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4 February 1, 2019 T he C olumbia P ress Citizens: Chamber and cities bestow annual awards Continued from Page 1 stand at Robinson Community Park and serves on the board of Warrenton Kids Inc. This year, Debbie Little and oth- er auxiliary members took on the Community Thanksgiving meal at Warrenton Communi- ty Center. “I knew Bert was getting the award because it was my job to get him there,” Debbie Little said. “I had no idea I was even nominated. We’re both sur- prised and honored.” Seeing the fruits of their la- bor has been satisfying. “To actually see that stat- ue go up before some of the people who started it 25 years ago passed away, makes it all worth it,” she said. The George Award, given to Astoria’s citizens of the year, was presented to retired school teacher Ray Merritt and restaurateur Jennifer Ho- len. Merritt serves on the Astoria Downtown Historic District Association board and works Ford Award winners 2000: Diane Collier, Patricia Williams 2005: Pat O’Grady 2006: Don Patterson 2007: Krista Bingham 2008: Gillian Maggert 2009: Warrenton Volunteer Firefighter’s Association 2010: Jim Scheller, Jann Luesse 2011: Barbara Balensifer, Martin Nygaard 2012: Marlin Martin 2013: Chuck and Sharon Andersen, Leroy and Muriel Dunn 2014: Carl and Dianne Bur- khart 2015: Judy and Gary Sivley 2016: Darlene Warren 2017: Gary Dick tirelessly making street im- provements, lighting upgrades and rehabilitating old build- ings, Astoria Mayor Bruce Jones said in making the pre- sentation. Merritt records all Astoria City Council meetings and oth- er events and uploads them to the Coast Community Radio website. He has spent three decades on the KMUN board and supervises planning for the annual Fisher Poets Gath- ering. Sen. Betsy Johnson, who pre- sented the award to Holen, de- scribed her as a huge advocate and champion of local support agencies. She’s on the staff of United Way of Clatsop County, volunteers for Iron Chef Goes Coastal and developed the Pa- cific Northwest Brew Cup. The Chamber Ambassadors also presented an award to a local business that has gone above and beyond serving the local community, Lewis & Clark Golf & RV Park. “As the Ambassadors, we get an up-close and personal view of the chamber member- ship,” Ambassador President Judy Curnow said. “Year after year, the business we’re hon- oring tonight has provided golf carts for chamber events … and hosts our annual barbecue each year.” Welders: Career training center gets a boost Continued from Page 1 ing with current industry tools, which will allow stu- dents … to experience valu- able career-connected learn- ing,” Jannusch said. To determine industry needs, the school district con- sulted with community col- lege CTE and high school in- structors, as well as industry partners to provide the most current information about welders, tools and methods. “These partnerships are very important to providing students with the best learn- ing opportunities that have career connections, as well as connections to post-sec- ondary programs, such as with Clatsop Community Col- lege’s MERTS (Marine and Environmental Research and Training Station) campus.” MIG (metal inert gas) weld- ing is a process that involves feeding metal wire into a weld, which acts as a filler to join the two metal objects. TIG (tungsten inert gas) weld- ing uses a tungsten electrode to run a current through the metals being joined. PacifiCorps’ Pacific Power Foundation is one of the larg- est utility-endowed founda- tions in the United States. The utility serves 1.8 million cus- tomers in six western states.
