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Holyoke Community Excellence Award winners display their plaques Monday evening at the Phillips County Event Center following the Holyoke Chamber’s 31st annual gala. Pictured from the left are Julie Haake, owner of Business of the Year, Creative Traditions; Peggy Davis, Citizen of the Years; Jackie Thompson, owner of New Business of the Year, Thompson’s Grill & Market; Kyrah McConachie, Youth of the Year; Allyn Robinson, owner of STAR Award-winning Happy Jacks Barbeque; Jessie Stewart, Employee of the Year; and Fr. Jerry Rohr, Citizen of the Year. Individual pictures are available on Page 12. — Andrew Turck | The Holyoke Enterprise
Community Pillars
Ninety local residents filled available tables to a chair Monday evening in the Phillips County Event Center, where Holly Ferguson presided over her final gala as executive director for the Holyoke