By Pepper Fisher
SEQUIM – The Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce has announced its 3 nominees for 2021 Citizen of the Year, with the winner to be chosen on Tuesday, March 29.
Up for the honor this year are Phil Castell, owner of Castell Insurance, where he hosts a free annual shred event that results in large donations to the local Boys and Girls Club of the Olympic Peninsula. He was the Grand Marshal of the 2020 Irrigation Festival. Castell is a former President of the Chamber, as well as member of the Sequim Masonic Lodge, the Sequim Prairie Grange and the Strait Stamp Society.
Also nominated is Lorri Gilchrist, who has spent many years volunteering, donating, and fundraising for the Peninsula Trails Coalition, Dungeness River Nature Center, Peninsula Friends of the Animals, Welfare for Animals Guild, and Olympic Peninsula Humane Society. She is President of Sequim Schools Alumni Association, and has written “Veterans Corner,” a monthly column for the Sequim Gazette, for the past decade.
And finally, Jean Wyatt, who has served on the Board of Directors of the Sequim-Dungeness Valley Chamber of Commerce, as well the Board of Directors of the Irrigation Festival. Wyatt was also involved in the formation of the Sequim Humanities and Arts Alliance and Innovative Arts and Crafts Fair.
The event will take place at the 7 Cedars Resort at 11:45 on Tuesday, March 29th. Registration in advance is required through the website, www.sequimchamber.com, and the price is $42.50 per person.