Jefferson Awards: Berger accepts honorary medallion
Lima Mayor David Berger speaks after being surprised with an honorary Jefferson Award on Wednesday.
Lima Mayor David Berger, left, bends his neck to accept a Jefferson Awards medallion from United Way of Greater Lima President and CEO Derek Stemen, middle, while Jefferson Awards Chair Rachael Staley applauds Wednesday. Organizers surprised Berger with an honorary Jefferson Award.
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LIMA Lima’s city council chambers started filling up Wednesday morning with friends and colleagues for a weekly press briefing, and Lima Mayor David Berger admitted he started to get “suspicious.”
Before long, he became momentarily speechless and then grateful as organizers surprised him with an honorary Jefferson Award for Public Service.
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Lima-area sexual assaults climb during pandemic
By David Trinko - dtrinko@limanews.com
Ryn Farmer, left, of Crime Victim Services, talks about Sexual Assault Awareness Month while Pamela Silver listens Wednesday at Lima Mayor David Berger’s weekly press conference.
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LIMA People sheltered at home in 2020 to try to feel safe in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Instead, more people in the region found themselves sexually assaulted than in 2019, with a 20% increase in the number of sexual violence survivors served by Crime Victim Services, said Ryn Farmer, director of Day One of Crime Victim Services.