Community Service Award Nominations Open

WAITSBURG – The Waitsburg Commercial Club is accepting nominations for Community Service Award and Business of the Year Award recipeints, now through March 17. The awards will be announced in April.

This will be the second year the Business of the Year will be awarded. Last year, it was awarded to Dan and Trina Cole of Waitsburg Grocery.

Kate Hockersmith received last year’s Community Service Award for her work with music and local youth.

To nominate a business or community member, send a letter or note as to why you feel they are deserving of recognition. Letters may be emailed to waitsburgcc@icloud.com or mailed to Waitsburg Commercial Club, PO Box 451, Waitsburg, WA 99361.

Past Waitsburg Commercial Club

Community Service Award Winners

Courtesy of Mr. Tom Baker

1962 Ernest Kison

1963 Miles Brunton

1964 Albert Land

1965 Larry Broom

1966 Frank Bramlet

1968 Roy Leid

1969 Ernest Mikkelsen

1970 Bill Payne

1971 Julia Davis, Herman Gohlman

1972 Kenneth Gohlman

1973 Ralph Rankin

1974 King Wittdec

1975 Orin Walker

1976 Tom Baker

1977 Roberta Broom Adams

1978 Harold Bloor

1979 Ivan Keve

1980 Gerald Maib

1981 Stan Pearson, Sr.

1982 Don Thomas

1983 Vernon Smith

1984 Morrie Kurth

1985 Patty McKinney, Horney Loosmore

1986 Pat Leid

1987 Kenneth Smith

1988 Bill Thompson

1989 Dr. S. R. Hevel

1990 Bettie Chase

1991 Naomi Patton, Don Wills

1992 Elmer Hays, Joan Hays

1993 Jack Otterson Nancy Otterson

1994 Jack McCaw, David McConnell

1995 Bill Zuger

1996 Vaughn Hubbard

1997 Walter Harris

1998 Glynn Davis

1999 Rose Engelbrite

2000 Mabel Wood, Terry Jacoy

2001 Tennys Bickelhaupt ,Don Helgeson

2002 Scott Branson

2003 Dona Jean Smith

2004 Anita Baker, Jan Cronkhite

2005 Jack Cyr, Lillian Judd

2006 Jane Butler Everlyn Smith

2007 John Stellwagen, Marilyn Stellwagen

2008 Robbie Johnson, Marilyn Johnson

2009 Wayne Peterson, Ruth Peterson

2010 Robbie Skiles, Randy Pearson

2011 Skip Carpenter, Karen Mohney

2012 Ross Hamann

2013 Jeff Broom

2014 Deanne and Larry Johnson

2015 Kate Hockersmith