2019 Community Awards Meeting

26 Oct 2019                            Rixeyville, VA

Vice President Charles Jameson was our Master of Cewremonies for the Community Awards.

     Eleven members and twenty guests, including three DAR ladies, attended our annual Community Awards Meeting at Little Fork Church in Rixeyville today.  The highlight of the meeting was the presentation of the community awards, as follows:

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Bronze Good Citizenship Medal
Hank Milans III

Law Enforcement Commendation Medal
DFC Creston Irby
Fauquier County Sheriff's Office

Fire Safety Commendation Medal
Lt. Matthew Shields
Fauquier Deptartment of Fire, Rescue & Emergency Management

Medal for Heroism
Officer John Minor
Culpeper Police Department

President Tom Hamill presents the Bronze Good Citizenship Medal to Hank Milans III.

President Tom Hamill presents the Law Enforcement Commendation Medal to DFC Creton Irby.

President Tom Hamill presents the Fire Safety Commendation Medal to Lt. Matthew Shields.

President Tom Hamill presents the Medal for Heroism to Officer John Minor.

     As a special surprise, Deputy Creston Irby's mother, Judge Jeanette Irby, Honorary Regent of the Fauquier Court House Chapter, DAR, presented him with a completed SAR Application, which he promptly signed and submitted for approval.

DFC Creton Irby signs his SAR Application as his mother, Judge Jeanette Irby, and CMM President Tom Hamill look on with great approval.

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    Also of great importance in this meeting was the induction of new member Rich LePage.  Rich's 5xGreat Grandfather was John Shine a private in the North Carolina Militia.  Virginia SAR 1st Vice President Bill Schwetke conducted the ineduction with assistance from Rich's sponsor, President Tom Hamill, and Rich's wife, Sandy.

Left to right: President Tom Hamill, Rich LePage, Sandy LePage, and Bill Schwetke.

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     During the business part of the meeting, Bill Schwetke gave an overview of the coming National Congress in Richmond this coming July and asked for volunteers to help.

and also during the business meeting President Tom Hamill presented three important changes to our Constitution and By Laws, all of which were approved.  The motions approved were to:

1. Make officer terms of office two years.

2. Effective January 2020 to hold Chapter Monthly Meetings on the evening of the second Monday of each month, with exceptions.

3. Make a mandatory review of the Constitution and By Laws every five years.