Kim Houtz–OBTA 2008
7:26 am in KABT News by Brad Williamson
Here’s an image of Kim accepting this year’s OBTA award from Sandy Collins KS OBTA director. The announcement for this award was covered earlier, here. Congrats, again, Kim.
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