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PHOTOS: Business award winners and photos

Winners, balloon draw and horse race
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The Ponoka and District Chamber of Commerce business awards were held at the Ponoka Legion Oct. 25. Photos by Emily Jaycox

Award nominees were treated to a decadent evening Oct. 25 at the Ponoka Legion during the 2019 Ponoka and District Chamber of Commerce business awards. In the end, however, only a few could leave with some hardware.

The winners were:

Small Business: Flowers For You.

Medium Business: Siding 14 Brewery.

Large Business: Phase 3 Electric.

Agricultural Business: Ponoka Veterinary Clinic.

Industrial Business: Under Pressure Line Jetting

Non-Profit Business: Ponoka Youth Centre.

Business Person: was a tie between Kim Green of Altitude Spa and Dental Hygiene and Kathy Masters of Ponoka Health Foods.

Customer Service Person: Ida Buryniuk of Gord’s No Frills.

The awards were followed by a balloon draw, a horse race, and live entertainment from Tap 9.

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Small Business of the Year, Carol Dunne, Flowers For You, with chamber president Barry Grant. Photos by Emily Jaycox
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Business Person of the Year was a tie between Kim Green, left, of Altitude Spa and Dental Hygiene and Kathy Masters of Ponoka Health Foods.
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Large Business of the Year, Bruce Ordze, Phase 3 Electric.
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Industrial Business of the Year was awarded to Lee Anne and Steve Wass, Under Pressure Line Jetting. Left, is presenter Gary Colyn, Sommer Home Hardware, 2018 Large Business.
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Non-profit Business of the Year - Ponoka Youth Centre. Accepted by staff and board members.
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Customer Service Person of the Year - Ida Buryniuk (middle, Gord’s No Frills). Presented by Terri Shimenosky from Telus.
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Medium Business of the Year, Anika Pierik and Casey Staple, Siding 14 Brewery.
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Clayton West from Ponoka Veterinary Clinic accepts the Agricultural Business of the Year award.
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Businesses bid for the chance to jockey a “horse.” Here Trevor Feragen of Legacy Ford crosses the finish line, triumphant.
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Tap 9 provided live entertainment for the remainder of the evening.
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A table checks their scratchers to see if they won anything after the balloon pop.


Emily Jaycox

About the Author: Emily Jaycox

I’m Emily Jaycox, the editor of Ponoka News and the Bashaw Star. I’ve lived in Ponoka since 2015 and have over seven years of experience working as a journalist in central Alberta communities.
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