This year, the David Brower Award is being presented to Phil and Keturah Pennington. These early Glen Canyon explorers have spent a lifetime in helping to keep the memory of Glen Canyon alive. Their images and stories about this area helped to ignite the modern movement to restore Glen Canyon.

Soon after Glen Canyon was flooded, they produced a film for the Sierra Club to help stop the two Grand Canyon dams. The film was a journey through Glen Canyon and proved to be a mighty force in preventing the Grand Canyon from being flooded. The film was recently made into a DVD and will be available at the GCI online bookstore in the next few months.

The Penningtons have a wonderful web page where you can take a "photographic journey" down Glen Canyon. It is one of the most beautiful of all sites devoted to Glen Canyon. Explore the site at http://explorepdx.com/glen.html

Currently, the couple is still working to make a difference within the community. Phil is working on his Knowledge Use Project that tries to find ways to improve understanding of the science that has made such a difference in human cultures and could make a big difference in personal lives. Keturah is looking for ways to grease the gears of community affairs, including participating in the Neighborhood Emergency Team, the neighborhood crime watch, and the Portland Block Captain Steering Committee.

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The event will feature the recently re-mastered DVD that Phil has made of Glen Canyon. Dave Wegner and Katie Lee will be speaking, and the award will be presented by Barbara Brower, David's daughter.

The dinner and award ceremony will begin at 6 p.m. on Thursday, November 30th in Portland, Oregon on the first floor of the Bridgepoint Brewery and Bakery, located at 1313 NW Marshall. For directions, please call the brewery directly at (503) 241-7179. General tickets for event are $50. Sponsorships are also available: Dark Canyon sponsor $100, a Hidden Passage sponsor $250, and a Cathedral in the Desert sponsor $500.

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Tickets are available now online, and we encourage you to purchase ahead so we can have an accurate head count. If you can’t, please RSVP to Margi Hoffmann margaret.hoffmann@gmail.com, (503) 841-0448.