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Inhnen receives Distinguished Service Award

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January 29th, 2023 by Ric Hanson

(Atlantic, Iowa) – The Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce, Saturday evening, presented their 2022 Distinguished Service Award to Melissa Ihnen. The award was presented during the Chamber’s Annual Dinner. Ihnen was nominated for her 22 years of dedication to Boys Scouts as well as decades of work on local committees.

(Left) Melissa Ihnen & Chamber Director Bailey Smith (Photo via the Chamber’s Facebook page)

This year, the Chamber received a record 17 nominations for businesses, organizations or individual leaders in the community, for their commitment and support of the Atlantic Area. It was the 37th year the award was presented.
Recent, previous award winners have included:

2016-Lavon Eblen

2017- Dr. Keith Leonard

2018-Dolly Bergmann

2019-Mark McNees

2020-Cass County Public Heath

2021- Greg Schuler