{"id":17324,"date":"2011-02-16T14:01:18","date_gmt":"2011-02-16T19:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?p=17324"},"modified":"2011-02-16T14:01:18","modified_gmt":"2011-02-16T19:01:18","slug":"commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Commissioners recognize employees for blizzard work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/AC_seal.jpg\" alt=\"Allen County Board of Commissioners Seal\" \/><\/p>\n<p>News release from the Allen County Board of Commissioners:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Commissioners Recognize Employees for Blizzard Work<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Honored for dedication and diligence during the winter storm<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>(February 11, 2011) &#8211; The Allen County Board of Commissioners today recognized County employees and other individuals who provided exemplary service to citizens during last week&#8217;s blizzard.<\/p>\n<p>Certificates of Appreciation were presented to groups and individual employees during the Commissioners&#8217; regular Friday legislative session. The employees were nominated for the honor by department heads of County government.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These people provided exemplary work for the citizens of this county during the storms of February 1 and 2,&#8221; said Commissioner Nelson Peters, board president. &#8220;We wanted to show them we appreciated their diligence and dedication in the service of our families, friends and<br \/>\nneighbors during difficult circumstances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Those recognized during the meeting included:<\/p>\n<p>[list type=&#8221;BW&#8221;]<br \/>\n[li]Crews from the County Highway Department&#8217;s North and South Maintenance Barns.[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]The County Buildings &amp; Grounds Maintenance Department.[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]The staff of the Youth Services Center on Lima Road.[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Bryan Christie, Memorial Coliseum Vice-President of Operation, and Eric Lonsbury, Coliseum Assistant Operations Manager.[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Lori Mayers, Homeland Security Assistant Director, and Adam Welch, Homeland Security Planning Coordinator.[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]The staff of the 3-1-1 Call Center.[\/li]<br \/>\n[li]Jerry Quesinberry, assigned to work security at the City-County Building by Diamond Security.[\/li]<br \/>\n[\/list]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3><div class=\"ngg-related-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71709.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry announces call for referendum vote on the gaming issue during a press conference on February 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"199\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71709.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71709.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry announces call for referendum vote on the gaming issue during a press conference on February 27, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"199\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71709.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71710.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry shakes hands with Allen County Councilman Paul Moss after the press conference announcing his decision to seek a referendum vote on the gaming issue.  Photo taken February 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"200\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71710.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71710.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/27: Mayor Tom Henry shakes hands with Allen County Councilman Paul Moss\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry shakes hands with Allen County Councilman Paul Moss after the press conference announcing his decision to seek a referendum vote on the gaming issue.  Photo taken February 27, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/02\/27: Mayor Tom Henry shakes hands with Allen County Councilman Paul Moss\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/02\/27: Mayor Tom Henry shakes hands with Allen County Councilman Paul Moss\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"200\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71710.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71712.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Fort Wayne City Council President Tom Smith makes a brief comment during the Mayor&#039;s press conference calling for referendum vote on the gaming issue.  Photo taken February 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"201\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71712.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71712.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne City Council President Tom Smith\" data-description=\"Fort Wayne City Council President Tom Smith makes a brief comment during the Mayor&#039;s press conference calling for referendum vote on the gaming issue.  Photo taken February 27, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne City Council President Tom Smith\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne City Council President Tom Smith\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"201\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71712.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71714.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"City Councilman Tim Pape makes a brief comment during the Mayor&#039;s press conference calling for referendum vote on the gaming issue.  Photo taken February 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"202\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71714.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71714.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne City Councilman Tim Pape\" data-description=\"City Councilman Tim Pape makes a brief comment during the Mayor&#039;s press conference calling for referendum vote on the gaming issue.  Photo taken February 27, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne City Councilman Tim Pape\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/02\/27: Fort Wayne City Councilman Tim Pape\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"202\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71714.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71715.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Allen County Councilman Paul Moss makes a brief comment during the Mayor&#039;s press conference calling for referendum vote on the gaming issue.  Photo taken February 27, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"203\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/71715.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71715.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/02\/27: Allen County Councilman Paul Moss\" data-description=\"Allen County Councilman Paul Moss makes a brief comment during the Mayor&#039;s press conference calling for referendum vote on the gaming issue.  Photo taken February 27, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/02\/27: Allen County Councilman Paul Moss\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/02\/27: Allen County Councilman Paul Moss\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"203\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_71715.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/102248.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Renaissance Square meeting between City and County government officials at the City-County Building on July 14, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"3201\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/102248.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_102248.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/07\/14: Renaissance Square meeting\" data-description=\"Renaissance Square meeting between City and County government officials at the City-County Building on July 14, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/07\/14: Renaissance Square meeting\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/07\/14: Renaissance Square meeting\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"3201\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_102248.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/102250.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"July 14, 2009 Renaissance Square meeting between City and County government officials at the City-County Building.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"3202\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/102250.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_102250.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/07\/14: Renaissance Square meeting\" data-description=\"July 14, 2009 Renaissance Square meeting between City and County government officials at the City-County Building.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/07\/14: Renaissance Square meeting\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/07\/14: Renaissance Square meeting\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"3202\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_102250.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/slp102245_stitch.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Renaissance Square meeting between City and County government officials at the City-County Building on July 14, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"3203\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/slp102245_stitch.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_slp102245_stitch.jpg\" data-title=\"2009\/07\/14: Renaissance Square meeting\" data-description=\"Renaissance Square meeting between City and County government officials at the City-County Building on July 14, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"2009\/07\/14: Renaissance Square meeting\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"2009\/07\/14: Renaissance Square meeting\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"3203\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_slp102245_stitch.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2009-trf-parade\/99841.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters in the Three Rivers Festival Parade on July 11, 2009.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"3309\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2009-trf-parade\/99841.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2009-trf-parade\/thumbs\/thumbs_99841.jpg\" data-title=\"Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters\" data-description=\"Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters in the Three Rivers Festival Parade on July 11, 2009.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"3309\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2009-trf-parade\/thumbs\/thumbs_99841.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20100429\/130037.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Roller Dome owners Marjorie and Kim Wall, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry and Nelson Peters behind the Fort Wayne\/Allen County Convention and Visitor&#039;s Bureau President Dan O&#039;Connell at the announcement that USA Roller Sports is bringing two of its national championships to Fort Wayne.  Photo taken April 29, 2010.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"5209\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20100429\/130037.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20100429\/thumbs\/thumbs_130037.jpg\" data-title=\"USA Roller Sports announcement\" data-description=\"Roller Dome owners Marjorie and Kim Wall, Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry and Nelson Peters behind the Fort Wayne\/Allen County Convention and Visitor&#039;s Bureau President Dan O&#039;Connell at the announcement that USA Roller Sports is bringing two of its national championships to Fort Wayne.  Photo taken April 29, 2010.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"USA Roller Sports announcement\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"USA Roller Sports announcement\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5209\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/20100429\/thumbs\/thumbs_130037.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/145113.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mayor Tom Henry speaks at the press conference to introduce the new City-County Communications Director. Behind him are, left-to-right: Allen County Commissioner Linda Bloom, FWFD Chief Pete Kelly, Allen County Sheriff Deputy Chief Dave Gladieux, CCP Director Timothy Lee, Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters, Allen County Sheriff Ken Fries and Allen County Commissioner Therese Brown. Photo taken January 18, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"5807\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/145113.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_145113.jpg\" data-title=\"Mayor Tom Henry\" data-description=\"Mayor Tom Henry speaks at the press conference to introduce the new City-County Communications Director. Behind him are, left-to-right: Allen County Commissioner Linda Bloom, FWFD Chief Pete Kelly, Allen County Sheriff Deputy Chief Dave Gladieux, CCP Director Timothy Lee, Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters, Allen County Sheriff Ken Fries and Allen County Commissioner Therese Brown. Photo taken January 18, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Mayor Tom Henry\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5807\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_145113.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/145114.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters speaks at the press conference to introduce the new City-County Communications Director. Behind him are, left-to-right: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, Allen County Commissioner Linda Bloom, FWFD Chief Pete Kelly, Allen County Sheriff Deputy Chief Dave Gladieux, CCP Director Timothy Lee, Allen County Sheriff Ken Fries and Allen County Commissioner Therese Brown. Photo taken January 18, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"5808\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/145114.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_145114.jpg\" data-title=\"Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters\" data-description=\"Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters speaks at the press conference to introduce the new City-County Communications Director. Behind him are, left-to-right: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, Allen County Commissioner Linda Bloom, FWFD Chief Pete Kelly, Allen County Sheriff Deputy Chief Dave Gladieux, CCP Director Timothy Lee, Allen County Sheriff Ken Fries and Allen County Commissioner Therese Brown. Photo taken January 18, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5808\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_145114.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/145116.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"CCP Director Timothy Lee speaks at the press conference to introduce the new City-County Communications Director. Behind him are, left-to-right: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, Allen County Commissioner Linda Bloom, FWFD Chief Pete Kelly, Allen County Sheriff Deputy Chief Dave Gladieux, CCP Director Timothy Lee, Allen County Sheriff Ken Fries, Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters and Allen County Commissioner Therese Brown. Photo taken January 18, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"5809\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/145116.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_145116.jpg\" data-title=\"CCP Director Timothy Lee\" data-description=\"CCP Director Timothy Lee speaks at the press conference to introduce the new City-County Communications Director. Behind him are, left-to-right: Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry, Allen County Commissioner Linda Bloom, FWFD Chief Pete Kelly, Allen County Sheriff Deputy Chief Dave Gladieux, CCP Director Timothy Lee, Allen County Sheriff Ken Fries, Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters and Allen County Commissioner Therese Brown. Photo taken January 18, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"CCP Director Timothy Lee\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"CCP Director Timothy Lee\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"5809\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cityoffw\/thumbs\/thumbs_145116.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/153521.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Pat Miller addresses the Anti-Occupy Fort Wayne rally on November 5, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"6274\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/153521.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_153521.jpg\" data-title=\"Pat Miller\" data-description=\"Pat Miller addresses the Anti-Occupy Fort Wayne rally on November 5, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Pat Miller\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Pat Miller\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6274\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_153521.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/153527.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Indiana State Representative Bob Morris (R-84th) addresses the Anti-Occupy Fort Wayne rally on November 5, 2011.\"\n\t\t\tclass='thickbox' rel='82aebbba179ece770dc0599741bd0e6a' data-image-id=\"6276\" data-src=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/153527.jpg\" data-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_153527.jpg\" data-title=\"Bob Morris\" data-description=\"Indiana State Representative Bob Morris (R-84th) addresses the Anti-Occupy Fort Wayne rally on November 5, 2011.\">\n\t\t\t<img title=\"Bob Morris\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"Bob Morris\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"6276\"\n\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/2011-elections\/thumbs\/thumbs_153527.jpg\"\/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News release from the Allen County Board of Commissioners: Commissioners Recognize Employees for Blizzard Work Honored for dedication and diligence during the winter storm Related Images:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[949],"tags":[4305,20173,11921,4306,4307,4308,4309,4310],"class_list":["post-17324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allen-county-board-of-commissioners","tag-adam-welch","tag-allen-county-board-of-commissioners","tag-allen-county-commissioner-nelson-peters","tag-bryan-christie","tag-diamond-security","tag-eric-lonsbury","tag-jerry-quesinberry","tag-lori-mayers"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Commissioners recognize employees for blizzard work - AroundFortWayne<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"News release from the Allen County Board of Commissioners: Commissioners Recognize Employees for Blizzard Work Honored for dedication and diligence during\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Commissioners recognize employees for blizzard work - AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"News release from the Allen County Board of Commissioners: Commissioners Recognize Employees for Blizzard Work Honored for dedication and diligence during\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-02-16T19:01:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/AC_seal.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"slparker67\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@TheAFWBlog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@TheAFWBlog\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"slparker67\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"slparker67\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/88f01e415ca0f3bbfb098de86acaa381\"},\"headline\":\"Commissioners recognize employees for blizzard work\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-16T19:01:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/\"},\"wordCount\":233,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/AC_seal.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Adam Welch\",\"Allen County Board of Commissioners\",\"Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters\",\"Bryan Christie\",\"Diamond Security\",\"Eric Lonsbury\",\"Jerry Quesinberry\",\"Lori Mayers\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Allen County Board of Commissioners\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/\",\"name\":\"Commissioners recognize employees for blizzard work - AroundFortWayne\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/AC_seal.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-02-16T19:01:18+00:00\",\"description\":\"News release from the Allen County Board of Commissioners: Commissioners Recognize Employees for Blizzard Work Honored for dedication and diligence during\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/AC_seal.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/AC_seal.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Commissioners recognize employees for blizzard work\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\",\"name\":\"AroundFortWayne\",\"description\":\"News AroundFortWayne Indiana.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization\",\"name\":\"AroundFortWayne\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg\",\"width\":400,\"height\":400,\"caption\":\"AroundFortWayne\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheAFWBlog\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aroundfortwayne\/\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aroundfortwayne\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCL2Biqou6j8uZ-TSxPa6aQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/88f01e415ca0f3bbfb098de86acaa381\",\"name\":\"slparker67\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d9d29a87fa454c03cc43923f1901771cd387e27aaecde1a03e8625f61eb6b1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d9d29a87fa454c03cc43923f1901771cd387e27aaecde1a03e8625f61eb6b1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"slparker67\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/author\/slparker67\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Commissioners recognize employees for blizzard work - AroundFortWayne","description":"News release from the Allen County Board of Commissioners: Commissioners Recognize Employees for Blizzard Work Honored for dedication and diligence during","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Commissioners recognize employees for blizzard work - AroundFortWayne","og_description":"News release from the Allen County Board of Commissioners: Commissioners Recognize Employees for Blizzard Work Honored for dedication and diligence during","og_url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/","og_site_name":"AroundFortWayne","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne","article_published_time":"2011-02-16T19:01:18+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/AC_seal.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"slparker67","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@TheAFWBlog","twitter_site":"@TheAFWBlog","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"slparker67","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/"},"author":{"name":"slparker67","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/88f01e415ca0f3bbfb098de86acaa381"},"headline":"Commissioners recognize employees for blizzard work","datePublished":"2011-02-16T19:01:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/"},"wordCount":233,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/AC_seal.jpg","keywords":["Adam Welch","Allen County Board of Commissioners","Allen County Commissioner Nelson Peters","Bryan Christie","Diamond Security","Eric Lonsbury","Jerry Quesinberry","Lori Mayers"],"articleSection":["Allen County Board of Commissioners"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/","name":"Commissioners recognize employees for blizzard work - AroundFortWayne","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/AC_seal.jpg","datePublished":"2011-02-16T19:01:18+00:00","description":"News release from the Allen County Board of Commissioners: Commissioners Recognize Employees for Blizzard Work Honored for dedication and diligence during","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/AC_seal.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/icons\/AC_seal.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/2011\/02\/16\/commissioners-recognize-employees-for-blizzard-work\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Commissioners recognize employees for blizzard work"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/","name":"AroundFortWayne","description":"News AroundFortWayne Indiana.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#organization","name":"AroundFortWayne","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/AFW_logo_400.jpg","width":400,"height":400,"caption":"AroundFortWayne"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AroundFortWayne","https:\/\/x.com\/TheAFWBlog","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/aroundfortwayne\/","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aroundfortwayne\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCCL2Biqou6j8uZ-TSxPa6aQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/88f01e415ca0f3bbfb098de86acaa381","name":"slparker67","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d9d29a87fa454c03cc43923f1901771cd387e27aaecde1a03e8625f61eb6b1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0d9d29a87fa454c03cc43923f1901771cd387e27aaecde1a03e8625f61eb6b1b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"slparker67"},"url":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/author\/slparker67\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17324"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17324\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aroundfortwayne.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}