By Bob Strohm
bstrohm@wbcowqel.com
All six Crawford County school districts and Pioneer Career and Technology Center were at Crestline High School Wednesday night for the 20th annual B.E.S.T. Awards.
Hosted by the Crawford County Education and Economic Development Partnership, the B.E.S.T. Awards honors two students from each school and those students, in turn, select an educator that inspired them to be honored.
Partnership Director David Williamson was presented with the Steve Tilson Award.
“I think it is nice that I think this community is acknowledging the importance of education. That’s a lot of our role; that is why we changed our name,” Williamson said. “Rather than just economic development, we are about education and economic development.”
In total 28 students and educators were given B.E.S.T. Awards given Wednesday night with the students introducing the educator who inspired them.
STUDENT SCHOOL EDUCATOR
Cody Taylor Crestline Rob Glaze
Samantha Wilhite Crestline Jim Bauer
Tiffany Burchett Galion Jessica Hammond
Tristan Grosser Galion Natalie Sincair
Enoch Ross Pioneer Doug Zimmerman
Justice Dye Pioneer Shannon Henize
Sydny Alspach Wynford Jenny Scott
Dalton Benson Wynford Mike Hoffman
Tyler Trapp Buckeye Central Jay Zeiter
Allison Biglin Buckeye Central Zac Kaple
Austin Williams Bucyrus Kevin Boggs
Rebekkah Amerine Bucyrus Heath Sager
Hunter Conkle Colonel Crawford Ryan Teglovic
Garrett Hensley Colonel Crawford Danielle Clime
The 2015 B.E.S.T. Awards were sponsored by Bucyrus Loyal Order of Moose #669, Bucyrus Rotary, Carles Bratwurst, Community Foundation for Crawford County, Crawford County Bar Association, Dexter Company, Elliott Machine Works Inc., ESCO Corp., First Federal Bank of Ohio, First Federal Community Bank, Galion Elks, Galion-Crestline Area Chamber of Commerce, Hottenroth, Garverick, Tilson & Garverick Co. LPA, J&F Construction, Kiwanis Club of Galion, Neff Law Firm, Ltd., Peoples Savings & Loan.