Langley Times
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A&W’s Nick Nuraney named outstanding business person Continued from A18 goals like building and improving the community we work in, caring about our people, and touching the lives of our members, it doesn’t feel like you have to go to work at all,” he added. Otter Co-op’s general manager Jack Nicholson, who also serves as president of the chamber, was on hand for Thursday’s celebration, as well. While he didn’t speak for the company, it was acknowledged that he has been selected the CEO of the year for a large business in the Greater Vancouver area, and will be receiving accolades from Business in Vancouver on Nov. 15. And although Otter Co-op has been operating in Langley for 96 years, co-emcee and JRfm radio morning host Karen Daniels couldn’t resist a dig at Nicholson, saying that he only looks 95 years old. She also put a call out – verging on plea – for the co-op to expand into Vancouver. Other evening highlights The Co-op wasn’t the only
award winner Thursday. Forty years ago, Nick Nuraney and his family ventured out to rural Langley to check out the popular A&W drive-in as a possible business opportunity, little did Nick know that all these years later he’d own nine restaurants in the Lower Mainland – six in Langley – and be recognized by the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce as the community’s outstanding business person of the year. “It feels a little overwhelming,” Nuraney told Black Press just moments after being presented the award during the chamber’s 22nd annual Business Excellence celebrations. “I think my heart is beating like crazy. “It was an honour to be nominated and then when I won, I just couldn’t believe that I won.” The chamber has been recognizing an outstanding local business person for 29 years (since 1989), “when it was first presented to George Preston of Preston Chev Olds Cadillac in the backseat of a Chevy Cav-
alier in the WalMart parking lot. I made up that last part,” said the event’s other co-emcee and JRfm morning host Clay St. Thomas – explaining some history of the award. “George truly was the epitome of a community leader, contributor and successful business operator. “So in the honour of the spirit of George Preston, and the example he set for new business people, his dedication to the community, and his outstanding business ethics, the Greater Langley Chamber of Commerce named the award in his memory.” Clark was right of stage throughout the ceremonies, handing over awards and envelopes with the recipients names sealed inside. “Everyone is a winner,” she said. “These people work really hard every day… they’re out there in the community doing really, really good work, and it’s just nice for them to have a night out, a great meal, and receive a little bit of recognition for what they do everyday in our community.”
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It is indeed an honor to be nominated for the 2018 Business Excellence Awards and I am thankful for our nomination and would like to extend our congratulations to all the nominees and also to the winners of the various awards. It is a pleasure to be in such elite company. Langley Pos-Abilities has been in existence for almost 10 years helping residents of the Langley’s living with disabilities to obtain equipment to help them gain more mobility and independence as well as providing education, direction to resources and changing the perception of our lives. To that end we have developed a number of additional programs over the years. • The most recent is the TOAD (Try on a Disability) program which we are doing in schools and businesses to educate people about disabilities and thus promote understanding and inclusion. • We are working on an assessment tool to identify which businesses and offices are disability friendly • One of the challenges facing people with disabilities is finding the funding to repair their adaptive devices. Therefore we would like to address this issue and have a pilot project designed to do just that in an economical and easy manner. To that end we will be starting a fund raising campaign entitled “Give the Gift of Mobility.”
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