 Vessel Safety Checks
ALLAN CHRISTOPHERSON - 16 Vessel Safety Checks, 132 Marine Dealer Visits
2012 - OPERATIONS
DEAN TERENCIO - 530 Marine Safety Support Points, 2 hours of Surface Operations
and 11 hours of Operational Support
DEBBIE DEGRAZIO - 75 hours of Surface Operations
TIM DEGRAZIO - 79 hours of Surface Operations
TOM KANE - 85 hours of Surface Operations
JAMES HENDLEY - 110 hours of Surface Operations
DAVID BRUBAKER - 93 hours of Surface Operations and 19 hours of Operational Support
BILL REITER - 117 hours of Surface Operations and 3 hours of Operational Support
KATIE ROGERS - 61 hours of Surface Operations and 133 Marine Safety Support points
RICK ROGERS - 64 hours of Surface Operations and 146 Marine Safety Support points
MIKE MORRIS- 98 hours of Surface Operations, 3 hours of Operational Support
and 120 Marine Safety Support Points
D17 AUXILIARY PROGRAM CERTIFICATES of ACHIEVEMENT
MARINE SAFETY and ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HOURS
(more than 10 hours in the calendar year 2012)
PAT FAIRBANKS – ANCHORAGE FLOTILLA - 38 hours
JEAN BUTLER – JUNEAU FLOTILLA - 109.35 hours
AUXDATA/AUXINFO DATA ENTRY
(20 or more hours in the calendar year 2012)
JEAN HOLZHEIMER - WHITTIER FLOTILLA - 20 hours
SUSAN NYMEYER - KODIAK FLOTILLA - 24 hours
TIMOTHY WINTERS - KENAI FLOTILLA - 35 hours
DEBORAH DEGRAZIO - SITKA FLOTILLA - 51 hours
RICHARD FAIRBANKS - ANCHORAGE FLOTILLA - 71 hours
EXTERNAL PUBLIC AFFAIRS
(50 or more hours in the calendar year 2012)
TIMOTHY WINTERS - KENAI FLOTILLA - 54 hours
NANCI TERENCIO - ANCHORAGE FLOTILLA - 55.5 hours
JAMES HENDLEY - WHITTIER FLOTILLA - 56.5 hours
DAVID BRUBAKER - WHITTIER FLOTILLA - 61 hours
SUSAN LANG - SEWARD FLOTILLA - 75 hours
MONIKA RENKE - MAT-SU FLOTILLA - 94 hours
JARED NELSON - WHITTIER FLOTILLA - 96.5 hours
LINDA SHOGREN - WHITTIER FLOTILLA - 1455 hours
WEBSITE DESIGN AND MAINTENANCE
(10 or more hours in the calendar year 2012)
DARREN ASUNCION - KODIAK FLOTILLA - 19 hours
RICHARD ROGERS - SITKA FLOTILLA - 117.5 hours
TOM KANE - WHITTIER FLOTILLA - 420 hours
RICHARD FAIRBANKS - 461 hours
PHOTO CONTEST
Fellowship
1st place: Drew Herman - Kodiak Flotilla (photo of NACO Tom Mallison)
Marine Safety
1st place: Drew Herman - Kodiak Flotilla (building Kids Don’t Float Boxes)
2nd place: Mike Morris - Sitka Flotilla (Hazard to Navigation)
3rd place: Mike Morris - Sitka Flotilla (Thanking youngster with a Coupon)
Member Training
1st place: Kathy Lyday - Whittier Flotilla (preparing for Survival swim)
2nd place: Mike Morris - Sitka Flotilla (Pool Exercises w/Petersburg and Sitka flotilla members)
3rd place: Mike Morris - Sitka Flotilla (Chart plotting training)
Operations
1st place: Katie Rogers - Sitka Flotilla (Preparing for side tow)
2nd place: Mark Parmelee - Whittier Flotilla (Granite Bay towing exercise)
3rd place: Joy Craig - Ketchikan Flotilla (Ketchikan training swim)
Public Affairs
1st place: Drew Herman - Kodiak Flotilla (thumbs up for Coastie)
2nd place: Joy Craig - Ketchikan Flotilla (Lifejacket proper fit)
3rd place: Debbie DeGrazio – Sitka Flotilla (Coastie visit to Sitka classroom)
Public Education
1st place: Wes Hanna - Kodiak Flotilla (Lifejacket safety talk)
2nd place: Drew Herman - Kodiak Flotilla (Coastie visited about 90 kids at Main Elementary)
Honorable Mention
Debbie DeGrazio - Sitka Flotilla (Sitka Helo Ops)
Joy Craig - Ketchikan Flotilla (Ketchikan Helo Ops)
Joy Craig - (Safeboat escorting cruise ship)
Joy Craig - (Little boat towing load)
COAST GUARD MERITORIOUS TEAM AWARDS
AUXILIARY STATION WHITTIER TEAM
DAVE BRUBAKER SCOTT THORSELL
BILL REITER JIM LARABEE
JIM HENDLEY JARED NELSON
TOM KANE DREW HERMAN
BILL MORRIS DEAN TERENCIO
RUSS LYDAY NANCI TERENCIO
STEWART STERLING RAE DELEY
JANET HOHN MARK PARMELEE
LINDA SHOGREN CRAIG WILLIAMSON
BILL HOLZHEIMER CRAIG FPRREST
JEAN HOLZHEIMER TARY YOUNGBLOOD
ROGER HOLLAND DAN COLE
CATHEY STERLING MARK HEMSTREET
WILL FROST
USCG DISTRICT 17, SITKA FLOTILLA
TIM DEGRAZIO
DEBBIE DEGRAZIO
JOE MEADOR
CAROL MEADOR
JAMIE ELSTAD
STEVE HUDDLESTON
JAMES BLANEY
PAULA LEMLER-TURNER
RICK ROGERS
KATIE ROGERS
MIKE MORRIS
PATRICK LARGEY, SR
ROBERT PATTERSON
TED ALLIO
COXSWAIN ACADEMY TRAINING TEAM
MIKE MORRIS
DENNIS THAUTE
DANNY COLE
BRUCE JONES
MIKE FOLKERTS
JAMIE ELSTAD
BMC JOHN MORELAND
ARCTIC SHIELD 2012 OUTREACH TEAM
Auxiliary and Boating Safety Members
JEAN BUTLER DEAN TERENCIO
JERRY GARDNER NANCI TERENCIO
VERLYN RENKE JO-ANN GRIMALDI
MONIKA RENKE ANNETTE SMITH
DENNIS THAUTE MIKE FOLKERTS
JACQUELYN THAUTE DAVE BORG
2012 DIVISION ONE AWARDS
Most improved Flotilla - KETCHIKAN FLOTILLA
Flotilla with the highest percentage of Vessel Safety Checks per member - JUNEAU FLOTILLA
Public Affairs Achievement Award - RICK ROGERS (Sitka Flotilla)
Most Lead Public Education and Youth Instructor Hours - MIKE MORRIS (Sitka Flotilla)
Most Lead Member Training Hours - VERN CRAIG (Ketchikan Flotilla)
Most Vessel Safety Checks - BRIAN IDZIK (Juneau Flotilla)
Most Specialty Courses Completed - TIM DeGRAZIO (Sitka Flotilla)
Outstanding Auxiliarist of the Year - JOY CRAIG (Ketchikan Flotilla)
2012 DIVISION TWO AWARDS
For performing the most Vessel Exams - JIM HENDLEY (Whittier Flotilla)
For performing the most hours of member training as Lead Instructor - DENNIS THAUTE (Homer Flotilla)
For the Flotilla with the most specialty courses completed per member - HOMER FLOTILLA
Outstanding Flotilla of the Year - HOMER FLOTILLA
Outstanding Auxiliarist of the Year - TIMOTHY WINTERS (Kenai Flotilla)
2012 DIVISION THREE AWARDS
“Spot Light Award” for the Outstanding New Member - PATRICIA IVEY (Fairbanks Flotilla)
“Bev Gurtler Award” - RICHARD FAIRBANKS (Anchorage Flotilla)
Member Training Award - RICHARD FAIRBANKS (Anchorage Flotilla)
Public Education Award - RICHARD FAIRBANKS (Anchorage Flotilla)
Flotilla of the Year - ANCHORAGE FLOTILLA
Outstanding Auxiliarist of the Year - DEAN TERENCIO (Anchorage Flotilla)
2012 DISTRICT AWARDS
COMMODORE DELONG AWARD (Recruiting the Most new Members) - KETCHIKAN FLOTILLA
COMMODORE HAVENS AWARD (Highest percentage of new program qualifications) - SITKA FLOTILLA
COMMODORE JAMES W. CLEMENT MEMORIAL AWARD (Instructing the most member training hours) –
DENNIS THAUTE (Homer Flotilla)
PHILIS S. SMITH MEMORIAL AWARD (Most classes in youth education, fewer than 30 members) –
SITKA FLOTILLA
WANDA E. JANSEN MEMORIAL AWARD (Instructing most PE hours, fewer than 30 members) –
ANCHORAGE FLOTILLA
WANDA E. JANSEN MEMORIAL AWARD (Instructing most PE hours, 30 or more members) –
KETCHIKAN FLOTILLA
JEAN GEBHART AWARD (Instructing the most PE hours) - VERN CRAIG (Ketchikan Flotilla)
RBS VISITATION PROGRAM AWARD (Conducting the most RBS visits) - ALLAN CHRISTOPHERSON
(Kenai Flotilla)
RICHARD GOSHORN AWARD (Performing the most CFVEs) - DEAN TERENCIO (Anchorage Flotilla)
COMMODORE RODERIC S. CARPENTER MEMORIAL AWARD (Highest number of marine inspections,
fewer than 30 members) - ANCHORAGE FLOTILLA
COMMODORE RODERIC S. CARPENTER MEMORIAL AWARD (Highest number of marine inspections,
30 or more members) - JUNEAU FLOTILLA
HOWARD C. THEW AWARD (performing the most examinations/inspections) - RICHARD FAIRBANKS
(Anchorage Flotilla)
UNINSPECTED PASSENGER VESSEL EXAMINER AWARD (Performing the most UPV examinations) –
TED ALLIO (Sitka Flotilla)
FLOTILLA NEWSLETTER AWARD (Best Flotilla newsletter) - EAGLE RIVER FLOTILLA
“THE BIRD’S EYE VIEW”
MARY L. BECKHAM AWARD (Editor of the best newsletter) - DORIS THOMAS, “THE BIRD’S EYE VIEW”
COAST GUARD ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT AWARD (Performing the most Coast Guard administrative
Support hours) - RICHARD FAIRBANKS (Anchorage Flotilla)
BUSTER BORHAUER MEMORIAL AWARD (Most activity in SAR) - WHITTIER FLOTILLA
CAPTAIN WILLIAM S. GRISWOLD AWARD (Performing the most Coast Guard Operational Support
Hours) - DOUG ALSIP (Juneau Flotilla)
LARRY WHEELER AWARD (Performing the most patrol hours as a crew member) - DEBBIE DeGRAZIO
(Sitka Flotilla)
CAPTAIN SAMUEL GUILL AWARD (Performing the most patrol hours as coxswain) – MICHAEL MORRIS
17TH DISTRICT RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY AWARD (Fewer than 30 members) – ANCHORAGE
FLOTILLA
17TH DISTRICT RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY AWARD (30 or more members) – WHITTIER
FLOTILLA
COMMODORE HANSON AWARD (Highest percentage of overall activity, fewer than 30 members) –
ANCHORAGE FLOTILLA
COMMODORE PARKE AWARD (Highest percentage of overall activity, 30 or more members) –
WHITTIER FLOTILLA
2012 COAST GUARD AWARDS
AUXILIARY LETTERS OF COMMENDATION
KATIE ROGERS, Sitka Flotilla
RICHARD ROGERS, Sitka Flotilla
SUE LANG, Seward Flotilla
STEWART STERLING III, Whittier Flotilla
DANNY COLE, Homer Flotilla
AUXILIARY ACHIEVEMENT MEDALS
JOY CRAIG, Ketchikan Flotilla
VERN CRAIG, Ketchikan Flotilla
BRAD WELLS, Petersburg Flotilla
BRUCE JONES, Petersburg Flotilla
TERRY STODDARD, Whittier Flotilla
DAVE BRUBAKER, Whittier Flotilla
BOB HARVEY, Whittier Flotilla
AUXILIARY COMMENDATION MEDAL
TERRY STODDARD, Whittier Flotilla
AUXILIARY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL
ROY STODDARD, Whittier Flotilla
COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSEL EXAMINERS CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION
DEAN TERENCIO, Anchorage Flotilla
NANCI TERENCIO, Anchorage Flotilla
BRUCE JONES, Petersburg Flotilla
BRAD WELLS, Petersburg Flotilla
RICK ROGERS, Sitka Flotilla
KATIE ROGERS, Sitka Flotilla
JAMIE ELSTAD, Sitka Flotilla
ALAN SORUM, Fairbanks Flotilla
5-STAR INSPECTOR OF THE YEAR: MIKE MORRIS, Sitka Flotilla
DAVID T BORG PROFESSIONAL AUXILIARY COXSWAIN AWARD: DANNY COLE, Homer Flotilla
PAT KENNEDY MOMORIAL AWARD: DEBBIE DEGRAZIO, Sitka Flotilla
2012 FLOTILLA MERITORIOUS ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: KENAI FLOTILLA
2012 D17 AUXILIARIST OF THE YEAR: SUE LANG, Seward Flotilla
2011 District Conference.
CLICK HERE FOR PHOTO'S OF THE CONFERENCE.
Visit the Photo Gallery to see pictures that have been submitted from throughout the district by members. Click Here
The 2011 District Conference was held at the Sheraton Anchorage on Feb. 11,12 and 13. On Saturday at lunch and on Sunday at the Banquet, awards were given to people and Flotilla's for the all of their accomplishments in 2010
Awards at the luncheon:
CLICK ON EACH AWARD TO SEE WHO RECEIVED IT.
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE SERVICE PUBLIC EDUCATION
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE SERVICE VESSEL EXAMINER
ANNUAL PERFORMANCE SERVICE OPERATIONS
AUXILIARY PROGRAM AWARD CERTIFICATES
SEAK BOATING SAFETY OUTREACH TEAM
MENDENHALL BAR ATON ASSIST TEAM
Awards at the Banquet:
CLICK ON THE GROUPS TO SEE THE RECIPIENTS, INDIVIUALS ARE LISTED BEHIND THE AWARD.
Boating Safety Educator of the Year - Mike Morris (see picture and movie below)
Auxiliary AWARD OF OPERATIONAL MERIT - Mike Morris
Auxiliary Letter of Commendation (Op Yukon Coastie)
5-STAR EXAMINER OF THE YEAR - Ted Allio
AUXILIARY ACHIEVEMENT MEDAL - Roy Stoddard
AUXILIARY MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD - Gary Taylor
AUXILIARY MERITORIOUS SERVICE AWARD - Marie Scholle
2010 Stats from the Director's Office
MOVIES OF THE CONFERENCE
Click on the links below to watch short movies of the events at District 17's Winter Conference, which took place in the Sheraton Anchorage Hotel on Feb. 11,12 and 13, 2011. More movies coming.
Shelby Cook sings National Anthem
Commodore Stoddard at D-Train,
DIRAUX, Christine Fern, LCDR at D-Train,
IPDCO Marie Scholle at D-Train,
DCO Roy Stoddard being Sworn In,
USCG Auxiliary Awards presentation pt 1,
USCG Auxiliary Awards presentation pt 2,
USCG Auxiliary Awards presentation pt 3,
USCG Auxiliary Awards presentation pt 4,
State of Alaska, Office of Safe Boating, "Best Boating safety Educator of the Year" Award
Jean Butler- Auxiliarist of the year.
Read the article in The Alaska Business Monthly on DCOS Mike Morris receiving the "Boating Safety Educator of the Year" award from the Alaska Boating and Safety Office or read below.
Alaska Boating Safety Educator of the Year
(Anchorage, AK) - The Alaska Office of Boating Safety presented its 2010 Boating Safety Educator of the Year award at the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary's District 17 Winter Conference on February 13, 2011. The recipient was Mike Morris, an auxiliary instructor, as well as a state certified Alaska Water Wise instructor, and Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA) trainer.
The Alaska Boating Safety Educator of the Year award recognizes outstanding contributions or performance in educating Alaska's boaters from state-wide nominees.
Mr. Morris has taught from Prince of Wales Island in SE Alaska to Barrow and NW Alaska, and many places in between. In the last nine years Mr. Morris has taught 186 boating and marine safety workshops.
Mike has been teaching boating safety since November 2001 for AMSEA and was one of the first Alaska Water Wise instructors trained. He has also been very active in the USCG Auxiliary as a trainer and is head of the Sitka flotilla. He has been very active as a retired public school teacher in facilitating and teaching classes with numerous groups. His efforts have been tireless in coordinating classes that would not otherwise have been held. Much of this work has been as a volunteer.
He has taught marine and boating safety at Mt. Edgecumbe H.S. in Sitka for many years. Many students have benefitted from his training that would not have otherwise been exposed to boating safety. His teaching is always highly rated in evaluations and he works equally well with children and adults. He has also been involved with training new boating and marine safety educators in many Alaska schools. "Mike has been an outstanding partner in the state's efforts to promote safe and enjoyable boating, especially with Alaska's future boaters," says Joe McCullough, education coordinator with the Alaska Office of Boating Safety.
2010
Awards presented at the 2010 D-Train Conference.
Please click the links below to see the recipients of awards in each category.
- Coast Guard Awards
- Coast Guard Auxiliary Awards
- Auxiliary Program Awards Certificates
- Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendations
- Auxiliary Annual Performance Awards
- Division 1
- Division 2
- Division 3
Awards for achievements in 2010:
 |
|---|
| Commendation Award presented to Marylin Coffman by CAPT. M. Bert for her work with the Sector Juneau as ASC(Auxiliary Sector Coordinator) over the past couple of years. |
 |
|---|
| Members of the 2010 Yukon Coastie Outreach Team have been presented with Letters of Commendation and Memorial Arctic Outreach Coins from Admiral Colvin. Pictured above (l to r) Dean Terencio, Tom Kane, LTJG Allie Ferko, COMO Marie Scholle, Nanci Terencio, Admiral C. Colvin, Ray Miller and Charles Gewin. |
 |
|---|
| First Place Photo in Public Affairs Catagory at Nacon. Photo was taken at this year’s Juneau Boat Show. Ray Carpenter of the Juneau Flotilla as PFD Otter. Photo taken by Noreen Folkerts. |
 |
| First Place Photo in the Marine Safety Catagory at Nacon. Mike Folkerts, on jet ski as he helped the Cutter Elderberry remove the seasonal buoys from the Mendenhall Bar in October of 2009. Photo taken by Noreen Folkerts |