Taking Pride in Our Community

2009 Winsted Pride Award Winners – The Winsted Pride Award recognizes residents and businesses that have enhanced the aesthetic quality of property in Winsted above and beyond acceptable standards, contributing to the overall enhancement of the city’s image.

St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church received the 2009 business Winsted Pride Award. Those present to accept the award are: front – Sharon Schelhaus, Gary Schauer, Paul Gatz, and Pastor Mark Loder; back – Mayor Steve Stotko, Ronnie Schauer, and Hank Schelhaus.

Jim and Doris Menden are the 2009 winners of the residential Winsted Pride award. Mayor Steve Stotko (right) helps display the pride award sign in the Menden front yard.

Mayor Steve Stotko, far left, presented the Don C. Guggemos Community Service Award on behalf of the city to the Winstock Committee. The Winstock Country Music Festival will celebrate its seventeenth year in Winsted in 2010.

Mayor Steve Stotko, far left, presents the WHAT UP (Winsted Holding Activities That Unite People) Committee with the Don C. Guggemos Community Service Award for organizing numerous successful family activities throughout the year. This is the committee’s first year.

For his work on the Planning Commission, Winstock, and the Winsted Lake Association, Marv Ebensperger, left, receives the Don C. Guggemos award for community service presented by Mayor Steve Stotko on behalf of the city.