Benner retires after 34 years

After 34 year of ser­vice to the Ottawa Soil and Water Con­ser­va­tion Dis­trict, Pro­gram Admin­is­tra­tor, Carol Ben­ner will be retir­ing on Decem­ber 31, 2011.

Ben­ner began her career as a sum­mer intern in 1977. “I really never expected to stay, but things felt right and I really enjoyed the job because there was always some­thing dif­fer­ent hap­pen­ing through­out the year.”

Her first duties included field sur­vey­ing and tech­ni­cian work like plot­ting up topo­graphic maps for landown­ers doing drainage projects. From there she became admin­is­tra­tive assis­tant doing book­ing keep­ing, edu­ca­tion and PR work.

After the retire­ment of Pro­gram Admin­is­tra­tor, Mike Buhrow, she was pro­moted to Pro­gram Admin­is­tra­tor for the office. “I’ve had great men­tors over the years that have taught me valu­able lessons.”

The Ottawa SWCD Board and Staff held a party for Carol on Decem­ber 29th at the Ottawa County Ag Com­plex, in Oak Harbor.

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