Sam Maxwell has been named Citizen of the Year by the Leavenworth-Lansing Area Chamber of Commerce.
The longtime business owner said he was surprised with the honor Friday night during the chamber’s annual banquet.
“It was a humbling experience,” Maxwell said Monday during a telephone interview.
Maxwell is a “humanitarian at heart, and has tremendous dedication to his home of Leavenworth,” Eric Jacobs, president of Mogul Staffing Solutions, wrote in a letter supporting the award nomination.
Maxwell, a lifelong resident of the community, has owned and operated the Wood Stock Shop since 1980.
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