List of Recipients of The Sentinel Award
This award, sponsored by the Montgomery Sentinel newspaper, is given annually by the Civic Federation
to an individual or group, typically outside government, for a "significant contribution to good government
at the local level."
At our 2008 Annual Awards Banquet, the Civic Federation presented Bernard and Lynn Kapiloff, Publisher
and Chief Executive Officer of the Montgomery Sentinel, with Honorary Membership in the MCCF "in
appreciation for their support of the Federation and the civic community."
1989 Citizens' Referendum on Over-development
1990 Sugarloaf Citizens' Association
1991 Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Coalition
1992 Montgomery County Waste Prevention Coalition
1993 Twin Lakes Coalition
1994 Lewis Helm
1995 Montgomery InterCounty Connector Coalition
1996 Charles Wolff & William Moody
1997 Coalition for a Democratic Maryland
1998 Ginny Barnes
1999 Connecticut Avenue-Greenwood Knolls Civic Association
2000 Sharon Constantine
2001 John Parrish
2002 Jim Johnson
2003 Neighbors for a Better Montgomery
2004 Martha Waddy, President, New Hampshire Estates Civic Assn.; Secretary of Weed & Seed Program
2005 Dale Tibbitts, Legislation Chair and Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Question C
2006 Clarksburg Town Center Advisory Committee (Amy Presley, Kim Shiley, Carol Smith, Lynn Fantle,
Tim DeArros & Kathie Hulley)
2007 Common Cause Maryland (Bobbie Walton and members of the Board)
2008 Citizens Coordinating Committee on Friendship Heights
2009 The Stormwater Partners Network
2010 Montgomery Preservation Inc.
2011 Organizational Reform Commission
2012 Zoning Advisory Panel Community Representatives (Patricia Baptiste, Diana Conway, Julie Davis,
Martin Klauber, Leslie Marks, Kimblyn Persaud, and Jane Seigler)
to an individual or group, typically outside government, for a "significant contribution to good government
at the local level."
At our 2008 Annual Awards Banquet, the Civic Federation presented Bernard and Lynn Kapiloff, Publisher
and Chief Executive Officer of the Montgomery Sentinel, with Honorary Membership in the MCCF "in
appreciation for their support of the Federation and the civic community."
1989 Citizens' Referendum on Over-development
1990 Sugarloaf Citizens' Association
1991 Greater Bethesda-Chevy Chase Coalition
1992 Montgomery County Waste Prevention Coalition
1993 Twin Lakes Coalition
1994 Lewis Helm
1995 Montgomery InterCounty Connector Coalition
1996 Charles Wolff & William Moody
1997 Coalition for a Democratic Maryland
1998 Ginny Barnes
1999 Connecticut Avenue-Greenwood Knolls Civic Association
2000 Sharon Constantine
2001 John Parrish
2002 Jim Johnson
2003 Neighbors for a Better Montgomery
2004 Martha Waddy, President, New Hampshire Estates Civic Assn.; Secretary of Weed & Seed Program
2005 Dale Tibbitts, Legislation Chair and Chair of the Ad Hoc Committee on Question C
2006 Clarksburg Town Center Advisory Committee (Amy Presley, Kim Shiley, Carol Smith, Lynn Fantle,
Tim DeArros & Kathie Hulley)
2007 Common Cause Maryland (Bobbie Walton and members of the Board)
2008 Citizens Coordinating Committee on Friendship Heights
2009 The Stormwater Partners Network
2010 Montgomery Preservation Inc.
2011 Organizational Reform Commission
2012 Zoning Advisory Panel Community Representatives (Patricia Baptiste, Diana Conway, Julie Davis,
Martin Klauber, Leslie Marks, Kimblyn Persaud, and Jane Seigler)
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