Voting for Pioneer of the Year and the Pioneer Awards ends next week on amarillopioneer.com.
Readers of the Amarillo Pioneer have until December 15th to make their decisions on who should be the 2017 Pioneer of the Year. Readers also will decide a series of contests honoring local businesses that are outstanding in certain categories.
Winners will be announced on December 21st.
A link to voting can be found on AmarilloPioneer.com.
Voting is open here: https://www.amarillopioneer.com/pioneer-of-the-year-voting/
Nominees for Pioneer of the Year
James Allen
Amarillo ISD Trustee and City of Amarillo Community Development Director
John Betancourt
Amarillo ISD Trustee
Kip Billups
Founder of Amarillo Brown Bag Runs
Jeff Blackburn
Attorney
Renea Dauntes
Community Volunteer
Steven Denny
Attorney, Volunteer Firefighter
Ed Drain
Chief of the Amarillo Police Department
Richard Havens
Director of Animal Management & Welfare
Rich Herman
Justice of the Peace
Walter Wendler
President of West Texas A&M University
