New names sought in Hall of Fame nominations

No new nominations have been received so far for the 12th round of Holton/Jackson County Chamber of Commerce Hall of Fame induc­tees, according to Chamber Ad­ministrative Assistant Beth McManigal.

However, McManigal noted that there are 30 applications for Hall of Fame induction left over from pre­vious years, and those applications are still active.

“Those applications don’t need to be resubmitted,” McManigal said. “But if anyone wants to tweak the applications a little bit, they’re welcome to do that at this time.”

The Chamber’s Hall of Fame has honored more than 50 Jackson County individuals and organiza­tions for their contributions in the realms of inspiring leadership, longtime business excellence, en­trepreneu­rial spirit, community im­pact and influential volunteer work.

This year’s nominations must be submitted by noon on Friday, Sept. 30 at the Chamber office, lo­cated in The Gossip building at 118 E. Fifth St. in Holton. The inductees for 2017 will be honored at the annual Hall of Fame banquet in February, at which time current and past busi­ness leaders also will be celebrated.

Chamber officials said nomina­tions are open to all Jackson County residents who are currently or who have in the past been active in Holton and Jackson County. In­ductees also will be profiled with Holton Recorder feature stories, it was noted.

Inductees for 2017 will join Hall of Fame members honored in pre­vious years, including:

• 2006: John Chiles, Homer Clark (deceased), Bud Geis (de­ceased) and Frank Gil­liland.

• 2007: Jim Birkbeck, Scott Foster, Harold Ireland (deceased) and Vestina Nonken (deceased).

• 2008: Ron Anderson, Tom Davies (Volunteer of the Year, de­ceased), Ross (deceased) and Betty Moser, and Marlin White (de­ceased).

• 2009: Warren E. Bottenberg (deceased), Robert Brown, Carolyn Koger and the Jackson County Friends of Hospice (Volunteer of the Year).

• 2010: Neva Heiselman, Roger and Cindy Hower, Pat McClintock (deceased) and Dan Mehringer (Volunteer of the Year).

• 2011: Gary Bell, Dr. Joel Hutchins, Anna Wilhelm and Freda Galer (Volunteer of the Year).

• 2012: George Gantz (de­ceased), Francis Jensen (deceased), Judy Ol­son, Janet Zwonitzer and Joannie Dannenberg and Betty Flemming (Volunteers of the Year).

• 2013: J. Richard Lake, Wayne and Gladys (deceased) Ogilvie, Cathleen Reed and Gloria Stavro­poulos.

• 2014: Dr. Carlos Chavez (de­ceased), Roy Hale and Rich and Lynne Mulroy.

• 2015: Bill and Debra Brown, Mike Ford, Jim Potter (deceased) and Brad Stauffer.

• 2016: Harold (deceased) and Jan Hodge, Joe (deceased) and Dorothy Rogers, Paula Taylor and Dianna Wilson.

Nomination forms for the Cham­ber Hall of Fame are available at the Chamber office, located on the south side of Holton’s Town Square. Nomination forms also are available for downloading at the Chamber’s Web site, www.exploreholton.com

Chamber and community mem­bers may submit more than one nomi­nation, it was reported. Those making nominations are asked to limit their entire nomi­nation packet to four pages.

Applications must be double-spaced and typed or hand-written neatly, and newspaper clippings and videos may not be included, as those will be sought later for hon­orees.