CAMARILLO : Man and Woman of the Year Named

Ralph Alamillo and Marilyn Kish have been named Man and Woman of the Year by the Camarillo Chamber of Commerce.

The chamber awarded the honors to Alamillo, principal of Las Posas School, and Kish, co-chairwoman of the Miss Camarillo Scholarship Pageant, last week at the annual chamber dinner. Six other people and two organizations were also honored.

Alamillo, a member of the Pleasant Valley Lions Club for 35 years, has hauled books for the Friends of the Library for about 20 years and has just completed a decade’s service with the Ventura County Juvenile Justice Commission.

Kish, a Camarillo resident for 12 years, has been a strong supporter of the Ventura County Boy Scouts of America and was co-founder of the Ventura County Executive Women for Scouting. She also is a member of the Soroptimist International of Camarillo.

The Senior of the Year award went to Leona Lee, who at 88 took a typing class at Oxnard College’s Camarillo campus and then applied for a job at City Hall.

Stephanie Burkhart, a Camarillo High School honors student, was named Youth of the Year; John Rush, who has held various positions on city boards, including the mayor’s seat, and Martha Goodsell, PTA counsel president, were named Volunteers of the Year; David Hansen, known as a mentor teacher in the Pleasant Valley School District, was named Educator of the Year, and Camarillo Planning Director Matthew (Tony) Boden was named Public Servant of the Year.

The Service Organization of the Year award went to the Meadowlark Service League, and the Camarillo Community Park received the Business of the Year award.