HEBRON – Andrea Burns, Myron Pierce and Philip Waterhouse were honored Thursday at the 27th annual Oxford Hills Chamber of Commerce banquet.
Burns and Pierce received Community Service Awards; Waterhouse presented Employee of the Year Award.
Burns of Waterford was recognized as being a devoted advocate of the Oxford Hills community for more than 30 years. She retired in 1996 after a 20-year teaching career.
She has helped with the restructuring of the Stephens Memorial Hospital Auxiliary, been active in the Waterford Library Association and the McLaughlin Foundation, and was instrumental in the visioning process for the Western Maine University.
The Norway hospital’s Chief Executive Officer, Tim Churchill, has said that Burns’ “willingness to explore new ways of approaching projects, her inclusive approach to decision making, her perseverance, and her passion for excellence are traits which have served the auxiliary and the hospital remarkably well.”
Burns is sharing the 2003 Community Service Award with Pierce, an educator and retired colonel in the U.S. Army. Since his retirement from active duty, Pierce has served tirelessly on behalf of veterans’ issues and was instrumental in bringing the Maine Veterans Home to South Paris.
Pierce’s teaching career began as a business education instructor at Oxford Hills High School. He later became head of the Business Education Department. A resident of Paris, he has continued to stay involved with activities that support young people.
Waterhouse, who lives in West Paris and works for Maine Machine Products Co., was honored as an employee with an exceptional work ethic and work habits that “truly separate him from the pack and make him a shining example to point the way for others. He is always at his work area, productively engaged in the job at hand.”
Company President Jeff Sutton said Waterhouse has always been an employee the company could count on to express his views during times in which difficult decisions are being made.
The banquet at Sargent Gymnasium at Hebron Academy was attended by more than 300 people.
ggeraghty@sunjournal.com
Send questions/comments to the editors.
