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Chamber Awards 2022
BUSINESS OF THE YEAR: Reams Springville Market
CHAIR’S CHOICE AWARD: Chick-fil-A
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Reams Springville Market has been serving Springville and its surrounding communities for more than 30 years. It has been voted as the “Best Grocery Store” and having the “Best Customer Service” in the Daily Herald’s Best of Utah Valley competition for 10 years in a row.
Locally owned and operated, the store has gone out of its way to treat its customers like family. Reams supports many community events and groups such as local schools, PTAs, charities and more.
When Chick-fil-A Spanish Fork joined the chamber, General Manager Brett Lee jumped into his role as a member through supporting chamber events, sponsoring events and even presenting at an afternoon Lunch and Learn event last year. His business is a tremendous supporter of the chamber, local schools and the city and is always willing to do its part to strengthen the community.
Chick-fil-A has grown tremendously in its six years. Lee said this growth is due to their great team and the people of Springville and Mapleton. Scott Rasband opened the Spanish Fork location in October of 2015, and since then the business has doubled its team and currently has more than 120 employees.
Their 2022 vision is to Serve, Inspire and Grow by winning the heart of every guest that comes to Chick-fil-A.
COMMUNITY BUSINESS PARTNER: Schouten Orthodontics
Dr. Schouten has been providing orthodontic care to his patients for 22 years. He began his practice in Price and built a business in Springville two years later, adding Evanston another two years later. Dr. Schouten travels between these communities to provide orthodontic care and has an excellent team and support at each location. Even after returning home to Springville, Dr. Schouten goes above and beyond for his patients. As needed, he will meet patients on weekends and weeknights.
As busy as Dr. Schouten and his team are, he is equally committed and supportive of his community. With the assistance of great office managers Becky Olsen and Debra Munn along with his staff, the business participates in chamber and city events throughout the community and wherever there is a need. Dr. Schouten is also supportive of local schools and surrounding businesses.
MAPLETON CITIZEN OF THE YEAR: Kay E. Bills
Kay E. Bills is the oldest living Mapleton-born resident. He was born in Mapleton on April 18, 1931, and will celebrate his 91st birthday this year. When asked what Mapleton means to him, Kay’s simple reply was, “Home.”
He attended Mapleton Elementary School, he worked for local farmers from age 8 to 18 and his father served as mayor of Mapleton. Kay graduated from Springville High School in 1949 and married his high school sweetheart, Jean Stewart, in 1952. They are the proud parents of five children and have eight grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren and one greatgreat-grandchild.
Kay attended the Central Utah Vocational School, which is now known as Utah Valley University. He served in the Army from 1949 to 1953 in Okinawa during the Korean War as part of the Heavy Mortar Company. Kay worked at Geneva Steel for 43 years in the Instrument Repair Shop and ran a side shop under the name “Kay’s Radio & TV,” repairing televisions, radios and records.
He became a licensed HAM Amateur Radio and MARS Military Auxiliary Radio System operator while attending CUVS in 1955, when he learned one of his teachers was involved in the amateur radio program. Kay found it interesting that he could talk to people around the world and remains active today.
Kay is an active volunteer in our community. He served 25 years with Mapleton’s Volunteer Fire Department, 10 years with the Bishop’s Storehouse in Spanish Fork and Springville, and 13 years as a greeter at Utah Valley Hospital. He also has been involved with the American Legion by participating in burials and Veteran’s Day and Memorial Day programs, the Mapleton Senior Gym by covering weekly assignments, and his church congregation as a greeter.
After his retirement, Jean taught Kay how to make loomed hats. To date, he has made almost 5,500 unique looking hats that have been given to friends, family, missionaries at Temple Square, Title I schools and people around the world.
Kay enjoys reading about the history of Mapleton and Springville and has created a “paper database” about old friends and neighbors who lived in Mapleton. He participated in the Scouting program and planned many Scout trips to Yellowstone.
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The Clyde Companies include WW Clyde, Sunpro, Sunroc, Geneva Rock, IHC Scott, Bridge Source, GWC Capital and Beehive Insurance, to name a few. The Clyde Companies truly live their motto: “Building a better community.” They donate to six universities in the state: Utah Valley University, Utah State University, Brigham Young University, Southern Utah University, the University of Utah, and Utah Tech University (formerly known as Dixie State).
The Clyde Companies have also been instrumental in helping the Nebo Education Foundation raise funds during the last 20 years for the 35,000 students and 4,500 employees in the Nebo School District.
Each year, many of the employees and leaders at Clyde Companies help the Nebo Education Foundation sponsor a golf tournament at Hobble Creek Golf Course, which brings together businesses and supporters of education.
This is the first year the Springville-Mapleton Chamber of Commerce has presented the Business Partner in Education Award.
PRESIDENT’S CHOICE AWARD: Donut Dreams at Daylight Donuts
When Michael and Kathleen Bertasso purchased Daylight Donuts Springville four years ago, they wanted to help spread happiness to their customers and communities. They added “Donut Dreams” to the name to convey that they offered the treats of your dreams at any time of day.
With this addition to their brand, they set out to become the place customers could turn to on good days and tough ones. They have since created products for every occasion — birthdays, weddings, Halloween, Christmas, even making up donuts for events like May the 4th (be with you) and Harry Potter’s birthday. They added donuts to support local schools, recognize home sports teams and make people laugh.
The Bertassos are heavily involved in the community, supporting people, athletic teams, organizations, the chamber, local schools, the library and other local businesses.
SPRINGVILLE CITIZENS OF THE YEAR: Shirlene & Jim Jordan
Shirlene and Jim Jordan are long-time Springville residents. Jim is a third-generation Springville resident; he met and married Shirlene Curtis in 1976, and they started the fourth generation of Jordans born and raised in Springville.
Jim opened his flooring business, Custom Carpets, off 400 South in Springville in 1996. For 25 years, he has fulfilled flooring needs for residents in Springville and the surrounding area. He is an avid golfer and faithfully supports the chamber golf scholarship tournament event each year. Last year, Jim retired and closed the doors of Custom Carpets to enjoy more time on the golf course and with Shirlene and their family.
While Jim ran their store, Shirlene cared for their children and worked in several ventures leading up to her time as executive director of the Springville-Mapleton Chamber of Commerce. Shirlene was hired by the chamber in 2014 and took on the challenge of bringing new life to the organization.
With her hard work and love for Springville and the business community, she has grown the chamber into today’s thriving organization. She continued leading the chamber and serving the Springville and Mapleton communities until her retirement at the end of 2020. Even in retirement, Shirlene continues to serve the community and is always willing to help in any capacity, especially the chamber.
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