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ATLANTA -- Being a great mom requires an around-the-clock effort. No one knows this better than Lorrie Wolfe who was named America's Most Inspirational Mom, through a pursuit conducted by Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Wolfe's ascension caps a nationwide search launched last November by Lucille O'Neal, BGCA and longtime partner Kimberly-Clark Corporation, which will yield her a full-tuition scholarship to University of Phoenix where she will major in Criminal Justice.

SYRACUSE -- The Government Finance Officers Association of The United States and Canada has awarded the city its certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting for the second straight year.

The award is considered the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting.

The award is specific to the fiscal year ending June 30, 2011

Stephen Marshall, city finance director, said he intends to work to receive the award for the city each year.

The GFOA is a nonprofit association serving approximately 16,000 government finance professionals with offices in Chicago and Washington, D.C.

OGDEN — Jerry Ropelato, chief executive officer of TechMediaNetwork, was named the CEO of the Year at the Utah Technology Council’s annual members’ meeting.

Ropelato’s award is the result of voting by the UTC Executive Committee, comprising Utah’s leading technology industry representatives.

Ropelato founded TechMediaNetwork (originally TopTenREVIEWS, Inc.) in 2003 and serves as chief executive officer. The company has grown to 16 web properties that deliver technology news and reviews featuring such flagship sites as LAPTOP, SPACE.com, TopTenREVIEWS and TechNewsDaily.

CLEARFIELD -- When setting up her own company nine years ago, growing into a business with nearly 200 employees and 2011 revenue of $18.9 million was not what Karen Woodbury set out to do.

However, now that her company, Woodbury Technologies, has become just that, she has been recognized as the Utah State Small Business Person of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

"I didn't have any grandiose ideas or big plans. What I had in mind was on a smaller scale," said Woodbury, 55, CEO of the company. "I don't know what happened, but I do have an ambitious streak. I just kept working hard trying to get new business, and ... it grew incrementally."

Daphne O’Rullian was honored with a volunteer service award recently by the city council.

O’Rullian, who was crowned as the 2011 Miss Utah Junior National Teenager, was cited for her service in the community. The Bountiful teenager has been particularly active in volunteer efforts at the Boys and Girls club in Salt Lake City.

LOGAN — Researchers at Utah State University who are part of the internationally recognized Cache County Study on Memory in Aging have been recognized by the Utah Alzheimer’s Association.

The group, involving researchers in USU’s Colleges of Education and Human Services, Agriculture and Science, received the ALEXA “A Lifetime of Exceptional Achievement” Award at a gala chaired by Lt. Gov. Greg Bell.