Volunteers log 8,900 hours

Mercer Health recently recognized its Volunteer Association members at its annual banquet.

The volunteer association had 8,905.4 hours of volunteer time in 2022. Several volunteers were awarded for hitting milestones, including Oliver Wendel for logging 5,000 hours, Diane Buening for logging 3,000 miles and Chuck Selhorst, Bernice Koesters, Linda L. Hoying, Carol Bellman, Liane Muhlenkamp, Mary Lee Thomas for each logging 1,000 hours. Also, Connie Howe, Mary Honigford, Betty Sanning, Linda Cummins received awards for volunteering 500 hours and Terry Liette, Roy Kremer, Mary Jo Bellman, Barry Paynter, Mary Ann Hemmelgarn, Jim Fisher, Brenda Schoenlein were awarded for 250 hours of volunteer time.

Author visiting

Janet Schoen, one of 25 women whose story is published in the anthology “Unstoppable” by The Queenie Effect Publishing, will be visiting Fort Recovery Public Library at 6 p.m. today. Schoen’s work shares her near-death experience in an automobile accident 30 years ago.