Community heroes caught caring
Published: October 27, 2004
Eighteen Quad-City area community service standouts were honored at the 11th Annual Community Hero awards.
The awards, sponsored by the Community Caring Conference in Rock Island, were presented at a banquet and awards ceremony last week at the Milan Community Center.
The winners included retired East Moline Police Chief Gary Sutton, who took home the award for Crime Fighter of the Year.
“I think the event was a great success,” said Robert Schroeder, executive director of the Community Caring Conference. “We were able to honor a good number of the Quad-Cities’ local heroes, and we at the Community Caring Conference definitely feel it is important to let them know how much they are appreciated.”
Schroeder said Crime Fighter of the Year was the night’s biggest award.
“Retired Chief Sutton, who now works with the Quad-Cities Mobile Team Training, was singled out for all his good works in area crime prevention,” Schroeder said.
Other awards included three Individual Community Hero Awards presented to Dr. Myron Fields, Alice Brown and Tad Birditt; Organization of the Year Community Hero Award presented to the Martin Luther King Center; the education Community Hero Award presented by Janet Moline; three Youth Community Hero Awards, presented to Ashley Petersen, Kelsey A. Berryhill and Christopher “Topher” A. Leiby; four Law Enforcement Community Hero Awards given to Sgt. Lloyd Murphy, Officer Mike Fisher, Officer Jeff Scott and Trooper Jason Dickey; one Business Community Hero Award presented to Rock Island Country Market; the Community Hero Bi-State Award presented to Hy-Vee Stores and the Community Hero John H. Williams Community Service Award presented to Ametra Carrol.
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