Silvan earns honor

Angie Silvan, the administrator for Westhaven Villa, an assisted living center in Aberdeen, and for Riverside Place, a memory care center in Hoquiam, has been named Administrator of the Year for the state of Washington by the Washington State Association of Activities Professionals.

The Grays Harbor locations also produced another statewide award winner. Tonya Hoffman was named activity support person of the year for the state.

Silvan began her career as a nursing aide at the Riverside location and worked her way up through several jobs over a period of years to the top spot. She went from being an aide 15 years ago, to an activities director, then worked in marketing, then was office manager and eventually became administrator for both properties.

The two facilities are owned by Caring Places Management, a Forest Grove, Ore.-based company that owns a dozen care facilities in Washington and Oregon.

Westport Winery wins medals

Westport Winery was honored with 17 medals in the 2019 Wine Press Northwest Invitational Wine Competition. The announcement came in the winter issue of the publication, placing Westport Winery as one of the top 10 platinum medal winners in this event’s history. Only wines having earned a gold medal or above at selected competitions were invited to enter.

The winery earned platinum medals on Swimmer Petite Sirah, Lighthouse Riesling, Duckleberry Grunt Blueberry Gewurztraminer and Ancient Mariner Pear Riesling. It was awarded double gold medals on Charterboat Chick Cabernet Sauvignon, MV Argonaut Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, True Blue Malbec, Message In A Bottle Rosé of Sangiovese, Rapture of the Deep Sparkling Cranberry, Going Coastal Sparkling Gewurztraminer, Little Wild Marionberry Riesling, Dawn Patrol Raspberry Riesling, Bordello Blonde and Willapa White. Gold medals were award to Shorebird Chardonnay, Shelter From the Storm Port and Smoky Nor’wester.

Touchdown for Kids awards almost $5,000

Every year during football season, local high schools have the opportunity to participate in Touchdown for Kids, a program sponsored by Five Star Dealerships. For every touchdown at a home game the high school earns $40; for every PAT $10, and for every field goal $25! The 2019 totals are in, and the local high schools earned a combined total of $4,910. Five Star Dealerships congratulates the schools and their teams for an amazing season.