Recipients of the 2021 Spirit of Wood County awards are, seated from left, Robert Bettinger, Lyle R. Fletcher Good Citizenship, and Jack Jones and Walt Churchill Jr., industrial and economic development. Back row from left, Beatriz Maya, liberty through law and human freedom; Deb Archambo, education for civic responsibility; Irma Wolf, selfgovernment; Les and Scott Buker, posthumously for Deb Buker, Lyle R. Fletcher Good Citizenship, and Alan Sundermeier, agricultural leadership.
Recipients of the 2021 Spirit of Wood County awards are, seated from left, Robert Bettinger, Lyle R. Fletcher Good Citizenship, and Jack Jones and Walt Churchill Jr., industrial and economic development. Back row from left, Beatriz Maya, liberty through law and human freedom; Deb Archambo, education for civic responsibility; Irma Wolf, selfgovernment; Les and Scott Buker, posthumously for Deb Buker, Lyle R. Fletcher Good Citizenship, and Alan Sundermeier, agricultural leadership.

The former editor of the Perrysburg Messenger Journal, Walt Churchill Jr. of Churchill Markets and the daughter of a former Wood County commissioner were among eight residents recognized for their contributions to the community at the 2021 Spirit of Wood County Awards.

Held November 7 in the atrium of the county courthouse complex, the ceremony acknowledged citizens’ dedication in the areas of agri…