PARKSVILLE — Who will it be?
Who will win a Glassie?
The list of nominees for the 2010 Parksville community awards — known as the Glassies — has been released. It’s a teaser for the March 4 presentation at the Parksville Community and Conference Centre, hosted by the Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce.
An independent nominations review panel was drawn from a wide cross-section of individuals across the district representing the business, community and civic perspectives. The review panel selected those nominees that truly met the motivation for the award.
Here’s the nominees:
Volunteer
• Kay Burgoyne
• Aileen Fabris
• Bruce Walton
Customer Service
• Jonathan Michaels – Geeks on the Beach
• Amanda Foucault – Tigh-Na-Mara Resort
• Carol Dobson – PetMania
Community Builder
• Laura Knickle – Building Learning Together
• Rough Diamonds
• Blain Sepos – Oceanside Tourism Association
Enviromental Sustainability
• Super Craft Star
• Canadian Electric
• The Beach Club Resort
Entrepreneur
• Bread and Honey Café
• Smashing Glass & Anything Art Co.
• Genesis Boxing
Business
• Coastal Colour Printing
• Little Qualicum Cheeseworks
• Tigh-Na-Mara Resort
Youth of the Year
• Regional District of Nanaimo Youth Recreation Strategic Planning youth steering members (Taylor Chestnut, Konnar Boorman, Alana la Charite
• Fahlon Smith
• Jasmine Smith
Citizen
• Carrie Powell Davidson
• Rose & Don Brittain
• Tom Lewis
For tickets to The Glassies, pick them up at Parksville and District Chamber of Commerce, 1275 East Island Highway.
— The News