The Alachua Democratic Party had its 2011 Outstanding Democrats Award Luncheon on April 18th, at the Paramount Plaza Hotel! Congratulations to Terri Fleming who received our 2010 Democrat of the Year Award! The Eleanor Roosevelt Award went to former County Commissioner Cynthia Moore Chestnut, and Gainesville City Commissioner Thomas Hawkins, Jr., received the Harry S. Truman “The Buck Stops Here” Award. The Young Democrats awarded their Jeffrey Mattison Wershow Award to Eric M. Conrad . “Unsung Hero” Awards were received by Don Herget, Mae Leone, and Susan Mickelberry, Michelle Ott, and Jocelyn Peskin. Special Achievement Awards were presented to former State Party Chair Karen Thurman, Representative Charles “Chuck” Chestnut IV, Gainesville City Commissioner Lauren Poe and former State Representative Debbie Boyd.