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Carl Cramer |
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Phyllis Mann |
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Captain
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The Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce has announced the recipients of the 2008 Hyas Tyee Awards. The Chamber selected three individuals who most exemplify leadership skills and commitment to the community. This year’s recipients are:
Business/Community:
Carl Cramer, Farrell’s Home Health Centers
Cramer, owner of Farrell’s Home Health Centers, is currently on the Board of Directors of Harrison Medical Center (immediate past chairman), Kitsap Bank, KPS Health Plans, YMCA Foundation, Pacific Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers (past chairman) and Bremerton Rotary (past president). He has also served as president of the Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce, chairman of the Bremerton Historic Ships Association and YMCA of Kitsap County, and volunteered with the Westsound Community Health Network, Foundation for Bremerton, Hospice of Kitsap County, Economic Development Council, Project Family, Washington State Museum, Project Family and Bremerton Schools Advisory Council.
Government:
Phyllis Mann, Kitsap Department
of Emergency Management
Mann has been the Director of Kitsap County Department of Emergency Management (DEM) since 1991. Under her supervision, DEM has developed a nationally recognized program known as K-PREP (Kitsap Practices Responsible Emergency Preparedness) that prepares schools, neighborhoods and the business community for emergencies.
She helped prepare a model school Emergency Management Plan for the Kitsap County schools, which has been accepted and printed as the Washington State School Model Emergency Management Plan and Guide Book. Mann is an active supporter of FEMA’s Community and Family Preparedness Program and, in 2002; she and her staff developed a disaster reserve program for Kitsap County similar to FEMA’s national program.
Military:
Captain Daniel Peters,
PSNS and Intermediate Maintenance Facility
Captain Peters is currently assigned as Commander, Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility. His decorations include the Legion of Merit, five Meritorious Service Medals, four Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals and two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals. Under Captain Peters’ leadership, PSNS & IMF has completed more than 70 intermediate and depot level ship availabilities, Building 50 was moved to downtown Bremerton and is now the home of the Puget Sound Navy Museum, approximately 12,000 family and friends visited PSNS for the 2007 Family Day, OSHA awarded the Volunteer Protection Program Star Site Flag in 2006 and the Combined Federal Campaign raised more than $2.7 million between 2006 and 2007.
The Hyas Tyee Awards ceremony is based on long-established tradition that honors the recipients in a non-traditional manner — they’re “roasted.” Recipients select two friends, associates or family members to share rare insights and provide for a memorable evening. The evening is filled with laughter and gives recipients an opportunity to show their lighter side.
The Hyas Tyee Awards Banquet takes place on Thurs., April 17 at the Kitsap Golf and Country Club. Social time begins at 6 p.m. with dinner served at 6:30 p.m.
The cost of the event is $50 per person or $500 for a sponsored table of eight if reserved by April 3. Table sponsors receive preferential reserved seating, recognition at the event and two bottles of wine. Limited seating will be available April 3 – 10; however, the price increases to $60 per person. For information about the Hyas Tyee Awards or for reservations, contact the Bremerton Area Chamber of Commerce at (360) 479-3579 or chamber@bremertonchamber.org.
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