Report by James Reinders.

The awards banquet at the Chicago convention was on Friday evening, August 19, 2011.

PNNA and Willamette Coin Club member Katie Reinders was awarded the "BEST YN EXHIBIT" award at the banquet, which carries a Summer Seminar Scholarship as a prize. Katie's exhibit, "Happy Birthday Oregon," was an updated and expanded version of what she exhibited at the PNNA Spring convention in Tukwila. Comments from the judges at PNNA were very helpful in Katie's rework to beat out some other incredible YN exhibits at the summer show in Chicago. Cliff Mishler and she talked for a long time about her exhibit earlier in the day and again after the award. Photo: Marc Ricard presents Katie Reinders with her exhibit award at the ANA banquet.

Walt Ostromecki was installed as the new ANA Vice President. Walt will join the PNNA and WCC at the October show in Portland as usual. Photo: Walt (left) during the installation.

Other reports and photos

Oded Paz (a well-known member of The Elongated Collectors, or TEC) has some photo sets on Flickr, including photos of some of the collector exhibits and exhibit winners.