Arrowhead is a unique place to live. It offers much more than the natural beauty of living in the mountains of Colorado. It offers an incredible group of people and friends, an incredible community.
Each year at this time, we at Arrowhead present The John Krall Award. This award is in recognition of outstanding service to our Community.  This year the award is being presented to a very deserving team.

She, most recently, was a driving force in the formation of two key organizations that are central to the Arrowhead Community. She not only was a major player in the forming of these organizations, but was instrumental in making sure they functioned smoothly.
 First was the Arrowhead Fire Protection District where she served as Treasurer on our first board. It was this first Board that worked diligently to form a new district, one funded by government monies instead of relying upon what our community could raise each year through picnics and bake sales. Besides being a FPD Board member, she is a 1st Responder and helped set up and run the Command Post.

 This person was also a driving force in bringing the Arrowhead Snowmobile Club from its inception to reality.  There too, she stepped up and filled a position on its board and served as its Treasurer.  She applied for and received a grant and was instrumental in the purchase of a club groomer, which is benefiting the community as well as the snowmobile club.  Her strong belief in the need for such a club, and her cheerleading skills and enthusiasm, served our club well as she rallied participants and organized Club Rides, most notably a Valentine Sweetheart Ride and a Poker Run.
She continuously serves the Arrowhead Community in other notable ways. She runs the Community's horse corrals, successfully ran our Inn over several years and is a partner/broker of Arrowhead Ranch Real Estate.  She has consistently been a glowing ambassador for Arrowhead.
 We now turn to the other half of our team.  Were his colorful history to be written is would be entwined with the early roots of Arrowhead’s Fire Department and our Fire Mitigation program.

He served as a foundation of guidance during the growing years of the Arrowhead Volunteer Fire Department and was its Chief for five years.  As Fire Chief he expanded training, got an ISO rating for Arrowhead, and assisted in taking the department from its infancy to the mature organization that it is today.

He initiated and maintained important working relationships with the U.S. Forest Service and area fire departments. As the first Fire District Board Chairman, he was instrumental in creating our Fire District, in its legal recognition, its function and in its meeting the requirements to garner financial support through tax dollars. He continues to be an active part of the department and leads by example.

His participation in our Snowmobile Club made its new trail a reality.  He was an always-present volunteer that felled trees and cleared brush throughout a summer of Saturdays, donating his own chaps in the process. His passion for and dedication to forestry have contributed to the Arrowhead Community in major ways.

This award is being given to them jointly, as the contributions each has made to our community could not fairly be recognized without including the other.
Both recipients are outstanding examples of the adage, “ If you need something done… ask a busy person!”

It is our great pleasure to award the John Krall Award for 2010 to Lucia Lebon and Bob Rosenbaum.