Briefs: Marion County woman honored by the Ohio Farm Bureau

Marion Star
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Ohio Farm Bureau honors industry leaders

COLUMBUS — Two individuals who have made significant contributions to agriculture and the Ohio Farm Bureau were honored by the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation. The 2022 Distinguished Service Award recipients are Judy Loudenslager of Marion County and Terry McClure of Paulding County.

Both honorees were recognized for lifetime achievements that benefited Ohio’s farming community. The awards were presented Dec. 8 in Columbus at the 104th annual meeting of Ohio Farm Bureau.

Family members were on hand during the Ohio Farm Bureau annual meeting to accept the award honoring Judy Loudenslager.
Family members were on hand during the Ohio Farm Bureau annual meeting to accept the award honoring Judy Loudenslager.

A native of Marion County, Judy Loudenslager and her husband, Roy, are well known in the community where the family farm continues to thrive. Many remember Judy from her term on the Ohio Farm Bureau board of trustees, where she represented the Northwest Region from 2005 to 2012. In addition to being a state Farm Bureau trustee, she was a former Marion County Farm Bureau president. Over the years, she was a member of the Ohio Agri-Women, Ohio Flying Farmers, Marion County Republican Central Committee, Marion County Republican Women’s Club, and she had been a 4-H advisor. She was an active member of the Epworth United Methodist Church, where she served as Sunday School teacher, and their ladies’ circles. Loudenslager passed away in October 2021.

Terry McClure is a fifth generation farmer and former Ohio Farm Bureau president.

Candidates for the awards are nominated by Farm Bureau volunteers, county organizations and state leaders.

District 5 Area Agency on Aging receives $1 million from CareSource

ONTARIO — CareSource, a nationally recognized nonprofit health plan, has donated $1 million to the Ohio District 5 Area Agency on Aging Inc. (AAA5) The gift will provide AAA5 the opportunity to expand the programs that will reach vulnerable individuals of all ages, demographics and communities within Ashland, Crawford, Huron, Knox, Marion, Morrow, Richland, Seneca and Wyandot Counties.

AAA5 will expand the current Helping Elderly Meet Essential Needs (HEMEN) program under this funding. HEMEN is designed with the intent to provide one-time essential items needed to help individuals remain safe and independent in the home that are often not covered by other programs and/or funding sources.

This funding will also allow AAA5 to expand and hire an additional, full-time community health worker (CHW) to the current team of four CHWs at the Agency. CHWs can work with individuals to identify individually modifiable risk factors (spanning medical, social, and behavioral health needs) and address those risk factors by capitalizing on the strong, trusting relationships CHWs develop over time with the individuals and families they serve.

For additional information about signing up for a social isolation program, contact the Area Agency on Aging 419-524-4144.

Upcoming meeting:

● Marion County Chapter #75 of Public Employee Retirees Inc., 10 a.m., Wednesday, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 930 Harding Memorial Highway, Marion

This article originally appeared on Marion Star: Local woman presented Ohio Farm Bureau's Distinquished Service Award