Thursday, January 3, 2013
For his quiet, yet steady contributions to Northfield, Heinricy has been voted the 2012 Northfield Patch Person of the Year.
Editor's note: TJ Heinricy received the most votes of eight nominees to be named Northfield Patch's Person of the Year 2012. There are those who plan. There are those who set out to leave a mark. And then there are those who just do. TJ Heinricy easily falls into the third group. And for his quiet, yet steady contributions to Northfield, Heinricy has been voted the 2012 Northfield Patch Person of the Year. Heinricy is the City of Northfield's streets and parks supervisor, a Northfield Fire and Rescue captain, and is on the Defeat of Jesse James Days committee. In June, Heinricy received the "Making a Difference" award from the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative for his ongoing support of youth in their efforts to build a permanent …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
You can vote through 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26.
Who deserves to be recognized as Northfield Patch's Person of the Year? During the past week, readers have submitted names of folks they feel deserve the honor. We received eight nominations. Below, you'll find answers to two questions about each nominee from those who nominated them. We did not change the answers at all. What was submitted to us is what you see. Vote by selecting a person on the attached poll below. And, while you're at it, leave a few thoughts in the comment section about why he or she received your vote. You must be logged into the site to vote and comment. We will accept votes until 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26. Whomever receives the most votes is Northfield Patch's Person of the Year and will have a story written about …
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Who deserves the honor? You help decide!
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Who deserves to be recognized as Northfield Patch's Person of the Year? If you know someone who made Northfield a better place during the last year, nominate him or her.
Who deserves to be recognized as Northfield Patch's Person of the Year? If you know someone who made Northfield a better place over the last year, contributed time and effort to various causes or even made a smaller impact that's still important, nominate him or her. Please fill out the form above by 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 12. We will take the nominees and ask our readers who they think should win. After a Person of the Year is selected, Patch will run a story about the person selected. You may nominate yourself, someone you've worked with or even someone you've just read about that might deserve this recognition. Any questions? Email me at corey.butler@patch.com. Follow Northfield Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our …
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Pruitt is involved in several organizations devoted to serving local youth.
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Thursday, December 22, 2011
Editor's note: Zach Pruitt received the most votes of 10 nominees to be named Northfield Patch's Person of the Year 2011. Behind every great accomplishment is someone working tirelessly and, too often, thanklessly, to make sure everything goes off without a hitch. For Northfield, Zach Pruitt is that person. Pruitt, who is the director of the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative and the assistant men’s and women’s tennis coach at Carleton College, was voted Northfield Patch’s Person of the Year during a five-day poll on Patch. In doing so, he received 50 percent of the votes—1,500 of 2,974. “He does not look for recognition,” said Susan Sanderson, who also works in youth development and met Pruitt 15 years ago, when he was a sophomore at…
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
After five days of voting, Pruitt received 1,500 votes, good for more than half the votes tallied in a poll on Patch. In all, there were 2,974 votes.
Zach Pruitt is Northfield Patch’s Person of the Year. After five days of voting, Pruitt received 1,500 votes, good for more than half the votes tallied in a poll on Patch. In all, there were 2,974 votes. Pruitt was one of 10 names submitted when Patch asked readers to nominate people they thought were worthy of the honor, which were to based on their contributions to the community in the past year. On the line was a story about the chosen person’s giving spirit. As the top vote getter, Pruitt isn’t receiving an award, gift certificate or anything to that nature—just a little recognition. Pruitt is executive director of the Northfield Healthy Community Initiative, which works “to foster a collaborative environment in Northfield that …
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Who did you vote for? Share why in our comments section.
Who deserves to be recognized as Northfield Patch's Person of the Year? During the past week, readers have submitted names of folks they feel deserve the honor. We received 10 nominations, which you'll find in the attached poll. Below, you'll find answers to two questions about each nominee from those who nominated them. We did not change the answers at all. What was submitted to us is what you see. You can vote once a day. We will accept votes until 11:59 p.m. Monday. Feel free to comment at the bottom about why you voted the way you did. Whomever receives the most votes is Northfield Patch's Person of the Year and will have a story written about his or her efforts. This story is one way for us to highlight all the great work going on in …
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Who deserves to be recognized as Northfield Patch's Person of the Year? If you know someone who made Northfield a better place during the last year, nominate him or her.
Who deserves to be recognized as Northfield Patch's Person of the Year? If you know someone who made Northfield a better place over the last year, contributed time and effort to various causes or even made a smaller impact that's still important, nominate him or her. Please fill out the form above by 9 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14. We will take the nominees and ask readers who they think should win. After a Person of the Year is selected, Patch will run a story about the person selected. You may nominate yourself, someone you've worked with or even someone you've just read about that might deserve this recognition. Any questions? Email me at corey.butler@patch.com.
Betsy Busa
2:35 pm on Friday, December 14, 2012
We Northfielders are lucky to have so many outstanding folks contributing to the community! I want to vote for both Dan and Lynne. Why not more than one honoree?? Betsy Busa more ›