The Winner of the 2021 Tom Wise Award
Sue Cliett

At the October 2nd Region 5 Fall meeting, President James Fennell presented Sue Cliett the 2021 Tom Wise Medal. This award recognizes those individuals who give of themselves unselfishly; perform service in support of both local and regional activities; and though never wavering in their dependability, they do whatever needs to be conducted outside the limelight. Sue has been a member of Region 5 AHS for 28 years and is a true ambassador for daylilies by supporting the activity of growing daylilies and the institution of our daylily society. She was a charter member of one of the newest clubs in our Region and has served as President for four years of the Ogeechee Daylily Society. She proudly says all the club members have worked hard, yet she has been a driving force for the total success this club. Sue has served as Show Chair for their annual ADS accredited daylily show on three occasions. She is a firm believer that if you take care of the little details, everything else will fall in place when planning a club event. She helped implement the technical, operational, and the overall vision for the 2020 ADS National Convention while serving as Co-Chair. She took part in the individual tasks needed to stage the convention. One small example, yet important, was her 280-mile round trip to dig donated daylilies for bus and convention plants. It was so sad that the 2020 convention was canceled due to Covid-19, but Sue and her daylily club was on go to implement all the activities that they had spent a few years planning for. In a humorous analogy, she said, "Yes, we had our gun loaded with bullets and the trigger was cocked, however we just didn't get the chance to squeeze the trigger!"  Congratulations to the 2021 winner of the annual Tom Wise Award; Sue Cliett.