This is quite an honor, this Community Spirit Award. I think the Governor?s Award carries with it a certain amount of heft, don?t you? This is (awarded by) the State Council for the Arts. It?s an incredible honor.

There is no 'Titanic' this year. There is no 'Lord of the Rings.' The creative community has chosen to honor films that are different from those the rest of the country is seeing.

We've got a great coaching staff and it's an honor to be in such a classy community that cares so much about its baseball team. We want to represent the Smoky Bear nation with pride.

It's a huge honor to be part of this project, which is going to benefit our community. It is very important that Hispanic people have a means to be informed of the events that are happening in our community.

We had assumed or hoped for today to be so much more than yesterday. Isn't it strange how we do nothing and expect different outcomes.

The volunteer of the year is more of an in-house honor where we recognize the person who has helped the chamber with their program of work throughout the year. The citizen of the year is a community award where we honor the person in the community who has been dedicated to making Haines City a better place to live and work.