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This Friday
State of the City Address
How well is The City of Quincy doing? Find out this Friday as Mayor John Spring will present the Annual State of the City address this Friday. We will also feature our Student of the Month during the program as well! Join us Friday for Quincy's finest hour!
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Friday Last
 The 47th annual Law Officer of the Year Awards luncheon was held before an overflow crowd. Co-Chairmen Adams County Sheriff Brent Fischer and Quincy Police Chief Rob Copley handled the duties flawlessly. Sheriff Fischer named the previous 46 winners, with several in attendance. He also recognized the previous Citizens of the Year Award winners. Chief Copley then introduced this year's Law Officer of the Year, Quincy Police Officer Darla Pullins. Pullins, a 15 year veteran of the Quincy Police Department, risked her own life to save another on the Quincy Memorial Bridge on August 10th of last year. .
Pullins was able to talk to the subject for several minutes which was valuable time to allow fire rescue personnel to arrive on the scene. She was also able to get the subject to wrap a 20 foot K-9 lead around his chest which eventually was needed to save his life. At one point Pullins was able to push the subject's head back to keep him from falling off of the bridge girder. The subject was eventually rescued and his life spared thanks to Officer Pullins. For her efforts, she also received the Quincy Police Department's Meritorious Service Award. In order for Chief Copley to get Officer Pullins to the awards luncheon, he had to tell Darla that her father (Marv Hufford) was going to receive an award. To get her father there, Darla had to tell her father that she was going to be presented the award which to her own surprise turned out to be true.
 Prior to that award presentation, the Citizen of the Year Award was presented to two recipients from the West Central Area Agency on Aging. The Director, Lynn Niewohner, and Assistant Director, Todd Shackelford, were named as co-winners by Mayor John Spring who handled that ceremony. Lynn has been the Director since 1976 and Todd started his career in 1983. Both have helped create a better quality of life for seniors in the area for years.
The luncheon was capped off with a comments from our featured speaker Kevin T. McClain the Director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board. Mr. McClain has been instrumental in writing board legislation and rules and has participated in the development and implementation of the Mobile Team Training Program used by many agencies including the Illinois Terrorism Task Force and the State Emergency Response Center. McClain is a Quincy native and a boyhood friend of our very own Rich and Mike Lavery (we won't hold that against him). There was plenty of news media coverage with WGEM-TV, KHQA-TV and the Quincy Herald Whig in attendance.
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VIP Dates
2/20 - Macker meeting at the Dock - 5:30 p.m.
2/22 - Mayor John Spring with the State of the City Address
2/24 - Jim & Mary benz celebrate an anniversary
2/25 - Dave Poland celebrates a birthday
2/26 - Bill Stalder celebrates a birthday
2/29 - El & Ida Townsend celebrate 5 years of wedded bliss
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This & That
Brother Ed Arambasich of the Quincy Fire Department began the meeting with our prayer and with the Quincy Police Department Color Guard on hand President Perry Terwelp initiated the Pledge of Allegiance and then followed it up with a reference to Daylight Donuts in from of police officers packing heat. He's a brave president. Better drive the speed limit Perry. He also mentioned that the Club's burger bash will be held at Cedar Crest Country Club on March 22nd and that the Club's golf outing will be on June 22nd at Spring Lake Country Club. The Club also received a thank you note from Steven Musholt, a recent Student of the Month, and a thank you note from the Barb and Skip Rueter family for the flowers sent after the passing of their son Steven. |
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Like us on Facebook
The National Exchange Club is trying to increase its presence on social media sites. One way to do that is to "Like" a site on Facebook. If you go to these links and click "Like", it will help the club, district and National Exchange Club promote the programs of service of Exchange to others. Here's the links:
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