The 24th Annual Chamber of Commerce “Best Of” Awards for Citizen of the Year, Business of the Year, and Volunteer of the Year will be presented on Wednesday, April 16 at 11:30 am during our most favorite meeting of the year, at Blakeslee’s Bar & Grill, 1222 S. Forks Avenue.

This will mark a time when we give public recognition to a citizen, a Chamber business, and a volunteer who have made outstanding contributions to our community during the year.

You are an important link in the process of selecting the recipients. We encourage you to nominate an individual, business and/or a volunteer that you think is worthy of such recognition. Nominate as many individuals and businesses as you wish. Please complete the Candidate Nomination Form )at https://forkswa.com/best-of-nominations-form/) and submit it to the Chamber, along with any other background material that you feel may be pertinent. Please sign the form so we can contact you if we have questions.

You can also email us at director@forkswa.com with who you are nominating, why you are nominating them, and your contact information (form not necessary).

Please do not assume that someone else will nominate an obvious choice. A brief outline of the basic qualifications is provided for your review. Nominations may be made by all members of the community. Citizen and volunteer nominees do not need to be members of the Forks Chamber of Commerce. However, business nominees must be a current member of the Forks Chamber of Commerce.

The deadline for nominations is April 2nd at Noon.

Sincerely,

Lissy Andros, executive director

Past winners

Business of the Year

Jerry’s Rentals

Forks Thriftway

Vagabond Restaurant

Lloyd George Jewelry

Forks Forum

Sully’s Drive In

West End Surf Shop

Forks Outfitters

Dazzled by Twilight

Ken Bechtold Logging

Hungry Bear Café

JT’s Sweet Stuffs

Chinook Pharmacy

Dahlgren Logging

Blakeslee’s Bar & Grill

Forks Forum, Christi Baron – Editor

Clear River Construction Inc.

Forks Avenue Real Estate

Concerned Citizens

Home Slice Take N Bake

Miller Tree Inn B&B

Decker City Hardware

Evergreen 76

Citizen of the Year

Al Monroe

Jack Zaccardo

Ken Schostak

Barb Gronseth

Dick Haberman

Pat Soderlind

Nedra Reed

Bruce Guckenberg

John Calhoun

Marcia Yanish

Robin Schostak

Michael Gurling

Bruce Guckenberg

Edith Henry

Dixie Gaydeski

Frank Hanson

Lonnie Archibald

Cheri Tinker

Allen Nelson

William R. Fleck

Christi Baron

Shelley Castellano

Susie Brandelius

Volunteer of the Year

Link Mueller

Ginger Haberman

Paul Headley

Chuck Smith

Scott Seaman

Willard Morgan

Randy Mesenbrink

Dave Hersom

Warren Johnson

Christi Baron

Leith Grahn

Cindy Mesenbrink

John Glover

Dean Hurn

Donna Kimball

Joe Wright

Mark Soderlind

Chad & Shannon Dahlgren

Glenn W. King

David Hurn

Scott & Nellie Baysinger

Deborah Scannell

Jessica Sorensen

“Halvie” Award

Fire Deptartment

Olympic Corrections Center

Forks Lions Club

Forks Police Dept/Mike Rowley, Chief of Police

CDK Sewing Group & Feeding 5000, Eugene Fraker

Soroptimist International of the Olympic Rainforest

QVSA

Ginger’s Closet

Conerstone Award

Forks Outfitters

Sully’s Drive-in

FCH & QVSD, Diana Reaume Superintendent

Commissioner Bill Peach

Jerry Leppell/Jerry’s Rentals & Nedra Reed