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Fillmore chamber to honor top officials, residents, business
Recognition dinner set for tonight
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More from County NewsThe Fillmore Chamber of Commerce tonight will honor officials and residents named the city's best in 2007.
The chamber plans to recognize the city's police officer, firefighter, student, city employee, citizen and business of the year during a banquet at Veterans Memorial Building, 511 Second St., Fillmore.
Sheriff's Deputy Hector Macias will be honored as Fillmore's officer of the year.
Macias joined the Ventura County Sheriff's Department in 1999 after leaving the Marine Corps and was named top academic cadet when he graduated from the training academy, according to the department.
During his more than eight years in the department, the Santa Paula native has earned a reputation as an aggressive crime-fighter in assignments that have included patrol, anti-gang detail and crisis intervention, according to the department.
Royce Davis Jr. of the Fillmore Fire Department; Fillmore High School senior Kassaundra Monike Sandoval; city building inspector Michael McGivney; Fillmore Historical Museum volunteers Martha Gentry, Nancy Bowlin and Beverly Hurst; and the Healing Solutions Chiropractic & Wellness Center are the other honorees.
The event is scheduled to begin with a social hour at 6 p.m. Dinner will be served at 7 p.m.
Tickets are available for $20 at the Fillmore Chamber of Commerce, 275 Central Ave., or the Fillmore Police Department, 524 Sespe Ave.
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