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| Aldo Rossi receives a plaque as Agri-businessperson of the Year in 1988 from then city Commissioner Bob Koch. It was the first year of the stellar event. |
| MEMO PHOTO: TOM PRY |
RICH RIEGEL
THE MID COUNTY MEMO
It’s been five years since the last event, but friends and neighbors, it is back.
Nominations for the Mid-county Memo Community Awards, the event celebrating the best and brightest in Mid-Multnomah County, are now underway.
And as readers of the Mid-county Memo newspaper, you have the ability to applaud and congratulate those special people and organizations in Mid-Multnomah County who deserve recognition.
So if you know of someone or some organization in the Mid-County area deserving of special recognition for outstanding contributions to our community, don’t let those efforts go unrecognized.
Plaque and certificate winners will be announced at an awards event on Tuesday, May 10 at the Gateway Elks Lodge, 711 N. E. 100th Ave. There’ll be a reception at 6 p.m., with the awards ceremony beginning at 7 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend. Stay tuned to the Memo for more details about this exciting event. You’ll want to attend.
With ballots available in this issue of the Memo, casting your vote for one or all of the 17 categories open to nomination couldn’t be simpler. Nominees to be honored in May are selected exclusively by readers of the Memo. By using the nominating ballot, readers can select friends, co-workers, acquaintances and even family members for a variety of awards.
This is the seventh time the event has been held. It was also held in 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994 and 2000.
The deadline for submission of ballots is Friday, April 15. Ballots will need to be mailed to the Mid-county Memo newspaper at 3510 N.E. 134th Ave., Portland, OR 97230.
Categories include Student of the Year, Employee of the Year, Religious Leader of the Year, Agri-Business Person of the Year, Artist of the Year, Athlete of the Year, Senior Citizen of the Year, Businessperson of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Educator of the Year, Cook of the Year, Boss of the Year and Neighbor of the Year.
There is also the Special Commendation award, meant for a person living or working in the Mid-County area who has performed a heroic act or special service to the community.
The Leadership Award will be awarded to the individual who has provided leadership in solving problems in Mid-County.
The Neighborhood Beautification Award will honor a group or individual from any part of the city of Portland whose efforts have helped beautify the Mid-County area.
In addition, the Environmental Preservation Award will go to the Mid-Multnomah County group or individual who best displays a sincere caring for the natural environment. The award was created in 1992 in honor of the ongoing work of environmental and neighborhood activist Alice Blatt.
There are two kinds of winners. Each category will feature a plaque winner as the person or organization singled out as the best in the category. Certificate winners will also be awarded in each category.
A list of nominees will be selected from returned ballot forms. Awards will be granted based on quantity of responses and the quality of the contribution.
Ballots do not have to have a nominee listed in every category to be submitted. However, the name, address and telephone number of whoever is submitting the nominations needs to be included. On the ballot form, the nominator should give an explanation of any length as to why the nominee deserves the award.
The Mid-county Memo Community Awards Committee, an awards selection committee made up of a cross section of Mid-County business and community leaders, will meet to choose the winners. Members of the Awards Committee will include Snow-Cap Executive Director Judy Alley; the former pastor at Parkrose Community United Church of Christ, Charlie Ross, East Portland Neighborhood Office Coordinator Richard Bixby, and Eastminster Presbyterian Rev. Bill Taylor.
Readers of the Memo can nominate anyone for any category. Submitted ballot forms do not have to be completely filled out. If appropriate, you may nominate the same person in more than one category. Winners and nominees from previous years are eligible to be honored again.
In general, all nominees must live or work with the area between 82nd and 162nd avenues, and bordered by Division Street on the south and the Columbia River on the north.
In 2000, Joe Rossi received the plaque for Agri-Business Person of the Year for the Mid-county Memo Community Awards. In addition, Jerry Lesch of Parkrose High School was named Educator of the Year and Mike Hess received the Environmental Preservation Award.
For more information on the Mid-county Memo Community Awards, call 503-287-8904.
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