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Name: Paul LogliAge: 63City of residence:RockfordOccupation: President/CEO, United Way of RockRiver ValleyEducation: Born in Rock-ford, attended parochi-al schools and Boylan HighSchool; Bachelor of Arts,Loras College, Dubuque, Io-wa; juris doctorate, Univer-sity of Illinois College of Law.Professional background:Assistant states attorney,Winnebago County, 1974-77;

private law practice, 1977-81; associate circuit courtjudge, 17th Judicial Circuit,

1981-86; Winnebago Coun-ty states attorney, 1986-2007; circuit court judge,17th Judicial Circuit, 2007-08; president/CEO, Unit-ed Way of Rock River Valley,2008-present.Family: Wife, Jody; sons,Peter, Benjamin and JacobCommunity involvement:Illinois Growth Enterprisesboard of directors; Black-hawk Area Council BoyScouts of America adviso-ry board; Rockford HealthCouncil board of directors;Rockford Public Libraryboard of trustees (chair-

man); Rockford Area IlliniClub Board; Rockford Rota-ry Club member.

The finalistsExcalibur: The Rev. David Beauvais, Barb Berman, JodyDeery, Paul Logli, Rudy Valdez

Excelsior: Childrens Home + Aid, Rock House Kids, RockRiver Valley Pantry, Rockford College, Youth ServicesNetwork

About ExcaliburThe Excalibur Award wasestablished by the RockfordRegister Star in 1971 toannually honor an individualwhose outstandingcommunity service and com-mitment have made the RockRiver Valley a better place tolive, work and raise families.The winner receives a crystalSteuben Eagle.

About Excelsior

The Excelsior Award wasestablished by the RockfordRegister Star in 1979 to hon-or an organization or institu-tion whose work has a posi-tive eect on life in the RockRiver Valley. The winning or-ganization receives a plaque

and check for $500.

About this seriesThis year, we will be a run-ning an Excalibur profile andan Excelsior profile todaythrough Thursday in print.The Rockford Register Starwill present its prestigiouscommunity service awardsThursday at an invitation-only event.

More onlineGo to rrstar.com/excalibur&excelsior forour searchable database ofpast Excalibur & Excelsior fi-nalists and winners. Youll findpast coverage, too. as well asa photo gallery and videosfrom Thursdays event. Visitrrstar.com/videos.

Paul Logli (right) shakes hands with Al Castrogiovan-ni (left) and Bill Roop after winning the ExcaliburAward Thursday during the Rockford Register StarsExcalibur & Excelsior Awards Ceremony at Giovannisin Rockford.

Excalibur finalists Rev. David Beauvais and Jody Deeryhursday during the Rockford Register Stars ExcaliburExcelsior Awards Ceremony at Giovannis in Rockford.

Guests listen as award recipients are announced Thursday during the Rockford Register Stars Excalibur & Ex-celsior Awards Ceremony at Giovannis in Rockford. SCOTT MORGAN/ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR

Eileen Liezert from Childrens Home + Aid Societystands with Rockford Register Star Director of Con-sumer Marketing Travis Engebretson (left) and Publish-er Josh Trust after accepting the Excelsior Award on be-half of the organization Thursday during the RockfordRegister Stars Excalibur & Excelsior Awards Ceremonyat Giovannis in Rockford. SCOTT MORGAN/ROCKFORD REGIS-TER STAR

Paul Logli stands with Rockford Register Star Direc-tor of Consumer Marketing Travis Engebretson (left)and Publisher Josh Trust after accepting the ExcaliburAward Thursday during the Rockford Register Stars Ex-calibur & Excelsior Awards Ceremony at Giovannis inRockford. SCOTT MORGAN/ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR

Name: ChildrensHome + AidAddress: 910 Second Ave.,RockfordPhone number:815-962-1043Website: childrenshomean-daid.orgFounded: The state organi-zation was founded in 1883,and the Rockford groupstarted in 1939.President and chief execu-tive ocer: Nancy Ronquil-lo is the president and CEOof the statewide ChildrensHome + Aid. Eileen Liezert isthe regional vice presidentand the person who an-swered these questions onbehalf of Childrens Home+ Aid.Regional board chairwom-an: Cheryl ChurchNumber of sta: 103 inthe organizations northernregionNumber of volunteers:Liezert said the organizationis in the process of hiring apart-time volunteer coordi-nator because of growingneeds. The group has sev-eral interns and at least 25

volunteers working at anygiven time.Annual budget: $6.8millionBiggest fundraiser: Jazzon The Rock, which typical-ly occurs in June. It raised

about $38,000 this year.Mission: To provide help,hope and opportunity tochildren and families.Services: Adoption, childand family counseling(adoption and guardian-ship preservation, early pre-vention in the community,pregnancy and early par-ent counseling), foster care,intact family services (ex-tended family support), par-ent support (Healthy Fami-lies Illinois, MotherHouseCrisis Nursery), and youthservices.How many people do youserve: About 2,000

Accomplishments: Cham-pion of Youth Award fromthe Blackhawk Area BoyScout Council of America,U.S. Department of Health& Human Services Adop-tion Excellence Award, Unit-ed Way of Rock River Val-ley awards for in-housecampaigns

allowed.My family has started to

call this evening Passover,Logli joked. Ive been car-rying around this accep-tance speech since 1985. Iwill delete the references toour Mayor John McNama-ra, our Gov. James Thomp-son, but in the words ofour president, Like Amer-ica, Rockford is a shining

city upon a hill.Logli, in all serious-

ness, said the award wastruly an honor, and I amhumbled.

We have so many thingsgoing for us, and we havea lot of challenges, Loglisaid of the Rockford com-munity. But theres noth-ing, there is no challenge

in this community thatwe cant overcome just byworking together. And no-bodys going to come rid-ing to our rescue. Its up tous.

This is the 42nd anni-versary of the Excaliburaward and the 34th forthe Excelsior award. Reg-ister Star Publisher JoshTrust reiterated the signifi-cance of the honors duringthe awards presentation atGiovannis Restaurant &Convention Center, 610 N.Bell School Road.

This year has been fullof change all over theworld and right here inour own country, Trustsaid. Because of thesechanges, the need is im-mense and the calling forthose who give is strongerthan ever. Those we honorhere tonight are a shining

example of what it meansto give.

Logli is well-knownin the Rockford area af-ter serving as Winneba-go County states attorneyand a circuit court judge.He currently serves aspresident and CEO of theUnited Way of Rock RiverValley.

Childrens Home + AidNorthern Region, found-ed in Rockford in 1939,provides adoption servic-es, child and family coun-seling, early prevention inthe community, foster care,intact family services andyouth services. It also runsMotherHouse Crisis Nurs-ery in Rockford.

Several attendees atThursdays event said theywere happy to see the Ex-calibur/Excelsior awardsstill being distributed after

so many years.We wanted to come and

support and also congratu-late those who have servedthis community well, es-pecially the service proj-ects, also fundraising forunderserved projects, andwere excited to be here,said Herbert Johnson Jr.,senior pastor at RockfordsLiberty Baptist Church.

The beauty of theseawards is that it exempli-fies all that is good aboutour community, from aspirit of caring to com-munity involvement, saidLinda Niemiec, vice pres-ident of development forCrusader CommunityHealth, which won the Ex-celsior award in 1985.

Melissa Westphal: 815-987-1341; mwestpha@rr-star.com; @mlwestphal

AWARDSFrom Page A1

Profiles of the winners

North tops Auburnin Scholastic Bowl

Belvidere North had togo to two tiebreaker roundsto defeat perennial cham-pion Auburn on the open-ing night of the NIC-10

Scholastic Bowl seasonWednesday.North, which end-

ed Auburns eight-yearrun of perfection in NIC-10 matches in the NIC-10 championship matchin March, scored a 420-380 victory in the fea-tured opening night match.

The teams, competingin a round-robin quad atBoylan, ended regulation ina 360-tie, then both scored20 points in the first tie-breaker to forge a 380-tie.In the second tiebreaker,Auburn missed the tos-sup question, which North

answered correctly, thenscored all of the bonuspoints.

The loss marks the firsttime since at least the2003 season that Auburnhas not been in first placein the varsity conferencestandings.

Other matches at Boylan

found North beating Boylan490-80 and Belvidere 370-70. Auburn defeated Bel-videre 480-70 and Boylan410-10 and Boylan defeat-ed Belvidere 240-100.

At Hononegah, Guilfordwent 3-0, beating Harlem180-160, Hononegah 170-

110 and East 210-60. Hon-onegah beat East 300-50and Harlem 190-160 andHarlem beat East 290-50.

In junior varsity matchesat Boylan, Auburn beat Bel-videre 470-40, North 510-90 and Boylan 460-100;Boylan beat North 260-90 and Belvidere 290-70;

and North beat Belvidere120-90. Jayvee matchesat Hononegah: Hononegah350-20 over East, 360-30over Guilford and 230-90over Harlem; Harlem 240-30 over Guilford and 150-30 over East; Guilford 110-30 over East.

Varsity standings: Guil-ford 3-0, North 3-0, Auburn2-1, Hononegah 2-1, Boylan1-2, Harlem 1-2, Belvidere0-3, East 0-3.

Junior varsity standings:Auburn 3-0, Hononegah3-0, Boylan 2-1, Harlem 2-1,Guilford 1-2, North 1-2, Bel-videre 0-3, East 0-3.

IN BRIEF

Caren Canfield (from left), Excalibur finalist Rudy Val-dez and Bob Canfield talk Thursday during the Rock-ford Register Stars Excalibur & Excelsior Awards Cer-emony at Giovannis in Rockford.PHOTOS BY SCOTT MORGAN/ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR