Wilbur Ray Service Award honorees named Everyday men and women tirelessly work or volunteer within the community, determined to make a difference in some meaningful way. The Brookdale Community College Wilbur Ray Scholarship Committee honors some of these remarkable individuals each year for their dedicated service in the categories of business, community service, criminal justice, education, government and healthcare. A new category has been added this year to honor committee members who have demonstrated tireless commitment and long-time service. The scholarship and dinner event is named in honor of the late Sgt. Wilbur Ray, a long time and devoted member of the Brookdale Community College Police Department. He was an active and interested participant in his community of Long Branch. The 2007 honorees will be recognized at the annual Wilbur Ray Scholarship Dinner Friday, March 9, 6 p.m. at Branches in West Long Branch. Tickets are $45. Proceeds from the dinner provide scholarships for eligible, minority Brookdale students. Honorees are: + Business Service, Kenneth Samuels, Asbury Park, co-owner, Avon Pavilion Restaurant, Avon. + Community Service Organization - Boys and Girls Club of Monmouth County, Asbury Park, Robert C. Taylor, CEO/executive director. +Community Service (individuals) - Noel Blackwood, Red Bank, second deputy fire chief, Red Bank; Hollis Cooper, Long Branch, choir director, Voices of Trinity of the Holy Trinity AME Church, Long Branch; Julia A. Taylor-Straughter, Neptune, National Youth Leader, National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs. + Criminal Justice - Police Officer Derrick B. Parreott, Asbury Park + Educational Service - Howard L. West Sr., Neptune, President, Asbury Park - Neptune Branch NAACP; Jason A. Jones, Neptune, Neptune Board of Education. + Government Service - Dwayne M. Harris, Atlantic Highlands, borough clerk, Atlantic Highlands; Alden H. Small Sr., Tinton Falls, Technical Writer, Ft. Monmouth; Luis A. Navarro, Long Branch, senior program development specialist, Monmouth County Department of Human Services, Freehold. + Healthcare Service - Rosalind Seawright, Manalapan, manager, Community and Senior Services Meridian Health. + Outstanding Student - Justin Collazo, Neptune, president, Black Student Union. + Wilbur Ray Committee Service Awards - the Rev. Dr. Henry P. Davis Jr., Atlantic Highlands; Lois Manuel and Bessie Wade, Asbury Park. Ray was a devoted member of Trinity AME Church in Long Branch, serving as a trustee and member of the Men's Club. His many community activities included the Liberty Community Center, Long Branch Civic and Cultural Association, Afro-American Society, Long Branch Board of Adjustment, Little League and Monmouth County Democratic Executive Committee. For more information, call (732) 224-2705.