Town presents service awards

PENDLETON — Pendleton Town Council started its final regular meeting of the year by honoring dozens of residents for their efforts and contributions to the community.
“With it being the end of the year, we have several Distinguished Service Awards we would like to give out,” Town Council President Marissa Skaggs said. “We are very proud of our citizen-leaders here in Pendleton.”
Assistant Planning Director Denise McKee and Community Development Coordinator Carey Craig presented awards for a variety of local projects, including the installation of flowerpots downtown, as well as Pendleton Porch Parties and the countywide tree planting project, both Madison County Bicentennial efforts.
The Distinguished Service Award “was given to those individuals and groups that helped enhance the beauty and quality of life/place and provided special events for the Town of Pendleton as we celebrated the Madison County Bicentennial this past year,” McKee said in a later email.

• Flower Pots on State Street/Depot Parking Lot Gathering Space/Crosswalk Project at Pendleton Avenue and Water Street — Craig Campbell, Lisa Floyd
• “Create Community” traveling town hall window display — Arin Anderson, Tammy Bowman and Samson Hunckler
• “Fall in Love with Pendleton” mural — Christi Kelley
  Pendleton Porch Parties Event — Tammy Bowman, Sandi Butler, Fletchyr Owens, Cathy Pasko, Scott Reske, Marissa Skaggs, Amy Turner
• Pendleton Placemaking Committee — Tammy Bowman, Niki Brown, Sandi Butler, Colette Cunningham, Brenda Daugherty, Lisa Floyd, Amber Hudson, Mary Ann Kemper, Sue Patton, Helen Reske, Dusten Tryon, Amy Turner
• Madison County Bicentennial Tree Planting Project — PHHS Digital Design Class, teacher Jeremy Carpenter and students Ella Bitar, Imani Davis, Kate Deaton, Ethan Godbey, Isaac Haugh, Aynsley Kuckewich, Alex Long, Connor Monroe, Kennedy Quinn, Ashelyn Reilly, Gracie Wolf