LEADERS LOOK AT PAST, FUTURE AT ANNUAL BANQUET

LOOKING BACK: F.R. "Buz" Sutherland, director of the Small Business Development Center, looked at some old photos of Tim Walker, following the banquet Monday. Sutherland, who became the Jackson Chamber of Commerce's first full-time executive director in 1975, was keynote speaker. Jackson USA Signal/Mark Evans

GOOD CONVERSATION: Ken Parrett (left), executive director of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce, got a point across to Dr. T.Wayne Lewis, president of the Jackson R-2 Board of Education, and Marshall Steen, manager of Tractors Restaurant, 1999-2000 Jackson Business of the Year. Jackson USA Signal/Mark Evans

BUSINESS OF YEAR: Val Tuschhoff, new president of the Jackson Chamber of Commerce, presented Marshall Steen, manager of Tractors Restaurant with the Chamber's first annual Business of the Year Award Monday. Jackson USA Signal/Mark Evans

DIRECTORS: Directors for the Jackson Chamber of Commerce for 2000-2001 will be (front row, from left) Val Tuschhoff, president; Brad Elfrink, vice president; Gina Bader, secretary-treasurer; Darrell Aufdenberg, past president; Gene Penzel, JIDC president; (back row) Vickie Rinehart; Howard Alexander; Brent Wills; Paul Sander; Larry Hall; and Ken Phelps, Jackson Merchants Association president. Jackson USA Signal/Mark Evans