Small Business Hawaii (SBH) announced winners of its annual small business awards for 2005. Selections were made by SBH members and Directors. Awardees did not know in advance. Presentations were made to recipients at SBH's 30th Annual Business Conference at the Ala Moana Hotel, January 11, 2006, during the luncheon program attended by more than 200 people. Lex Brodie and David Heenan were keynote speakers. Awardees included:

SBH Small Business Person of the Year
Tom Jones
Gyotaku Japanese Restaurant

Small Business Success Stories

Albert "Spike" Denis, Safeguard Services, Inc.
Geno Godinet, Access Lifts of Hawaii
Tina & Dennis McLaughlin, CARE Hawaii, Inc.

Outstanding Business Reporting
Derrick DePledge
The Honolulu Advertiser

The SBH-George Mason Business Editorial Award
Andrew Walden
Hawaii Free Press (Big Island)

Outstanding Business Publication
The Companies We Keep
Bob Sigall, Author

Small Business Boosters
Arla & Walt Harvey
East Oahu Realty

Jean Fukuda SBH Civic Leadership
Robert Thomas
Pacific Legal Foundation

Outstanding Young Entrepreneur
Tiffany Tanaka
We Sell Things 4 You.com

SBH Education Leadership
Laura Brown
Grassroot Institute of Hawaii, Inc.

SBH Outstanding Public Servant
Lillian Koller
Hawaii State Department of Human Services

Lawmaker of the Year
City Councilmember Charles Djou
District 4, Waikiki-Hawaii Kai

The theme of the 30th Annual Conference was: "Small Business '2006: Leading By Example, Hawaii's Economic Revitalization." SBH was founded by Lex Brodie and incorporated in 1976.

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