The Allen Chamber of Commerce celebrated their 100 ^th year with the annual Banquet this past Tuesday night. A patriotic theme was used for the election day’s gathering.

President Eric Pierce opened with a welcome followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Delwayne Johnson gave a prayer and those attending enjoyed dinner, prepared by the cafeteria staff and served by the Junior High Academic Team, followed by music performed by the RCB Band. Al Giaconni, Richard Laden, Jeff and Julie Ray, Ricky Rinehart and Jennifer Caldwell entertained with a mix of rock, country and blues music.

First dollar awards were presented to five new chamber member businesses: ProCor Fuel Solutions (Larry Colbert), Donut Bank (Gary & Salina Raney), Interstate Batteries & U-Haul (Arles Wells), Country Store Junction (Imran Sattar), and UR Smokin’ Transport (Jamie Jensen).

Paula Nelson was named the 2020 Citizen of the Year for her work at the library and with the youth of the town.

Door prizes were awarded to several lucky winners. Taking home a subscription to The Allen Advocate was Joe Bailey; two ribeye steaks from Allen Food Center wet to David A. Jones; Cindy Davis won $35 of gas from the Allen Quick Pic; LED lights from Allen Surplus & Hardware went to Don Sims and Terry Riddle; All Washed Up donated two gifts of $25, won by Rita Nix and Richard Bailey; from Bailey & Associates and ball hat and insulated cup went to Barbara Jarret, a ball hat and fountain pen to Donna Wainscott, and a hat and knife to Amanda Tollett; haircuts from Carolyn’s Beauty Shop were won by Erin Hoskin and Bobbie Milner; $50 and a hat from Farmers State Bank went to Flossie Sims and Jagger Caldwell; Phil Burke and Connor Wilson both won haircuts from Mary’s Beauty Shop; Jimmy Nix took home a set of glasses from Prairie Notions; Bill Tollett won a gift basket of car care items from Sanders Car Wash; Sue Boyd won a Pioneer Woman Crockpot from Sto & Go Storage; That Extra Touch donated a cross picture, won by Dorothy Knighten, and coasters to Delwayne Johnson; a movie night bowl of popcorn and candy went to Trystan Seale; Mikaela Raney won a water tank from TankWorks; Harold Akins took home a gift basket from Bryant Pecan Company;Braylee Dickerson will be enjoying a cake from Christina’s Cookies; and, from the Country Store Junction, Blake Campbell won two burger baskets and J.B. Nelson won two dinners.

In addition to the those named above, attending were Gary Raney, Betty Speir, Salina Raney, Purvey Knighten, Jan Stinson, Louis Jarrett, Debbie Ward, Allie Plunk, Eric Pierce, Charles Speir, David Jones, Hoot Hoskin, Danny McDougal, Mindy Bell, Mildred Burk, Molly Beth Johnson, Bruce Plunk, Laquita Johnson, Deanna Russell, Dianna Brannan, Dave Campbell, Linda Baber, Barbara Sanders, Donny Johnson, Kaden Mills, KayDee Jo Hoskin, Jesse Rinehart, Paula Nelson, Frank Bell, and Doug Stinson.