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| Cooperative observers are very much a part of the
National Weather Service...collecting much needed weather data. To read more about the
observers, look below. |
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Stoll Award |
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National Weather Service has many dedicated weather observers across Arkansas. It
cannot be said enough how valuable these observers are, as they provide temperature and
precipitation measurements for their areas at least once a day. While that sounds
like a lot, how about someone who has done it for more than 50 years! |
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Yes...it's true. Mr. Bernard M. Walther was presented an Edward H. Stoll
Award on February 9, 1999. Mr. Walther lives just outside of Cabot. The Stoll
award was named for a man who took weather observations for 76 years in central Nebraska. |
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| The award was presented by Ed Pasierb (right), a
Hydrometeorological Technician (HTM), and Renee Fair (left), the Meteorologist-in-Charge
(MIC)...both of the National Weather Service Forecast Office in North Little
Rock. |
Mr. Walther's daughter Nancy (Saffle) and
son-in-law also attended the ceremony. |
| Representatives from Southern Region Headquarters (SRH) also helped
present the award. Mike Asmus (second from right), the Regional Cooperative Program
Manager, and John Duxbury (right), the Facilities Program Manager, made the trip from Ft.
Worth, Texas to Mr. Walther's home. |
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| Mr. Walther is a retired Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
employee. He is an avid organist and has won a 50 Year Length of Service Award (on
February 2, 1998) and a John Campanius Holm Award in the past for his dedication to
weather observing. |
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