Two receive Chamber Silver Anchor Awards

-- June Casagrande

Newport Beach Fire Chief Tim Riley and restaurateur and community

activity Clayton Shurley each received a Silver Anchor Award on Wednesday

at the annual meeting of the Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce.

The prestigious award recognizes service to the chamber and the

community. Riley has served on the chamber’s board of directors, is a

past skipper of the chamber’s Commodores Club, and has work on such

community events as the annual Sandcastle Contest, the Mr. Irrelevant

Week Arrival Party, the Newport Harbor Christmas Boat Parade, and the

Parade Awards Dinner and Auction. He has also been chairman of the

chamber’s scholarship and athletic awards, and has helped with the

Toshiba Senior Golf Classic.

Shurley, owner of Clayton Shurley’s Real BBQ in Newport Beach, is

secretary of the chamber’s board of directors and is active in the

chamber Ambassadors, its Business Expo, Christmas Boat Parade and Taste

of Newport, as well as many other community events and organizations.

Shurley is president of the Newport Beach Restaurant Assn. and is a

member of the Commodores Club.

Dozens of other volunteers were also honored at the chamber event for

service in a wide range of activities and events.