Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas
Developmental Services of Northwest Kansas hosted its annual awards luncheon Sept. 30 in Hays.
Awards were given throughout the afternoon to staff, persons served and community members. The first awards of the afternoon were given to employees of DSNWK for their years of service. Those staff recognized and listed by location, were:
Atwood – Marsha Eastep, Ellen Horinek, Rebecca Lang, Kimberly Leitner, Stephanie Pelkey, Merry Reeh
Colby – Denise Mentlick, Jane Mentlick
Hays – Eileen Anderson, Paul Arias, Jeffery Baczkowski, Jonathan Baumfalk, Jennifer Brungardt, Valarie Corwin, Joshua Farrington, Jeremy Grizzle, Dale Haag, Cindy Harwood, BJ Hiser, Patti Hoffman, Marlene Irwin, Brooke Kee, Steve Keil, Jeannie Komarek, Deanna Leiker, Kristi Luetters, Devon Meyer, Dan Miller, Joseph Moos, Johanna Musgrove, Janet Naegele, Nicholas Pfeifer, Dilene Reinhardt, Tami Rummel, Ryan Ruth, Wanda Schlegel, LeeAnn Schmidtberger, Kristen Shewey, Barbara Smith, Denise Stritt, Mark Tomanek, Angela Wahlmeier, Maria Whitesell, Paul Wildeman, Andrew Wishon, Kelli Winder
Hill City – Justin Hrabe, Danny Jackson
Norton – Mary Ahlemeyer, Dorothy Becker, Lisa Shearer
Hoxie – Avis Herl, Harriet Richardson
Oakley – Pat Lysinger
Russell – Marsha Niehoff, Dawn Rose, Herb Shumaker
Stockton – Laura Kolb
DSNWK gave special recognition to three staff members who made successful efforts in coming to the aid of persons served by DSNWK in need and providing emergency assistance. Those recognized were: Virginia Carver of Colby, David Musgrove and Murrae Rebarchek of Hays. Special recognition was also paid to two staff members for their outstanding work with persons with disabilities. Dorothy Becker of Norton, and Dawn Marlett of Hays were presented with the Employee of the Year Awards.
Two $100 scholarship awards were presented to Edith Murguia and Kayla Drake of Hays. These awards were given from the Jerelyn Becker Memorial Scholarship Fund for employees studying in higher education in a field related to serving people with developmental disabilities.
Several awards were given to individuals served by DSNWK for achievement through employment and independence. Those receiving awards and listed by location were:
Atwood – Melvin Betzner, Danny Clark, James Goscha, Cheryl Hartzog, Scott Holub, Tallas McNabb
Hays – Richard Graf, Ryan Hoag, Michael Lee, Eric Legleiter, Anita Rogers, Shannon Sander, Brett Skinner, Chuck Stansbury, Joshua Watford, Jason Watkins, Tammy Zadina
Hill City – Jenny Cronn
DSNWK presented two Individual Achievement Awards to individuals served by DSNWK. Tyler Jones of Hays and Scott Holub of Atwood were presented these awards which go each year to one youth and one adult who have shown tremendous individual progress throughout the year. The individuals receiving services in Hoxie were presented with one of DSNWK’s Good Neighbor Awards for their community volunteer efforts.
Several awards were presented to members of area communities during the afternoon. They were:Wal-Mart of Hays, who received DSNWK’s Employer of the Year Award for their outstanding support of people with disabilities in the workforce. The Community Support Award, which was presented to an entity who has shown DSNWK outstanding support, was given to Norton Oak Community Church in Hays. Finally, DSNWK’s second Good Neighbor Award was presented to Jan Dysart of Hays who has shown outstanding support to an individual served in DSNWK’s Supported Living program.