Community impact awards given

Little Zion Baptist Church of Berwick recently honored 14 area citizens with a gift as a special memento for their community impact. Among the things the honorees have done to improve the community are: foster care grandparenting, civic engagement, advocating for the disabled, and volunteering in local schools and nursing homes. Recipients are, from left, Connie Bowser, Martha Armelin, Janice Willoughby, Ethel Johnson, Herman Hartman, Howard Pinkston, Birdella Jones, the Rev. W.J. Otis and Ernest Stackhouse. Not pictured are recipients Thelma Dugar, Diane Givens, Gail McDaniel, Patsy O’Gwin and Michelle Schexnayder.