Chamber presents awards during annual banquet

Numerous awards were handed out Thursday during the annual Webb City Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet at the Adaline Acres event center.

Mid-Missouri Bank received the Business Leader of the Year Award.

Brandon Wilson, of BEI (Bill’s Electric Incorporated), was named the Robert J. Baker Champion Booster.

Battalion Chief Cody Stone, of the Webb City Fire Department, received the City Employee of the Year Award.

POP It Like It’s Hot, a new business on MacArthur Drive, on the east side of White Oak Station, won the Best Customer Service Award.

And Eric Rickey’s new store on Main Street, Somewhere In Time Bookshop, received the Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

The Cardinal Teacher and Staff honorees are:

• Jennifer Korth, Heritage Preschool
• Amanda De La Cerda, Madge T. James Kindergarten Center
• Manuel Derryberry, Webb City Middle School
• Amber Hunt, Webb City High School
• Janice Covert, Webster Primary Center
• Joel Dorris, Transportation Department

Jim Easton, of WOW Printing, is the incoming chamber president. He succeeds Tony Perry, who will remain on the board as past president.

Other officers for the new year are: Jay Logal, treasurer, and Elizabeth Cantu, president-elect.

LeeAnn Crider is the executive director, and Whitney Heckert is the membership director.