Volunteer of the Year to be announced in January

Evidently, we need a little more time to think.

Each year, The Star solicits nominations from readers for Volunteer of the Year award, and each year, we receive multiple letters nominating between five and 10 individuals, any of whom deserve special recognition for the unselfish work they do in the community.

But something about the timing, or mood, or perhaps just the exceptional business of this season, has limited the nominations to just three, only one of which is eligible. The other two have been awarded the honor previously, and the community is not lacking in people to single out as an example of the many who serve to make this community great.

So, here’s what we’re going to do. We’ll wait until late January to publish the story about the winner.

Readers have until 5 p.m. Jan. 12, 2015 to nominate a volunteer to honor by:

• writing a letter to Volunteer of Year, P.O. Box 150 Grand Coulee, WA, 99133,

• sending an email to star@grandcoulee.com with the subject Volunteer of the Year, or

• posting to The Star’s Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/GrandCouleeStar.

We’ll publish your comments and letters in print and online and post nominations in an online poll on Jan. 14.

Readers can make their preference known through that poll or by dropping off or mailing a signed slip of paper with their preferred honoree written on it by Jan. 21.

The honoree will be announced Jan. 28.

Scott Hunter, publisher and editor