St. Charles American Legion Post 312 presented its annual American Legion Meritorious Service Awards this week. The awards were presented to the St. Charles Sheriff’s Department, St. Charles Police Department and the St. Charles Fire Department. This is the first year someone from the fire department has been honored. Accepting the first award for St. Charles Fire Department is recipient Captain Gary Bird. Pictured in the top photo is presenter Larry Dufour, Captain Gary Bird and Fire Chief Ernie Rhodes.Receiving honors for the St. Charles County Sheriffs Department was Deputy Gary Schmitt, who has only been with the department for two years. Those in the middle photo are from left to right; Lieutenant Terry Martchnick, Sheriff Tom Neer, Deputy Gary Schmitt, presenter Larry DuFour and Lieutenant Dean Iwarin. Those receiving awards for the Police Department were Detective Richard Tiemann, Sergeant Doug Middleton and Police Officer George Hayden. Pictured in the bottom photo from left to right are Police Chief Tim Swope, Detective Bill Wilcox who accepted the award for Detective Tiemann, Police Officer George Hayden, Sergeant Doug Middleton and Law and Order Chairman for the American Legion, Larry DuFour.
First Capitol News Photos by Lynndi Lockenour
