The Greater Churchville-Riga Chamber of Commerce is now accepting nominations for its 2016 awards, which will be presented at a special dinner at the Johnson House on Thursday, March 9, 2017. The awards are the Citizen of the Year/Community Service Award, the Business Person of the Year and the award for Civic Beautification.
To be considered, the nominee(s) for the Citizen of the Year/Community Service Award must have resided in the Town of Riga for at least ten years or have a history of community activity for at least five years.
To be considered for the Business Person of the Year, the nominee(s) must own or operate a business or have business involvement in the Town of Riga. The nominee must have had an active history in the business community for the previous five years and can only receive this award one time.
To be considered for the Civic Beautification Award, the nominee(s)’ property must be in the Town of Riga although the property owner need not reside in the Riga-Churchville area. The project to be considered must have been completed and must be a new or renovated property. Non-profit organizations and municipal governments may be considered for this award.
Past recipients of the Citizen of the Year/ Community Service Award include: Diane Cunningham (1982), Reverend Roger Reed (1983), Marian and Ralph “Doc” Kendall (1984), Churchville-Chili Community Playground Committee (1985), Churchville- Riga FISH (1986), James “Jack” McKnight and Bill McKenna (1987), Ray and Norma Adams (1988), Senior Connections and Harris Wilcox (1989), Clarence, Stan and Gary Johnson (1990), Churchville Volunteer Fire Department and the Village of Churchville (1991), Present and past members of the Churchville-Chili Board of Education (1992), the Lions Club of Churchville (1993), May- or Donald Ehrmentraut (1995), Margaret “Peggy” Naughton (1996), Don Suter and Edgar & Jessie Moore (1997), Dick McNeely and Ron Trinkl (1998), George Wright (1999), John Casey (2000), John Leibeck (2001), Dean & Carol Arlidge (2002), Harvey C. Noone Post 954 of the American Legion (2003), Don & Joan Jacobs (2004), Churchville Volunteer Fire Department (2005), Donna Haire and the staff of Newman Riga Library (2006), Ron Belzak (2007), Richard Stowe (2008), Sue Davis (2009), Ray Ehrmentraut (2010), Robert deNormand (2011), Jim Fitzsimmons (2012), Linda Burlingame (2013), Peter and Nancy Neidrauer (2014) and Bob Ottley (2015).
Past recipients of the Business Person of the Year Award include: James Matson, Agway Farm and Home Center (1994), Abe & Ann George, ANG Markets (1995), Jim Barnard, Jim Barnard Chevrolet-Geo (1996), Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schubmehl (1997), Ted & Lois Stone, Stone’s Countryside Tavern (1999), James Fitzsimmons Esq. (2000), Francois LaChance, Star of the West Milling (2001), Maureen & Don Ehrmentraut, A Touch of Country Class (2002), Chris & Lisa Steubing, Gatherings at the Senator’s Mansion (2003), Jim & Sheila Fodge, Jim’s Service (2004), Stephen Gulvin, Churchville Fire Equipment Corp. (2005), Dr. Richard Parsons (2006), Michael Pontarelli (2007), George “Buddy” Filowick – posthumously (2008), Cindy Jessop, Jeff Richardson and Gene Dries of Waste Management (2009), Arthur Minery, Churchville Physical Therapy (2010), Jan & Tom Armstrong of Main Street Deli (2011), Westside Community Credit Union (2012), Babe’s Hair and Tanning Salon (2013) Pontillo’s Pizza (2014) and Anastasia’s Spotlight Dance (2015).
Past recipients of the Civic Beautification Award include: The home of Dr. & Mrs. Robert Schubmehl (1997), Wendy & Andrew Catalina, owners of Babe’s Unisex Hair Salon (2000), Larry Stubing – 9 East Buffalo Street (2002), Linda Gathman for care of the grounds of the Newman-Riga Library (2003), Fern Wilcox for her gardens at 741 Johnson Road (2004), Bob & Nancy Thompson (2005), The Ray Adams Cobblestone Building (2006), the committee for the Widener Garden of Recognition (2007), Chris & Lisa Stuebing for their gardens at the Senator’s Mansion (2008), the Main Street grant program that helped revitalize the downtown business district (2009), Eric D. Boerschlein Construction for the company having built the Westside Community Federal Credit Union building (2010), Jerry & Hazel Spotts (2011), Dr, Nancy Perkins Weyl (2012) the Union Congregational United Church of Christ (2013) and Churchville-Chili Central School District (2014).
To submit nominations, visit http://tinyurl.com/GCRCCAwardsNom.
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