LICKING COUNTY SENIORS RECOGNIZED

The County joined others in recognizing the contributions to our community by senior citizens. Inducted into the Licking County Senior Citizens Hall of Fame in May was William ‘Bill’ Simmons of Utica for his volunteer work in the Utica area, and E. J. and Barb Franks who live in rural Newark and perform music regularly to senior groups and others. Simmons was nominated by North Fork School Superintendent Scott Hartley, and the Franks’ by the Licking County Aging Program. In a related note E. J. and Barb Franks were honored as the Licking County residents inducted on May 16th into the Central Ohio Senior Citizens Hall of Fame in a regional ceremony at the Janis Center in Columbus. Also, a good friend to Licking County, John McDavid, was inducted into the COSCHOF at this same ceremony as a resident of Delaware County. John served for many years as the Secretary-Manager of the Hartford Fair in Croton which serves the three County region of Licking and parts of Knox and Delaware as an Independent Fair.