COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL JANUARY 25, 2017
Chamber
11A
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Sentinel nabs Business of the Year
her father, mother and sister
who ventured into the teaching
fi eld before her and served
over 40 years. She dedicated
her award to the children she
worked with and the teaching
and support staff at Cottage
Grove High School where she’s
taught and coached girls’ bas-
ketball for over 20 years.
Non-profi t of the Year saw the
fi eld divided between South
Lane Mental Health, South
Lane Television, Cottage The-
atre, Community Sharing and
Family Relief Nursery. Each
organization touted years of
service to the city and network
that branched out to help vari-
ous sects of its residents. In the
end, South Lane Mental Health
earned the honor.
Former Mayor Tom Munroe
earned a standing ovation when
he was announced as the win-
ner of the First Citizen Award
for his years of service to the
city. The award was described
as belonging to the person
who, “participated actively in
a variety of service projects
and programs leading to civic
improvement, human welfare
and/or environmental enhance-
ment.” Munroe served on the
planning commission, city
council and most recently, as
mayor for which he said, “I was
honored that the Cottage Grove
citizens voted me in and I was
proud to serve. I don’t plan on
stopping, there’s other things to
do but right now, I’m going to
take a bit of a break.”
There was no break in the
awards banquet, however, with
video presentations created
by local high school students
paving the way for the an-
nouncement of several other
winners including the Junior
First Citizens Scholarship and
its winners Hannah Albrecht
and Tori Raade. Also taking
home an award for Distin-
guished Service, local dentist
Park McClung.
The night concluded with a
win for Gary Ackley for the
P.A.C.E. award and fi nally,
business of the year which went
to the Sentinel.
In presenting the P.A.C.E.
award, Raade told the crowd
that Ackley was a personal
mentor and his years of service
to Cottage Grove had made a
deep impact on the community,
earning him the rare honor.
Sentinel General Manager Gary
Manly accepted the award for
business of the year on behalf
of the staff, promising not to
let the chamber or communi-
ty down. Later, he noted, the
newspaper was honored to
accept the award from a fi eld of
equally deserving nominees.
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Winners from the Chamber's 68th Annual Awards and Installations Banquet included: Hannah Albrecht, Tori Raade,
Chris Heath, Kerry Clauson, Park McClung, Bohemia Foundation, South Lane Mental Health, Gary Ackley, Smith-
Lund-Mills, Tom Munroe and the Cottage Grove Sentinel. Sponsors for the event included, South Lane School
District and 22 table sponsors including the Cottage Grove Sentinel. Outgoing chamber board president Joe Raade
acted as presenter for the majority of the awards and Master of Ceremonies Diana Knous presided over the event.
Photos provided by Greg Lee above, and page A1.