{"id":6294,"date":"2011-12-23T18:20:32","date_gmt":"2011-12-24T02:20:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=6294"},"modified":"2011-12-23T18:47:40","modified_gmt":"2011-12-24T02:47:40","slug":"richard-mays-named-2011-citizen-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sierramadrenews.net\/?p=6294","title":{"rendered":"Richard Mays Named 2011 Citizen of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Richard Mays, center, named 2011 Citizen of the Year by Sierra Madre Chamber. Click photo to enlarge. Photo Copyright 2011, Bill Coburn<\/p><\/div>\n

Posted 12\/23\/11 – <\/em>The Sierra Madre Chamber of Commerce announced that it has named Richard Mays to be the 2011 Citizen of the Year.\u00a0 In 2011, Mays served as the City\u2019s Deputy Treasurer, sat on the UUT Oversight Committee, was a member of the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT), the SMPD Volunteer Force, and acted as Treasurer for the Sierra Madre Historical Preservation Society.\u00a0 He is also a retired 32-year volunteer veteran on the Sierra Madre Fire Department.\u00a0 Pictured with Mays, from left to right, are Melanie Shewmaker and Caroline Brown of CERT, Sierra Madre Police Chief Marilyn Diaz, Matt Krantz, Chamber president, and Chief Steve Heydorff of the Sierra Madre Fire Dept.<\/p>\n

Mays will be honored at the Citizen of the Year dinner in January, details to follow.<\/p>\n