In February, the . Marvin Morganti explained that the award “is to honor someone in the community, a non-Rotarian, who demonstrates the four-way test and … who’s got the community in mind.” Mary聽McCambridge, who presented the award, said this about Earl,聽“the person we are honoring today is a very humble person, tall in stature and does much for the community but in a very quiet way.” Upon receiving the award Earl said,聽“I think it’s important to give back… a person who gives something feels good about it.”