This year’s final “OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE”  winner is former Vanderburgh County Councilwoman and former Vanderburgh County Recorder Betty Hermann.
Betty Hermann was first elected in 1984 to the Vanderburgh County Council where she served for eight years prior to being elected County Recorder. While she was recorder, Hermann implemented the office’s first computer system, began the process of imaging documents, and was the first to design a website to allow the public online access to the information about the office. All of these improvements were made without passing the costs onto county taxpayers. All improvements were funded from users fees.
In addition to her years in elected office, Hermann worked on numerous campaign committees, is a longtime precinct committeeman, former Vice Chairman of the Vanderburgh County Republican Party, former Secretary of the 8th District Republican Committee, former delegate to the Republican National Convention, and former Vice President of the Vanderburgh County Republican Federated Women’s Club.
Hermann’s public service began when she first worked in the Recorder’s Office in the late 1970’s. She later worked as a legal secretary in the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office. She is a past member of the State Welfare Board where she served as secretary and vice president. She served on the board of the local March of Dimes Chapter, which named her Woman of the Year in 1998. She is also a longtime board member for Goodwill Industries.
When asked her to list her greatest accomplishments, Hermann lists her family. She along with Fred Hermann, her husband of sixty years, have five children, all of whom live in the Evansville area, fourteen grandchildren, and sixteen great grandchildren.
 The City-County Observer is excited to announce that our annual CCO “OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD†luncheon for 2015.will be held on October 26, 2015 at Tropicana-Evansville Walnut rooms A and B.? …this years winners of the “Outstanding Community Services Awards†are: Vanderburgh County Commissioner Joe Kifer, well respected local attorney Joe Harrison, Jr, Indiana State Auditor Suzanne Crouch and former Vanderburgh County Sheriff and 8th District Congressmen Brad Ellsworth, Dr. Dan Adams, Dr Steven Becker MD, Tracy Zeller-President of Tracy Zeller Jewelry Holly Dunn-National Movation Speaker on Domestic Violence, Cheryl Musgrave who currently sits on the Vanderburgh County Board of Zoning Appeals and also is a Commissioner on the Evansville Redevelopment Commission and Betty Hermann.
Registration begins at 11:30 am, the event officially starts at 12 noon on October 26, 2015.  Deadline for registration is October 15, 2014.  The last five (5) events were sellouts.The City-County Observer is excited to announce our final “Outstanding Community Service Award” winner for 2015.  This year’s luncheon will be held at in the Walnut Room at Tropicana-Evansville. Registration begins at 11:30 am. The program will begin at noon on October 26, 2015.  Reservations for this event may be made via email at mdarke07@yahoo.com.Â
on active duty? Â …we find this hard to believe that a highly trained and ethical professional would do any partisan politicking while on duty? Â …we also told the individuals who contacted us about this issue that we are sure that Chief Bolin took some of his vacation time or was officially off duty when he actively campaign for the Mayors re-election at the Fall Festival?
the Fall Festival could had potentially put our officers in a dangerous situation?  …all it would had taken was one mentally deranged  person hugging a police officer and grabbing his gun or taser during the process which could had cause a major safety problems for the masses?  …we do like the concept of asking citizens to give our “Cops a Hug” but the officers shouldn’t have any weapon or taser  on their person while engaging in this activity?