Geniece King, who died in earlier this year, was awarded, posthumously, the 2011 Volunteer of the Year Award by the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center board of directors.
Mrs. King was 82 when she died on July 14, 2011 at Mt. Carmel East Hospital, Columbus. Mrs. King retired as cafeteria manager at the Bluffton schools after 31 years. She was a member of St. John's United Church of Christ, Bluffton, the Bluffton Senior Citizens, member of the S.H.A.N.N.O.N. Club, and a volunteer at Bluffton Hospital. She was a 1946 graduate of Mt. Cory High School.
Several events are planned in January at Maple Crest Senior Living Village. The January calendar is now available to Icon viewers. Please open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
The winner of Week 8 of The Icon's NFL Contest is Philip Keeler. Philip and Ben Reineke tied with 9 points this week. Philip was declared the winner by virtue of the 4th tie-breaker.
Other contestants:
8 points - Becky Warren and Duane Bollenbacher.
7 points - Dan Smith, Mike Burris and Nancy Armour.
6 points - John Clevidence.
Bob Inniger has joined Citizens National Bank as vice president, business banking officer.
With commercial and agricultural lending experience, Inniger serves Hancock, Hardin, Logan and Wood counties, where he is responsible for establishing new commercial relationships for CNB.
"I am extremely happy to be working with Citizens National Bank because it has a strong history of agricultural and real estate lending in the communities it serves," said Inniger. His office will be in Bluffton.
When did you decide to become an attorney? What influenced your decision?
In 2001, I was working as a police sergeant in Toledo, and I realized that what I liked most about the job was investigating and putting together cases. I was also getting tired of working third shift and sleeping in four-hour blocks of daytime hours. And although there is a lot of diversity in Toledo, even among cops, I never really fit in very well with the "culture". So I started law school in 2001 and graduated in 2004.
Two residents of Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton, reached the century mark recently, according to Rhonda Wolpert, MMH administrator.
The two are Helen Pyatt, who turned 100 on Oct. 21 and Pauline Hirschler, who turned 100 on Dec. 20.
Helen Pyatt
Helen was born in Bedford, Pa., and moved to Salem, Ohio, when she was 12 years old. In 1982 she moved to Ada. Helen has two daughters, Betty Lyons of Ada, and Marjorie Clingerman of Parker, Colo. She also has three grandsons.
