A crowd well into the 300s attended the Broken Bow Chamber of Commerce banquet on Saturday night at the One Box Convention Center. The Chamber holds the banquet annually to recognize anniversary milestones, present special awards, and raise funds for upcoming Chamber calendar items. This year’s theme was a horse race inspired “Off to the Races”.
Special awards were presented to the following businesses and individuals (Pictured at the end of this story)
Citizen of the Year- Deb McCaslin
Non-Profit Organization of the Year- Broken Bow Ambulance Service
Business of the Year- Grocery Kart and Broken Bow Floral & Plant Studio
Excellence in Customer Service, Individual- Joe Franssen of RT Ace Hardware (not pictured)
Excellence in Customer Service, Business- Govier Brothers Mortuary
Milestones were celebrated by 41 chamber member businesses this year, spanning from 5 years to 145 years.
At the end of the banquet, names were drawn from a hat to determine participants who would wear inflatable costumes and compete in a race for prizes. Attendees to the banquet could put names into the drawing for a $5 donation each. To attempt to avoid participating, scratch tickets that might reveal a right to do so could also be purchased.
Participants in the entertaining race were:
– Mike Hunsberger (M&M Electric)
– Justin Thompson (American Family Insurance)
– Steve Fowler (Grocery Kart)
– Jack Simpson (KCNI/KBBN Radio)
– Kristy Wells (KCNI/KBBN Radio)
