Lifetime Achievement Award, one of
Michigan's most prestigious
volunteer recognition events
In 2007, the American Lighthouse
Coordinating Committee (ALCC) selected Dick to receive the Holland Award,
to recognize his truly exceptional contributions. The Holland Award is the
major national honor bestowed by the lighthouse preservation community.
Dick is also a past president of the ALCC
He retired in 1998 from Beacon Investment after 32 years. Dick received a
BBA from the University of Michigan after serving in the U.S. Air Force
during the Korean War. Dick and his wife, Margaret, live in Pinckney MI.
Officers elected by the DRLPS Board of Directors include: Russ Norris,
President; David Bardsley, Vice-President; Glenn Lahti, Secretary, and Chuck
Feltner, Treasurer. Ann Method Green, Public Relations Chair, was elected
by the board to fill Dick Moehl’s vacated directorship.
The DeTour Reef Light Preservation Society (DRLPS) has worked diligently
since 1998 to restore and preserve the DeTour Reef Light located one mile
offshore in northern Lake Huron at the far eastern end of Michigan’s Upper
Peninsula between DeTour Village and Drummond Island. Built in 1931, the
83-foot tall lighthouse is a strategic and historic landmark that marks a
dangerous reef to help guide ship traffic from and to Lake Huron and Lake
Superior via the strategic St. Mary’s River. The DRLPS completed major
restoration of the structure in 2004, and public tours to this unique
lighthouse began in July, 2005.
The DRLPS received the 2005 Governor's Award for excellence
in historic preservation, and the Superior Award in 2006 from the Historical
Society of Michigan. The DeTour Reef Light is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places.
The DRLPS is preparing a gala celebration to mark their 10 years of
restoration and preservation efforts. The celebration will be held at the
Easter Upper Peninsula Fine Arts Center in DeTour Village, MI, on August 30,
2008.
To learn more about the organization, the lighthouse, and the
public tours and light keeper programs, please visit
www.DRLPS.com, email DRLPS@drlps.com, call 906-493-6609 or write to
DRLPS, PO Box 307, Drummond Island, MI 49726.
Posted: 1/24/2008
