Chamber seeking nominations for 2016 Hall of Fame

More than 40 individu­als and or­ganizations have been in­ducted into the Holton/Jackson County Cham­ber of Commerce Hall of Fame, and nominations are now being sought for the 11th round of in­ductees.

Inspiring leadership, longtime business excellence, entrepreneu­rial spirit, community impact and influential volunteer work are among the qualities that Chamber officials are looking for again in this year’s nomina­tions.

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.

This year’s nominations must be submitted by noon on Wednesday, Sept. 30 at the Chamber office, lo­cated in The Gossip building at 118 E. Fifth St. in Holton.

The inductees for 2016 will be honored at the annual Hall of Fame banquet in February, at which time current and past busi­ness leaders also will be celebrated. Inductees also will be profiled with Recorder feature stories.

Inductees for 2016 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), 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.

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 will be available for downloading at the Chamber’s Web site, www.exploreholton.com

Chamber and community mem­bers may submit more than one nomi­nation. Those who have been nominated in previous years but not selected for Hall of Fame honors may be nomi­nated again, but appli­cations for them must be updated each year for nomina­tion consid­eration. 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.