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The Champion of Small Business Award is presented annually to a Nebraska small business owner who is a successful entrepreneur, who has triumphed in the field of business, and is an empowering entrepreneur who stands up for other small business owners.

2018 Erich Landen, Landen Chiropractic, PC, Chadron
2017 Jeff Taake and Lewis Schelkopf, Mead Lumber and Truss Craft, Grand Island
2016 Cody and Chrystal Brooks, White River Feed, Chadron
2015 Kevin and Christine Grooms, American Agricultural Laboratory, McCook
2014 Roger Franklin, Gary's Cleaning & Restoration, Scottsbluff
2013 Douglas Garwood, Garwood Enterprises Inc dba Cardinal Farms, Dakota City
2012 Jim and Tim Schneider, S&S Plumbing, Mitchell
2011 Kelly Newell, Scout Goods & Trade, Omaha
2010 Michael L. Mawby, Come and Get It, Kearney
2009 Nick Bock and James Bowen, Five Nines Technology Group, LLC, Lincoln
2008 Jim and Connie Hellbusch, Duo Lift Manufacturing Co., Inc., Columbus
2007 Jeff White, Haque Quality Water, Lincoln
2006 Ervin Eisenmenger, WestPoint Implement, West Point
2005 Terry and Dena Mills, Mills Hardware, Arnold
2004 Patricia Crittenden, Flowers on Broadway, Scottsbluff
2003 David Alan Chally, Barney Insurance, Inc., Kearney
2001 Jim J. Jenkins, Whiskey Creek Steakhouses, Kearney
2000 John and Karen Miskimins, Miskimins Motor Co., Inc., Chadron
1999 Kerry Winterer, The Benefit Group, Omaha
1998 Deborah Bass, Bass & Associates, Omaha
1997 Clark Griffith, Medical Center Pharmacy, Scottsbluff
1996 Tom Feller, Feller & Company, Wisner
1995 J. Richard Abramson, Prairie Systems, Inc., Omaha
1994 Phillip C. Nelson, Hamilton Telephone Co., Aurora
1993 Bob Campos, Campos Construction Co., Omaha
1992 Joyce McLaughlin, InterState Telemarketing, Inc., Omaha
1991 Maxine Maul, Maverick Media, Syracuse
1990 Carol Corey, Ark Printing & Graphics, Omaha
1989 Roy Smith, H.P. Smith Motors, Inc., Omaha
1988 Edwin J. Loutzenheiser Jr., Pheonix Industries, Inc. Juniata
1987 Irving Rushall, Scottsbluff Pipe and Supply, Scottsbluff
1986 Paul Dutton, Dutton & Associates PC, Omaha
1985 Ken Wortman, Wortman Enterprises, Aurora
1984 Ronald Kennedy, Kessler, Kennedy & Assoc., Omaha
1983 Jack Barnhart, Barnhart Press, Omaha
Robert Hoig, Midlands Business Journal, Omaha

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