 Maryfield's Ray Holm is this year's winner of the John Yord Pillar Award. The award is given out annually to an outstanding volunteer of public television, Lakeland general manager, Bill Sanford, and Lakeland board president, Mike Smith, presented the award to home last night at Lakeland's annual board meeting in Walker. Ray has served on Lakeland Public Television's board of directors for the past six years and chaired the governance and nominating committee in 2016. The award is named after John Yord, who began working to build what is now Lakeland Public Television back in the 1970s and is considered to be the father of public television in Northern and Central Minnesota. After John passed away in 1999, Lakeland Public Television established an annual award called the John Yord Pillar Award to acknowledge outstanding service to the organization. Ray is the 18th award recipient. If you've enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland Public Television.