Zephyrhills Chamber award nominees
The Greater Zephyrhills Chamber of Commerce will host its Membership Appreciation & Community Awards celebration on Aug. 22 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Here’s the list of the 2019 Awards in Excellence Nominees:
Small Business: Bob’s Tire and Auto; Commando’s Pizza; Palm Tree Acres MHC; PuroClean of Zephyrhills; Sittin Pretty Pet Parlor; SONG Printing; Zephyrhills Brewing Company
Large Business: AdventHealth Zephyrhills; Culver’s of Zephyrhills; Golden Corral; K & K Glass; Ryman Construction; Sonny’s BBQ of Zephyrhills; Suncoast Credit Union
Innovative Business: AdventHealth Wellness Center; Elite Soccer Skills Academy; Hemp & Coffee Exchange; Premier Community Health Care; The Academy of Spectrum Diversity; Zephyrhills Executive Office Suites
Economic Development Champion: Beth Aker, Meals on Wheels; Kern’s Family Construction; Ron Oakley, Pasco County Commission; Steve Spina, retired city manager; Sam Turgeon, Zephyrhills Executive Office Suites
Diamond Award: East Pasco Wheels on Meals; East Pasco YMCA; Elks Lodge BPOE 2731; Pregnancy Care Center; The Academy of Spectrum Diversity; The Church at Chancey Road; The Samaritan Project; The Thomas Promise
Citizen of The Year: Sam Abraham, Moose Lodge; Beth Aker, East Pasco Meals on Wheels; Katy Boyd, AdventHealth Wellness; Lee & Russ Heffelfinger, ABC Pizza; Randy Light, PuroClean; Cliff McDuffie, Zephyrhills Lodge 198; Cliff Moffett, Military Museum; Donna Moyer, Elks Lodge
Leadership in Government: Danny Burgess, executive director the Florida Department of Veterans Affairs; Ken Burgess, Zephyrhills City Council president; Gail Hamilton, CRA director; Bob Hatfield, staff member for U.S. Rep. Gus Bilirakis; State Rep. Randy Maggard, District 28; Steve Spina, retired Zephyrhills city manager; Gene Whitfield, Zephyrhills Mayor; Zephyrhills City Council & Steve Spina.
Leadership in Youth: Eleanor Cornelius, booster president; Pin Chasers Zephyrhills; Rotary Club Noon; The Academy of Spectrum Diversity; Charla Vande Berg. RBSMS; West Zephyrhills Elementary; Zephyrhills Lions Club; Zephyrhills Little League
Community Service: Tammy Dester, Academy of Spectrum Diversity; Miriam Hansford, AmeriLife; Donna Moyer, Elks Lodge; Rod Rehrig, Marine Corps League; Anna Stutzriem, Main Street Zephyrhills
Chamber Member of the Year: Beth Aker, East Pasco Meals on Wheels; Vicky Jones, Palm Tree Acres; PuroClean of Zephyrhills; Rod Rehrig, Marine Corps League; San Antonio Citizens Federal Credit Union; Tampa Type & Print
Ambassador of the Year: Beth Aker, East Pasco Meals on Wheels; Cheryl Hinton, Pregnancy Care Center; Randy Light, PuroClean; Tim and Pam Proctor, Sisel
For more information about the banquet, go to ZephyrhillsChamber.org. For more information or to RSVP, call (813) 782-1913.
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits grand opening
ABC Fine Wine & Spirits at 11868 State Road 54 in Trinity will have a grand opening celebration on Aug. 8 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The store will offer a wine-tasting event, for $10, which features tastings of more than 50 wines and spirits. It also will give customers 10 percent off on their purchases that night.
Upcoming ribbon cuttings
The North Tampa Bay Chamber of Commerce has announced the following ribbon cuttings:
- Mr. Electric of Land O’ Lakes, 2604 Cypress Ridge Blvd., Suite 102, Wesley Chapel; Aug. 14 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- Nerds to Go, 19651 Bruce B. Downs Blvd., Tampa, Aug. 15 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
- Morningstar Storage of Wiregrass, 28999 Anise Drive, Wesley Chapel, Aug. 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Olympus Pools, 21859 State Road 54, Lutz, Aug. 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
