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Nominations open for CEDR awards
GUEST COLUMN
KEVIN LEAHY
What a year 2020 was. This
past year has been like none of us
have seen in our lifetime. The pan-
demic raged for most of the year,
with periods of total business shut-
down in the spring of 2020 that
impacted businesses of all sizes,
and other periods which we are
still going through with a roller
coaster of restrictions, closures,
reduced capacities, venue and
events closures, and much more.
This was done to keep our citi-
zens and communities safe, and as
we continue the economic recov-
ery and vaccinations are becoming
more widely available, we want to
take the time to celebrate the resil-
ience of our business community,
and the entrepreneurs who had
success against all odds.
We look to honor leaders who
stood above the crowd within
their individual business, or were
visionary in supporting the busi-
ness community in actions and
deeds.
We look to recognize a busi-
ness, as a whole, that has demon-
strated remarkable achievement in
any of these following areas: cus-
tomer service, economic impact,
innovation, job creation/retention
or service (on the part of the busi-
ness) to the community.
There will also be a “Spirit of
Business” award, the community
supporter award, which recog-
nizes an organization of any type
(nonprofi t, service organization,
government entity or the like) that
has gone above and beyond to sup-
port the economic vitality of the
region.
Businesses of all sizes will
receive equal consideration. For
purposes of the nominations, we
have categorized a new business
as one that has been open for busi-
ness less than two years, a small
business is one that has between
1-10 employees and a large busi-
ness has more than 10 employees.
Past CEDR award winners are a
who’s who of businesses through-
out the entire county. (Prior win-
ners can be nominated, too!) This
information for this free event,
thanks to our generous sponsors.
Next steps? Nominate a busi-
ness, a leader or an organization
for the spirit of business award.
Self-nominations are welcome!
To access the nomination form,
visit
clatsopcc.edu/community
resources/cedr.
Click on the online form (pre-
ferred) or print the nomination
form and mail to CEDR. Details
are on the form. IMPORTANT!
There must be at least one let-
ter of support to go with each
nomination.
All nominations must be
received by April 30.
For any questions, email us
at cedr@clatsopcc.edu or call
503-338-2402.
is the only county-wide business
recognition event, which normally
rotates around the county year
to year and is an opportunity for
business owners, elected offi cials,
leaders and citizens to get together
to network and collectively cele-
brate the winners and our diverse
and robust economy. Businesses
must maintain operations (primary
or otherwise) in Clatsop County.
Mark your calendar now for
5:30 to 6:30 p.m. May 20. The for-
mat this year will be a Zoom event,
but this is still an opportunity to
get together, albeit virtually. The
awards committee is working to
have this event be as memorable
as always for the winners and the
attendees. Advance registration is
required. Watch for registration
Pageant: Program returns after hiatus due to pandemic
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events over the coronavirus.
“As you can imagine,
2020 found us at a loss,”
McShane said. “Contracts
canceled. Loss of events.
Loss of fundraisers. Loss of
revenue. Our commitment
to providing scholarships
for women throughout
Oregon remains steadfast,
and we plan to off er over
$300,000 in scholarships
for young women across
Oregon.”
This year’s program
will include the Miss Ore-
gon Parade through down-
town Seaside, an annual
event interrupted last year.
“This year’s theme will be
‘mask-parade’ and all of our
candidates will be wearing
masquerade masks, in order
to fi nd a fun way to cele-
brate COVID in style, and
hopefully send this pan-
demic on its merry way.
The Rose City Corvette
Club has already stated that
they can’t wait to mask up
and drive our candidates in
a tradition that is decades
old.”
The number of tick-
ets available will be based
on Clatsop County’s virus
risk level at the time of the
event.
“We have a COVID-
19 task force that is cur-
rently meeting to discuss
the safest protocols to keep
our candidates and vol-
unteers safe and healthy,”
McShane said. “We are
requesting that each candi-
date self-quarantine before
arriving in Seaside.”
Temperatures will be
checked for those who enter
the convention center.
COVID-19
protocols
will be posted on the schol-
arship program’s website.
“Of course, we’d love
nothing more than for all
COVID-19 restrictions to
be at the lowest risk assess-
ment during pageant week,”
McShane said. “But we are
prepared to have an enjoy-
able event no matter what.”
Katherine Lacaze
Miss North Coast’s Outstanding Teen Sydney Rapp riding in
Seaside in 2019. The Miss Oregon Parade is planned once
again this year.
NOTES
Oregon State names
winter honor roll
Local students joined
the 8,150 Oregon State
University students to
make the winter 2021
scholastic honor roll.
To be on the honor roll,
students must carry at least
12 graded hours of course
work.
In
Cannon
Beach,
honor
roll
recipients
included William R. Bene-
field, a senior majoring in
mechanical engineering;
Annuka A. Brown, senior,
majoring in human devel-
opment and family sci-
ence; Chance M. Gigui-
ere, a sophomore majoring
in computer science; and
Zachary S. Hudson, a
sophomore majoring in
kinesiology.
In Gearhart, Bradley
McCabe, a senior majoring
in business administration
and Hunter L. Thompson,
a senior majoring in forest
engineering, were named
to the honor roll.
Seaside students to
make the Oregon State
University honor roll
include Jacob J. Brien, a
junior majoring in music
studies; Parker R. Conrad,
a sophomore majoring in
computer science; Darren
E. Garnett, a sophomore
majoring in general engi-
neering; Andrea B. Har-
ris, a junior majoring in
human development and
family science; Heather
S. Hirsch, a senior major-
ing in microbiology; Gage
E. Mergel, a sophomore
majoring in music studies;
and Anna M. Peon Marin,
a freshman majoring in
general engineering.
Heart Month
winners announced
Columbia Memorial Hos-
pital is presenting a check
for $1,300 each to two
Clatsop County organiza-
tions, Bergerson Construc-
tion and the Cannon Beach
Conference Center, which
both won the Heart Month
AED contest held in Febru-
ary by describing how hav-
ing an automated external
defi brillator would help their
organizations.
This is the second year the
hospital has held the contest.
More than 10 entries were
received. The two winners
were chosen by the lead-
ership of the WomenHeart
group, which meets every
month to support women
who have or are at-risk for
heart disease.
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