Last week was the annual Greene County Chamber dinner meeting at the Elk’s Lodge in Jefferson.

The highlight award for the night was the announcement of the Above and Beyond the Call Award.  2011 recipient was Hollie Roberts with the Foundation for the Greene County Medical Center.  The 2012 winner is Chris Henning.

Henning got involved in two new ventures last year.  She is the President of Jefferson Matters: Main Street.  She says this organization had to go through a lot of qualifications but she is proud that the city of Jefferson is one of only 48 towns across Iowa that are apart of Iowa Main Street.  The other new organization that Henning plays an important role is on the Board of Directors for the Sierra Theatre.  She comments that since the movie theater was taken over by the city last June, they have made vast improvements such as converting movies from 35-millimeter to digital and installing a digital screen and surround sound.

Henning also took over the reins to head up the Jefferson Farmer’s Market.  She states that last year was an interesting year because of the streetscape project.  The farmer’s market kept switching every week due to construction but the community response was the same.

After receiving the award, Henning was touched.

“I was really, really surprised, you could’ve knocked me over with a feather.  It was a great honor and I’m very proud and very humbled that somebody thought to do that.”

The ABC award is given to an individual or couple annually.  Through personal involvement, leadership qualities and unselfish giving of time and talent has positively affected activities or accomplishments to the community are nominated for the award.   Henning exemplifies these traits with her dedication to community service and projects she supports throughout the community.

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