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Chamber hosts annual awards dinner

by | May 17, 2017 | Latest

Three Wylie East High School students, Parker Marshall, Myrick Navejar and Brandon Speigal, received the Young Entrepreneur award at the Chamber of Commerce dinner last week. (Joe Reavis/The Wylie News)

 

By Joe Reavis

Staff Writer

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By a show of resilience and an indomitable spirit in the aftermath of the devastating April 11, 2016 hailstorm, the residents of Wylie, as a whole, earned the Citizen of the Year Award from Wylie Chamber of Commerce.

The chamber presented its annual awards to individuals, groups and businesses at a dinner held Thursday, May 11, at First Baptist Church Event Center. Along with the chamber awards, recognition of contributions to the community in 2016 was announced by several other organizations.

For the full story see the May 17 issue and the e-Edition at https://www.etypeservices.com/Wylie%20NewsID245/default.aspx

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