Tyler Area Chamber presents annual awards

TYLER — Retired TJC President Dr. Mike Metke is honored with the Tyler Area Chamber’s annual T.B. Butler Award as the top citizen of the year. The Chamber’s Henry Bell says the honor was “kind of a culmination” of everything Metke accomplished at TJC — with Chamber members feeling the accolade was “long overdue.” Stuart Hene, elected to the City Council earlier this year, received the W.C. Windsor Award as the community’s leading citizen under age 40. Previous winner Wade Washmon presented the award and talked about the organizations and groups Hene has been involved with in recent years. Those awards and others were handed out Tuesday at the Chamber’s Annual Meeting. Hospitality Health ER was named Large of Business of the Year, and Servpro of Tyler was recognized as Small Business of the Year.