Thursday's Internet Edition, December 04, 2008.
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| THE RACE IS ON- Approximately 250 eager egg hunters participated in the annual Hamilton Volunteer Fire Department Easter Egg Hunt last Saturday morning in the new Pecan Creek Recreational Park. Twenty prize eggs in each of three age divisions were recovered with prizes from bicycles to basketballs awarded. The volunteer fire fighters placed some 5,000 eggs on the soccer field for the hunt, but the energetic hunters had them collected in minutes. Staff Photo |
A social hour will start at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. and then the awards presentations.
Grant Lengefeld will serve as Master of Ceremonies for the banquet. The menu will include Italian lasagna, green beans, Cesar salad, garlic bread with pepper cracked olive oil and bread budding.
The award will include the “Citizen of the Year,” “Educator of the Year” for all three HISD campuses, “Volunteer of the Year,” “Business of the Year,” and “Business Person of the Year.”
The Chamber began presenting the Citizen of the Year Award in 1962 when Mayor T.D. “Pap” Craddock was honored. Last year, doctors Randy Lee, Monte Horne, Luke Killian and Robbye Lengefeld, all physicians at the Rural Health Care Clinic in Hamilton, shared the ‘Citizen of the Year’ honor.
The local educators honored last year were Connie Chapman (elementary school), Susan Tober (junior high school) and Brenda Andrews (high school).
Kent Wenzel was named “Business Person of the Year” and Six Spokes Signs “Business of the Year.” The Park and Recreation Board was collectively given the “Volunteer of the Year” award.