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The Reedley Exponent A6 Thursday, February 28, 2019
Chamber award winners for 2019
AWARDS Continued from page A1
are our future. For years I have tried to bring to life the effort and the thrill of vic- tory, and also the agony of defeats of our Reedley High student athletes.”
Other highlights of the night included the Reedley Hall of Fame award given to the late Pam Melville.
Melville died in June 2018 at the age of 67, after a 12-year battle with cancer. She owned and operated David’s and Party Plus in downtown Reedley since 1980 and held various leadership roles in the Reedley Downtown Association for more than three decades.
Melville also served 19 years on the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission, more than 10 of those years chairing the commission, and also served on the Sierra
Kings Health Care District board.
“Pam was a very tough act to follow, I am honored that I would be chosen to speak on behalf of the family,” said Debbie Ting-
ley, a friend and co-worker.
Tingley was speaking for the Melville
family after, Dale Melville, Pam’s husband, was unable to attend the event.
“The family is so greatly appreciative of the chamber, Pam’s business, civic and community business have been dually rec- ognized over the years, like all of you, the family is so extremely proud of all her ac- complishments. However if Pam were here tonight, she’d be the first to say that some- one else is more deserving.”
In all, 10 local businesses, educators and community members received rec- ognition. Here’s the full list of this year’s business and community awards winners:
• CITIZEN OF THE YEAR — Danny
Jimenez
• JUNIOR CITIZEN OF THE YEAR —
Roberto Campos, Reedley High School
• LARGE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR —
Adventist Health
SMALL BUSINESS OF THE YEAR —
Kimo’s Tropical Car Wash ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR —
Jordan Urbano, Valley Fight Series EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR — Kirby
Kauk, Reedley High School
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL OF THE
YEAR — Dr. Cindy Tang, United Health Centers
SAFETY PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR — Dana Boss, Reedley Police De- partment
REEDLEY BEAUTIFICATION AWARD — Neil and Charity Thonesen, Base Consulting Group, Inc.
HALL OF FAME — Pam Melville
FAR UPPER LEFT: Roberto Campos, Reedley High School, Junior Citizen of the Year.
UPPER MIDDLE: Charity and Neil Thonesen, Reedley Beau- tification Award.
MIDDLE: Jordan Urbano, Valley Fight Series, Entrepreneur of the Year.
ABOVE: Dr. Cindy Tang, United Health Centers, Health Professional of the Year.
FAR LEFT Kirby Kauk, Reedley High School, Educator of the Year
MIDDLE LEFT: Susan Chapman, Adventist Health, Large Business of the Year.
NEAR LEFT: Jim Taves, Kimo’s Tropical Car Wash, Small Business of the Year.
BELOW: Dana Boss, Reedley Police Department, Safety Professional of the Year.
Denny Mason / Photos Contributed
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