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Jefferson Awards laud hard-working volunteers
June 19, 2007Petrolia resident Jena Fleming will be among the 81 "unsung heros" honored tonight in big ol' Washington, D.C., for their volunteer efforts.
How's this small-town girl and her husband Marty handling the big city?
Check Wednesday's Times Record News in print or online to find out.
Fleming is the local winner of the Jefferson Award, an honor for volunteerism and public service.
She has volunteered more than 14 years in Petrolia schools, raising money for band trips and scholarships, serving on the Parent Teacher Organization and generally gettin' 'er done.
She and husband Marty will go to a fancy fala dinner at the East Hall in Union Station.
They'll have the chance to rub elbows with luminaries such as Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Katheleen Kennedy Townsend -- daughter of Robert and Ethel Kennedy, and "Guiding Light" stars Michelle Ray Smith (aka Ava Peralta) and Elizabeth Keifer (aka C. Blake Thorpe Marler).
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