1 NPC Receiving their prize of $600 cash for winning first place at Quiz Nite was Northland Pioneer College’s administrative team, captained by Dr. Jeanne Swarthout, and including Blaine Hatch, Mark Vest, Bill Fee, Andrew Hassard and Barry Richins. This marked the fourth year in a row that this particular team took home first place honors. Each year this team has given away its winnings to charity–this year half to the Bread of Life Mission and the other half to NPC’s Friends & Family Foundation for scholarships.

2 PFMA Playing for the first time, but receiving second place honors at the Kiwanis Club’s Jan. 22 Quiz Nite at the Holbrook Elks Lodge was the team from the Petrified Forest Museum Association, captained by Bill Parker, and including Matt Smith, Bill Reitze, Howard Gourney, Chris Kerr and Nick Poulos.

3 NPC Nursing Taking home third place honors at the recent Quiz Nite was the Northland Pioneer College nursing team, captained by Peg Erdman, and including Donna Soseman, Tanya Hayes, Maderia Ellison, Susan Jamison and Tom Hodgkins. Their cash prize of $150 was donated to the Friends of CASA.

4 Best Costume Receiving the Best Costume Award at the Jan. 22 Quiz Nite competition was the Delta Kappa Gamma team, captained by Cindy Percy, and including Daniel Mitchell, Karen Estridge, Ashley Mitchell, Susan Nafziger and Eldon Ferguson. Posing with these six educators is honorary member Savannah Fischer, also costumed, from the Holbrook High School National Honor Society team. Quiz Nite is an annual fun and fundraising event sponsored by the Painted Desert Kiwanis Club and held at the Holbrook Elks Lodge.

5 BOL Receiving some of the benefits from the Jan. 22 Kiwanis-sponsored Quiz Nite event is Bread of Life Mission Director Cherise Merrick (right). Presenting the check to her is Kiwanis Treasurer Dean Powell (center), accompanied by Quiz Nite Coordinator Jeff Johnson. The mission received a check for $1,817.40. This represents one-fourth of the proceeds from the evening ($6,069.60). The winning team gets to determine which charity will receive half of the event’s profit ($3,034.80). The NPC Administrative Team’s choice was to give half to the Bread of Life Mission ($1,517.40), and the other half to the NPC Friends & Family Foundation. The other $300 given to the mission was half of the winning team’s prize money of $600.

6 Holbrook Schools A Receiving a Quiz Nite check for $3,034.80 is Holbrook School Superintendent Robbie Koerperich (center). Making the presentation are Kiwanis Club Treasurer Dean Powell (left) and Quiz Nite Coordinator Jeff Johnson (right). Half of the evening’s proceeds ($6,069.60) is given to the schools for extra-budgetary classroom projects. Teachers apply for grants to enrich learning in their classrooms. Over the past three years well over a dozen grants have been awarded to teachers for creative teaching assistance. The Holbrook Public Schools is an active co-sponsor of the Kiwanis Club’s Quiz Nite fundraiser, sponsoring several teams. This year the Holbrook Public Schools’ director of technology, Barry Lambson, took responsibility for all of the event’s technology requirements–and did an excellent job!

7 NPC Friends and Family BetsyAnn Wilson (center), director of Northland Pioneer College’s Friends & Family Foundation, receives a check for $1,817.40 at a recent Kiwanis Club morning meeting. Making the presentation are Quiz Nite Coordinator Jeff Johnson (left) and Kiwanis Treasurer Dean Powell (right). NPC’s winning administrative team designated half of its prize money, or $300, to the Foundation, as well as determining that one-fourth of the evening’s profit, or $1,517.40, be given to this scholarship-granting organization.