Dave Reynolds, Meteorologist in Charge at the NWS WSFO in Monterey, presents Clorene Akers with the Benjamin Franklin Award for 55 years of voluntary weather observation. Ms. Akers just turned 93 and still manages 85 head of cattle on the ranch where she has lived since 1933.

Image ID: post0075, NOAA's People Collection
Location: California, San Benito County
Credit: NOAA 200th Anniversary Postcards from the Field

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