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Peggy Good, a fixture in the Olde Leaksville business district, was honored as 2009 Citizen of the Year by the Eden Chamber of Commerce at its annual meeting last week.

Good, the owner of A Stitch in Time embroidery store on Washington Street, started the Annual Nighttime Christmas Parade, leads the Olde Leaksville Merchants Association and volunteers with RiverFest. Her many contributions include: donating more than 100 gift bags during last year’s Ladies Night Out events, purchasing watermelons for the city’s Bringing the Beach to Downtown event, and donating time and materials to make RiverFest shirts sold at the festival.

The Eden Chamber also named Steve Williams its Volunteer of the Year. Williams, an employee at CenturyLink, has served on the chamber’s Board of Directors and has volunteered with the organization. He serves as chairman of the board for Dan River Water Inc. and coaches youth softball and baseball.

Other chamber awards included:

Appearance Commission Awards: Eden Historical Museum, Santana’s Restaurant and State Farm Insurance.

Chairman’s Star Award: Will Flynt.

Director of the Year: Ed Holbrook Jr.

Member of the Year: Home Savings Bank.

President’s Award: Cindy Adams.

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The Reidsville Chamber of Commerce also recognized members of its community at an annual meeting in January.

Texie Needham of Home Savings Bank was named 2009 Business Person of the Year. Needham volunteers with the Betsy-Jeff Penn 4-H Center, the Federated Women’s Club, and the Reidsville Kiwanis Club . She served as the annual giving campaign co-chair for Rockingham Community College in 2009 and was chairwoman of the chamber’s Board of Directors for almost two years.

Bonnie and Allen Purgason, owners of Reidsville Florist and Gifts, were named the 2009 Small Business of the Year.

The full-service florist opened more than 17 years ago and now boasts a well-stocked retail, wine and gourmet shop. The Purgasons have been involved for years with Boy Scouts and other youth groups at their church, and they are quick to assist residents in times of need. This business for many years donated the ribbons for every chamber ribbon-cutting and continues to support the chamber in many ways.

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Rockingham Community College recently welcomed two new employees to its staff: Danny Edwards and Tim Carter.

Edwards works for the college repairing campus computers and projectors, as well as providing technical support for computer users. Edwards previously worked 21 years in retail management and earned a degree in information systems in May 2002. He worked as a network support technician for a company in Graham until he was laid off last year.

Carter works for the college as a senior custodian. He previously worked with Stoneville Furniture Co., Bullins Janitorial Services in Madison and Weiser Security Services in High Point. One of his jobs for Weiser was to work as a security guard at RCC and he still provides this service on the weekends.

Also, RCC employee Rhonda Mangione  has replaced Robert Shields as cosmetology instructor after he retired Jan. 1.

Contact Morgan Josey Glover at 627-4881, Ext. 119, or morgan.josey@news-record.com