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BRUCE & JAYNE HUNGATE RECEIVE SAM WALTON BUSINESS LEADER
AWARD
Bruce & Jayne Hungate, owners of Bear
Creek Cabins, were selected to receive the 1999 Sam Walton
Business Leader Award, sponsored by the Wal-Mart Foundation
and the Wal-Mart in Evergreen. The Hungates were chosen as
the award recipients by the Evergreen Area chamber of Commerce,
which received a $500 grand in the honorees' name.
The Hungates have been residents of the Evergreen community
for over 22 years, and have owned the Bear Creek Cabins for
four years. Bruce formerly worked for the Burlington Northern
Railroad and also owned his own tile company He is a member
of Trout Unlimited and the Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce.
Bruce and Jayne say their establishment is a "real fisherman's
place" and they work with the Blue Quill Angler to complete
the angler's total fishing experience. The Hungate's two sons,
Tyler, 11 and Cory, 13, help their parents with Bear Creek
Cabins' smooth operation.
Wal-Mart established the Sam Walton Business Leader Award
in 1995 to recognize local business people who best exemplify
the principles of its founder Sam Walton: respect for the
individual, service to customers and a commitment to strive
for excellence.
"The Sam Walton Business Leader Award allows our Wal-Mart
associates and SAM'S Club partners to salute outstanding local
business men and women and to show our pride in the local
business community," said David Glass, president and
CEO of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
The Hungates were among the more than 1,600 business people
in Wal-Mart and SAM'S Club communities around the country
who were selected by their local Chambers of Commerce to receive
the award. Participating Chambers receive a total of more
than $800,000 in grants from the Wal-Mart Foundation as part
of the awards program.
Dee Studebaker of the Evergreen Wal-Mart coordinated the award
ceremony and presented handsome plaques to Bruce and Jayne
and the award check to the Evergreen Area Chamber of Commerce.
— Reprinted from "The Voice",
February 2000.
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