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2019 Installation 2010 Past President, Arne Weinman, reads through the official installation ceremony of 2019 President, Kristy Hamby; as members of the Military, Community & Lilac Festival look on. Photo Courtesy of Christy Snow

2019 Awards & Installation Dinner

The Spokane Lilac Festival's 2018 "Swing Into Spokane" year is officially in the books! This Tuesday night, the ceremonial passing of the "purple gavel" commenced. We celebrated a fantastic 2018 year, our amazing President, Nancy Cole, extraordinary Executive Committee, and our amazing Directors, Volunteers and Military Partners. President Nancy, with the help of Director, Cecelia Stephens, announced and presented the 2018 Service Awards (see below for a list all the deserving recipients). President Nancy also introduced our four new Directors! We want to welcome Deborah Koch, Dan North, Kenzie Toner and Sam Snow to the Lilac Director family! Once we said our proper thank yous, congratulations and goodbyes to our 2018 team, we welcomed in our 2019 leadership. 2010 Past President, Arne Weinman swore in Treasurer, Russ Brown, President Elect, Dan Ver Heul and finally, President Kristy Hamby. After a very touching speech from President Kristy, she reveled her 2019 theme of "We Are Spokane." Check out below for more on what this theme means to the Kristy and the Lilac Festival, as well as a sneak peek of the amazing float and pin design. We want to thank all those who attended our Installation dinner this year. Thank you to the community members, family and friends who joined us on this special night. And a very special thank you to the Military members and their families who attended and continue to support our organization. We are truly grateful to have such an amazing Military community here in the Lilac City. We are already off and running with our "We Are Spokane" 2019 year. We hope to see you all throughout the year at one of our many events.

Top Left: 2010 Past President, Arne Weinman, presents 2018 President, Nancy Cole with her gold Past Presidents Name Tag. Top Right: President Nancy presents and hands over the purple gavel to new President, Kristy. Bottom Left: 1999 Past President, Bill Phipps is awarded his 45 year pin by President Nancy and 2019 Co-VP Royalty Cecelia Stephens. Bottom Right: Nancy and Cecelia present 1989 Past President, Marilyn Thordarson, with her 45 year pin. (Not in attendance): 1997 Past President, Bob Tallan also received his 30 year pin for his service to the Lilac Festival. Photo Courtesy of Christy Snow

2019 Service Awards Beyond The Call Karen Montague Gail Nord Cindy Zapotocky In the Shadows Kenzie Toner Rebecca Schwartz Leanne Brown Royalty Parents - Trevor & Kim Nelson, Aaron & Kim Magner, Michael & Rhonda Jeremiah, Bruce & Teresa Madill, Steve & Mary Wynne Vicky Jorgens Joan Petow Colonel Michaelle Guerrero Spirit of Lilac/New Director of the Year - Alan Hart You Lilac my Life Cindy Zapotocky Toni Ernst Kathy & Arne Weinman John Edwards Purple Hammer Award (Presented by the Float Toads)- Don Bowen President’s Award Marilyn Thordarson

Left: 2018 Volunteer and 2019 New Director, Kenzie Toner holds up her "In the Shadows" award. Right: Representing our wonderful Royalty parents, Kim Nelson and Kim Magner show off their awards. Photo Courtesy of Christy Snow

Meet Our 2019 President, Kristy Hamby

Kristy has been with the Lilac Festival for 8 years serving as Vice President of Community and Military for much of that time and serving on multiple committees from the Finance and Bylaws Committee to Parade and Royalty. She has an Elementary Education degree from Florida State University (Go Seminoles!) and was "Beginning Teacher of the Year" for all of Okaloosa County, FL in her first year as a teacher. Kristy currently is a REALTOR with Windermere City Group where she serves on their Relocation Team and as a Premier Director. Kristy is also on the Board of Directors with the Spokane Association of REALTORS and is a 3 year Sterling level Major Investor, a Champions Club member and an Alternate Director for the WA REALTORS. Needless to say, we are incredibly lucky to have Kristy leading the Festival in it's 81st year. Welcome President Kristy!

Top: President Kristy shows off her 2019 Pin and Theme Design, as well as the float model, designed by VP Float, Mike Moore. Bottom: President Kristy and her family; First Gent, Brad Hamby and parents, Augusta & Peter Rodriguez. Photo Courtesy of Christy Snow

2019 Executive Committee

Back Row (from left): Mike Moore, Nancy Cole, Alan Hart, Shelly Sholl, Dan Ver Heul, Karen Montague, Russ Brown Front Row (from left): Kristy Hamby, Cecelia Stephens, Clare Patton, Toni Ernst, Angela Wray (Not Pictured): Mike Cressey Photo Courtesy of Christy Snow

President - Kristy Hamby VP Parade/President-Elect - Dan Ver Heul VP Director Development/Immediate Past President - Nancy Cole Treasurer - Russ Brown VP Area Relations - Shelly Sholl VP Financial Development - Mike Cressey VP Float - Mike Moore Co-VP Hosting - Toni Ernst & Angela Wray VP Merchandising - Karen Montague VP Community & Military - Alan Hart Co-VP Royalty - Clare Patton & Cecelia Stephens

"We Are Spokane" 2019 Theme

President Kristy applauds VP Float, Mike Moore as he presents the model of the 2019 "We Are Spokane" float. Photo Courtesy of Christy Snow

From Our President: This year marks the 81st celebration of the Spokane Lilac Festival! A milestone that is only possible because of all that makes up Spokane. The theme this year is “We Are Spokane.” As both an avid reader and a reading teacher in my past life, stories were a huge part of making me who I am. My theme this year is a little about the “who” in the “Story of Spokane.” The story of Spokane is made up of our Native American History and our great river. The industries that developed Spokane. It is Spokane’s cool events like our parade, Hoopfest or Bloomsday and the distinctive places like the Historic Davenport Hotel. It is the military presence, the aviation history, medical and higher education elements that impact our people and economy. It is all of this and more that wooed me to stay in Spokane when we were stationed here and it is what makes Spokane unique. This city is made up of so many different kinds of people – the ones born and raised here and the many transplanted here for work or school. All with their own stories. They all strive to put on all these fabulous events to keep Spokane unique and help our great city to grow with purpose. Where most communities see 20% of their population doing the work to make the city what it is, here we see the 80% all working on their piece of Spokane to make our city work as the whole that it is. And that is our story – that is what “We Are Spokane” is all about. We invite you to help us in “Honoring our Military, Empowering our Youth and Showcasing our Region” in this our 81st year of the Spokane Lilac Festival. ~ 2019 President Kristy Hamby

Top Right: The 2019 float model features many of Spokane's recognizable treasurers from the Clock Tower, to carousel horses and the children's blocks. Top Left: 2019 VP Float, Mike Moore explains his float design to Colonel Michael Johnson and his wife, Tina as new Director, Sam Snow listens in. Bottom: The 2019 Pin Design has quite a few special hidden gems that encompass all aspects of our mission statement...can you spot them? Photos Courtesy of Christy Snow and Pin Design by Cassel Promotions

Wrapping Up the 2018 Community Parades

2018 Royal Court with Directors and Volunteers at Connell Fall Festival : (From Left)2018 Co-VP Float Richard Logerwell, Sustaining Member Laurine Logerwell, Princesses Sophie, Hayden, Marley and Grace, 2018 Co-VP's Hosting Toni Ernst and Angela Wray Photo Courtesy of Nancy Cole

What a beautiful day it was at last Saturday's Connell Fall Festival. Our 2018 Royalty, Directors and Volunteers hit the streets of Connell and walked away with the "Royalty Award!" Thank you to everyone who joined us. We still have one more community parade for our 2018 year...and it's a fun one! Our Northwest Hosting Festival partner, the Washington State Autumn Leaf Festival in Leavenworth, WA is on Saturday, September 29th. We have a good size group heading west but more are welcome. If you are interested in joining us, take a look at the link below and let the office team know. Washington State Autumn Leaf Festival Saturday, September 29th, Leavenworth, WA Click Here for More Info

Left Top: The 2018 Court pose with the Connell Jr. Cheerleaders before the parade. Left Bottom: Representing the Lilac City and Festival (from left), Toni Ernst, Angela Wray, Nancy Cole, Richard & Laurine Logerwell Right: We were very honored to receive the "Royalty Award" Photos courtesy of Nancy Cole

Save the Date

Although the holiday season is still a couple months away, we want you to save the date for the Spokane Lilac Festival's Christmas Party. Spokane Lilac Festival's Annual Christmas Party Friday, December 14th Time & Location TBD

The Spokane Lilac Festival wishes our friends with birthdays in September & October a Happy Birthday! September: Sam Snow 9/1 Jessica Bumsted 9/6 Linda Cooper 9/9 Clare Patton 9/12 Judeen Shelman 9/12 Don Krause 9/14 Arne Weinman 9/28 October: Kim Johnson 10/5 Wilma Engstrom 10/7 Donna Aberasturi 10/19 Lon Gibby 10/23

Calendar of Events September: Wednesday, September 19th - Royalty Committee Meeting, 6 pm, Lilac Office Saturday, September 29th - Washington State Autumn Leaf Festival, Leavenworth, WA Tuesday, September 25th - Executive Committee Meeting, 6 pm, Lilac Office October: Tuesday, October 9th - Director Meeting, Time & Location TBD Tuesday, October 23rd - Executive Committee Meeting, 6pm, Lilac Office

Spokane Lilac Festival 3021 S. Regal, Suite 105 Spokane, WA 99223 509.535.4554 office@spokanelilacfestival.org www.spokanelilacfestival.org

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