Star citizens

The City of West University Place hosted the 2019 Star Citizens Awards and Friends Appreciation Luncheon, which honored 2017 and 2018 Fathers & Flashlights chairs Alison and Gary Moorhead, Julia and Carl Williams and Mitra and Josh Woody. The two events raised $178,000 cumulatively. Recipients also included 2019 Park Lovers’ Ball chairs Jennifer and Scott Allison, Megan and Brian Cushing, Stephanie and Ryan Fleck, and Caroline and Kevin Walter. The annual gala raised $200,000 for West U parks. Mayor Susan Sample presented the awards, and Mayor Pro Tem Mardi Turner and city manager Dave Beach also attended the luncheon at El Meson in Rice Village, along with Susan White, parks and recreation director, Donna LaMond, executive director of Friends, Sami Morrison, Friends chair, and members of the Friends Board. Pictured are (from left) Beach, White, Sami Morrison, Mitra Woody, Alison Moorhead, Julia Williams, Sample, Turner and LaMond.

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