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2009 Baton Rouge Business Awards & Hall of Fame Banquet


What:  Annual event
Where:  Crowne Plaza Hotel
When:  Thursday, April 23, 2009
Time:  7:00 PM
Beneficiary:  Jr. Achievement of Baton Rouge & Acadiana
Presenting Sponsor(s):  Capital One Bank & Franklin Press Direct Mail & Printing
Welcome:  Julio Melara
Catering:  Crowne Plaza
Attendance:  550 guests
Attire:  Business & cocktail attire
Blacktie Photos by:  Jamie Craig & Chris Blackwood

Business Awards & Hall of Fame
 
"He's a Coca-Cola man through and through," publisher and CEO of Baton Rouge Business Report Rolfe McCollister said about Young Businessperson of the Year Darian Chustz. "He says he never had a Pepsi in his entire life."
Chustz expanded on that statement while accepting his award, saying that Coke was fed to him in his bottle as a baby. Still, Jeff Kleinpeter questioned that statement, saying "With the good looks you have, it had to have been Kleinpeter milk!"
The 26th annual Baton Rouge Business Awards & Hall of Fame banquet was held April 23 at the Crowne Plaza with plenty of laughter as well as touching stories about local business leaders. The event not only serves to honor successful businesses, but proceeds raised from the night benefit the  Junior Achievement Endowment Fund.
Honored this year were Company of the Year (under 100 employees) D. Honoré Construction, Company of the Year (100 or more employees) Kleinpeter Farms Dairy LLC, Young Businessperson of the Year Darian Chustz of Coca-Cola Bottling United and Businessperson of the Year Bobby Yarborough of Manda Fine Meats. Inducted as Business Hall of Fame laureates were Hillar C. Moore Jr., and A. Hays Town, who was represented by his family. JC CRB