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SIUSLAW NEWS ❚ SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 2017
Siuslaw Awards banquet to be held Feb. 8 at FEC
semi-formal event celebrates
the local business communi-
ty by naming recipients for
awards in excellence.
Categories to be award-
ed:
Customer
Service,
Curb
Appeal,Nonprofit
Achievement,
Community
Caring, Innovation in Business,
and the “Stu Johnston” Business
of the Year Award.
The 25 businesses nominat-
ed are:
Community
Caring:
Banner Bank, City Lights
Cinemas, Laurel Bay Gardens
Curb
Appeal:
America’sMattress, Korando
Dental Group, Lovejoy’s
Restaurant & Tea Room, Old
Town Barbershop
Excellence In Customer
Service: City of Florence –
Planning, Building and Code
Enforcement Dept., Funky
Monkey, Hoagland Properties
(The River House Inn and Old
Town Inn), Lofy Construction
and
Design,
Lovejoy’s
Restaurant & Tea Room,
Polished Boutique & Salon
Innovation In Business:
Friends of the Event Center,
RAIN Organization (Regional
Accelerator & Innovation
Network
Non-Profit Achievement:
CROW (Children’s Repertory
of Oregon Workshops), Friends
of the Event Center, Oregon
Coast Military Museum, Rotary
Club of Florence, Siuslaw
Watershed Council
“Stu Johnston” Business of
the Year: City Lights Cinemas,
Lofy Construction & Design,
Terrace Homes
Two outstanding individuals
in the community will also be
honored with the Future First
Citizen Award and the First
Citizen Award.
The First Citizen Award rec-
ognizes the individual who has
given selflessly to the com-
munity based on community
involvement, leadership and
overall community impact.
The Future First Citizen
Award recognizes a student
based on his or her academ-
ic success, as well as civic
involvement and contributions
to the community.
For more information con-
tact the Florence Area Chamber
of Commerce at 541-997-3128,
or email info@florencehamber.
com
CYAN MAGENTA YELLOW BLACK
Sponsored by the Florence
Area Chamber of Commerce,
the ninth annual Siuslaw
Awards will be presented
Wednesday, Feb. 8, at the
Florence Events Center, from
6 to 9 p.m.
Admission is $35 per person.
Tables of eight are available
for $280. Tickets are available
at the Chamber office, 290
Highway 101, or call 541-997-
3128.
Open to the public, this