Briefs: Area Agency on Aging seeks award nominations
Nominations accepted for Senior Citizen of the Year and Community Service awards
ONTARIO — The Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging Inc. is now accepting nominations for the Outstanding Senior Citizen and Community Service Awards. The deadline for nominations is April 20.
Award recipients from a nine-county area (one awardee from each county) will be honored by the Area Agency on Aging. Nominees must be at least 60 years of age, a legal resident of Ohio for at least five years, and have made significant contributions to the community. A husband and wife may receive the award jointly when both have been involved in community service. One Outstanding Senior Citizen Award will be presented for each county in the service area (Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Seneca, and Wyandot).
Community Service Awards are targeted toward an organization, agency, service club, a media outlet, or a business that has made an outstanding contribution to the community on behalf of senior citizens. One award will be presented for the nine-county area.
Additional information, including on-line nomination forms, can be found on the Area Agency on Aging website at aaa5ohio.org/events/awards/ or by contacting Susie at 567-247-7105 or sdanuloff@aaa5ohio.org.
Peace of mind community chat April 18 at Kingston Residence
Advance Planning Specialist Erin Coss from Snyder Funeral Homes will host a peace of mind community chat at 1:30 p.m. April 18 at Kingston Residence of Marion. Attendees will learn how planning for your final wishes may shield your loved ones from unnecessary emotional and financial burden and about pre-arrangements, veterans benefits, cremation, burials and more.
Kingston is located at 464 James Way, Marion. RSVP by calling 740-389-2311.
Premier Financial Corp. recognized
DEFIANCE — Premier Financial Corp., holding company for Premier Bank and First Insurance Group, has been recognized by S&P Global Market Intelligence on its annual list of the best-performing large U.S. community banks of 2022. Premier Financial Corp. was ranked the highest performing community bank in Ohio and number 28 among U.S. community banks in the $3 billion to $10 billion asset size.
To compile this ranking, S&P Global Market Intelligence calculated scores for each company based on seven metrics: pretax return on tangible common equity; efficiency ratio; cost of funds; five-year average operating revenue growth; five-year average net charge-offs to average loans and leases ratio; nonperforming assets and loans 90 days or more past due as a percentage of total assets; and leverage ratio.
This article originally appeared on Marion Star: Area Agency on Aging seeks award nominations, Kingston to host chat
