Neighbors: Recognizing accomplishments in our communities - Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette
The Illinois State Board of Education, along with the Illinois Federation of Teachers (IFT) and the Illinois Education Association (IEA), honored 29 educators whose professional education organizations selected as the best in their field of... Lake was awarded the Presidential Award in Science. The Illinois VFW Citizenship Education Teacher of the Year, Grades 9-12 was given to Osborne, who has taught history, current events and geography classes in Villa Grove since 1997. MTD Awards. The Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District acknowledged employee excellence at its 36th Annual Awards Presentation on June 1. Luis Fonseca was presented a 40-year Service Award. Tim Stephens a 30-Year Service Award, and Fred Buttitta, Tim Emery, Larry Fredrick, Mark Gendreau, Steve Heater, Ray Thomas and Gervaise Williams 20-Year Service Awards. Multi-year Outstanding Operator Awards were given to Doug Weaver and Charles Wilson (25 years), John Bedient and Brad Neumann (20 years), Vern Chavez, Sam Steenbergen, Paul Taylor, and Gervaise Williams (15 years), Kevin Brown and Merle Colclasure... Multi-year Outstanding Maintenance awards were presented to Steve Ellis, Trai Nguyen, Mike Chubb, and Charles Lutz. Source: www.news-gazette.com
