Celebrating a century of Nebraska City Tourism and Commerce

NCTC Board Member Jennie Tachovsky of B103 presented the Golden Apple Award for outstanding customer service to the Wildwood Period House Staff Marcia Wilson Holliway, Gail Wurtele, Rita and David Beck, Mich Painter, and Sharon Hersemann.

Story and photos by Julie Davis
jdavis@cherryroad.com

A new venue and a record number of nominees for the annual awards were among the highlights of the 100th Nebraska City Tourism and Commerce banquet held Saturday, Jan. 18.

The McCabe Activity Center went from its customary blue and white to black and gold for the evening event. Banquet organizers moved to Lourdes this year because of its increased seating capacity of 400 people.

“No one was turned away,” NCTC Marketing Director Tammy Partsch said during her opening banquet remarks, adding that accommodating those who decided to attend the event after the ticket deadline passed had been a problem in recent years.

Partsch said that a record number of individuals and organizations were nominated for the NCTC annual awards: Business of the Year, Organization of the Year, Individual of the Year, and the Golden Apple award for outstanding customer service. In all, 66 individuals or organizations were nominated for the four awards.

Honey Lynn Self and Self Expressions Gallery received the Business of the Year Award. Other nominees were 1st Class Plumbing, Adkins Signs, Arbor County Cleaning and Restoration, B&B Roofing, Blue Line Aviation, Brown’s Shoe Fit, City Tap House LLC, Commercial State Bank, The Keeping Room, Knutson Remodeling, Little Ted’s Pub and Grill, the Local Shop, Mission Field Treatment Center, Morton-James Public Library, Pin High Clubhouse and Grill, and Valentino’s.

The Nebraska City Rotary Club received the Organization of the Year Award. Also nominated were Arbor Day Farm, CHI Health St. Mary’s, EDGE Nebraska City, Keep Nebraska City Beautiful, the Nebraska City Jaycees, Nebraska City Baseball, the Nebraska City Creative District, the Nebraska City Ministerial Association, Nebraska City Youth Soccer, Mission Field Treatment Center, and Shine Your Light Nebraska City.

Dan Mauk was named Individual of the Year. Other nominees were Teri Adams, David and Rita Beck, Kelly Bequette, Blaine Brown, Patti Coates, Lori Crom, Janelle Gress, Brian Hoover, Jeremy Johnson, Chris Koslosky, Harry Larson, Dennis Marshall, Heather Popish, Traci Reuter, Gina Simrell, Marty Stovall, Keitha Thomson, Kiel VanderVeen, Patrick Wehling, and Cheryl Wichman.

The Wildwood Period House Staff received the Golden Apple Award for outstanding customer services. Also nominated were Arbor Bank, Brown’s Shoe Fit, Cabins on Kearney Hill, Fareway, First Class Flowers and Gifts, Doug Friedli, Lesley Gould, Sara at Little Ted’s Pub, The Local Shop, Kimmel Orchard, Lifetime Vision Center, David Martin, Dan Mauk, Sass & Frass Creations, and Self Expressions Gallery.

Sara Roberts of Little Ted’s Pub and Grill received the Partnership Award, presented by the NCTC staff to celebrate an individual or group that has provided extraordinary efforts to help NCTC achieve its mission.

Winning NCTC scholarships were Rylee Stracke of Nebraska City High School and Kadence White of Lourdes Central Catholic.

NCTC Board Member Jennie Tachovsky of B103 presented the Golden Apple Award for outstanding customer service to the Wildwood Period House Staff Marcia Wilson Holliway, Gail Wurtele, Rita and David Beck, Mich Painter, and Sharon Hersemann.
Presenting the certificate to scholarship winner Kadence White of Lourdes is board member Jessica Crunk of Ambassador Health.
NCTC Board Member and Rotarian Tara Nanninga presented the Organization of the Year Award to the Nebraska City Rotary Club.
The Nebraska City Tourism and Commerce staff (Tammy Partsch, Amy Allgood, Macey Allgood, and Krystl Knabe) presented Sara Roberts and Little Ted’s Pub and Grill with the NCTC Partnership Award.
The McCabe Activity Center at Lourdes Central Catholic was the site of the 100th Nebraska City Tourism and Commerce Banquet.
NCTC Executive Director Amy Allgood presented awards to retiring NCTC Board Members Jeremy Johnson of VG Plus LLC and Patty Pierce of Arbor Day Farm.
NCTC Board Member Paula Aldana of CHI Health St. Mary’s presented the Business of the Year Award to Honey Lynn Self of Self Expressions Gallery.
NCTC Executive Director Amy Allgood and Marketing Director Tammy Partsch emceed the 100th NCTC Banquet.
NCTC Board Member DeAnn Michel of Grimm’s Gardens presented the Individual of the Year Award to Dan Mauk.
NCTC Executive Director Amy Allgood fires a confetti cannon at the conclusion of the Last Man Standing event. This year, three winners received $540 each.
Larry Park, who recently joined the counseling staff at Mission Field Treatment Center, shared his story of addiction, faith, and recovery with the members of the Nebraska City Rotary Club on Jan. 15. Park was 6 years old when he and 25 other students were kidnapped off a school bus in California. Two students and the bus driver were able to free themselves from the buried truck trailer and get help for the others before the three kidnappers could issue their $5 million ransom demand. PHOTO BY JULIE DAVIS

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