Reprint from the Progress Times - September 5, 2008
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Nominations now open for Mission citizen awards

 

Nomination deadline is 5 p.m., Friday, September 26 for Mission’s Man of the Year, Woman of the Year, Mr. Mis­sion and First Lady of Mission. This year’s citizen awards will be presented at the Greater Mission Chamber of Com­merce annual banquet by the Progress Times, sponsor for the awards.

Nominations may be submitted in person at the Progress Times office at 1217 N. Conway or by mail to Citizen Awards, c/o Progress Times, P.O. Box 399, Mission, Texas 78573. Nomi­nations may also be submitted by email to awards@progresstimes.net or by fax to 956-585-2304.

Nomination forms are available at the Progress Times office and on the newspaper’s Web site: www.progresstimes. net. Forms may be requested by fax: 956-585-2304 or email: awards@progresstimes.net.

Nomination Procedure

Nominations must include the nominee’s name, address and phone number as well as the qualifications of the indi­vidual. Qualifications may include positions and offices held, number of years of serv­ice and a description of the serv­ice the individual has given. Also, list any honors the individual has received, whether civic, church, or pro­fessional. Include a description of what is particularly out­standing about this indi­vidual. Include the name and telephone number of the per­son submitting the nomination.

Who Makes the Selections?

Honorees for the citizen awards are not chosen by the Progress Times nor the Mission Chamber of Commerce. Instead, citizen

committees, com­posed of past recipi­ents of each award, are appointed to review all nominations and make the final selections from those nominated. Anyone who works or resides in Mission can submit a nomination.

This is the fourth year the citi­zen awards presentations will be made at the chamber banquet. Previously, the Pro­gress Times coordinated the annual Mission Awards Show­case banquet where the awards were presented annually.

Man and Woman of Year

Selection criteria for Man of the Year and Woman of the Year are as follows:

To be recognized for supe­rior service either for a signifi­cant project or continuing broad service to the commu­nity in the past two to 10 years. This may be for work with one organization or for work in several different areas or orga­nizations. The combined dura­tion of service should span no less than two years.

May be for work in civic, church or com­munity groups, or may be for exceptional professional or vocational per­formance if these labors have had significant impact on the citizens of Mission.

Must be a resident of Mis­sion or work in Mission.

Service will be measured in terms of its impact on the entire community as a whole as well as to a particular orga­nization.

Mr. Mission and First Lady

Selection criteria for Mr. Mission and First Lady of Mis­sion are the following:

Must have provided long term service to Mission through a civic or church group or in a professional or vocational endeavor or through charitable or benevolent serv­ice to the community or a combination of these factors.

Service must be ongoing and cover a minimum of 11 years.

Length of service, character and integrity will be among considerations.

Value of service to the community in general is the primary factor.

Must live, work or have significant busi­ness interests in Mission.

Last year’s award recipients were June K. Brann, First Lady of Mission; Pat Townsend Jr., Mr. Mission; Jessica Ochoa, Woman of the Year, and Joe Flores, Man of the Year.

The date for this year’s  Mission Chamber ban­quet has not been announced, but is expected to be held early in October.