2017 Award Winners

The winners of the 2017 Ohio 4-H Volunteer awards were announced at the annual Ohio 4-H Conference in March. Below is a list of the awards, with a link to high resolution images and captions for newsletters and newspaper articles.

Award	Honorees
Alumni - Early Career Achievement	Rachel Schutte of Summit County Amy Stauffer of Ashland County Brent Swander of Franklin County (formerly Van Wert County)
Community Service	Country Cousins 4-H Club of Erie County K9 Korps 4-H Club of Gallia County Oak Grove Explorers 4-H Club of Washington County
Friend of 4-H	Kevin and Elaine Conger of Huron County Dominion East Ohio of Ashtabula, Portage, & Summit Counties Judge James T. Walther of Lorain County Ohio Valley Bank of Gallia, Meigs, Jackson, & Pike Counties
Hall of Fame	Rebecca Cropper of Brown County Sharon Shivers of Guernsey County Judy Siman of Medina County Tom Wilhelm of Ottawa County
Innovator	Washington County Interstate Exhange Club Laura Wood of Brown County Young Guns Shooting Sports 4-H Club of Lake County
Meritorious Service	Carl Fowler of Gallia County Carrie Jellison of Van Wert County Cheryl Parrish of Lorain County Tom Wilhelm of Ottawa County
40 - 70 Years of Service (tenure)	Charlotte Wagner of Washington County - 70 Years Imelda Ream of Hancock County - 60 Years Jack Stockman of Scioto County - 60 Years Paul Woten of Scioto County - 60 Years Roger Ruble of Fairfield County - 55 Years Nancy Craig of Trumbull County - 55 Years Ann Marrison of Ashtabula County - 50 Years Diana Henderson of Clinton County - 50 Years Carolyn Cull of Erie County - 50 Years James Savage of Fulton County - 50 Years James Skinner of Hocking County - 50 Years Kathleen Smith of Ashland County - 45 Years Danny Baker of Champaign County - 45 Years Mary Skinner of Hocking County - 45 Years Gary Bauer of Huron County - 45 Years Elsie Rouse of Jackson County - 45 Years Doris Roby of Madison County - 45 Years Betty Ward of Monroe County - 45 Years Candy Rosenberger of Sandusky County - 45 Years Nancy Berg of Stark County - 45 Years Sharon Emler of Wayne County - 45 Years Pat Taylor of Fayette County - 40 Years Darlene Burke-Ogletree - 40 Years