2009 Individual Distinguished Service Award Winner

The Honorable H. Terry Grimes - 2009 Distinguished Service Award Winner

The Honorable H. Terry Grimes was elected in 1985 for a ten-year term and took office in January 1986. He was retained in 1995 and again in 2005 presiding over the 13th Judicial Court of Greene County, Pennsylvania.

On January 5, 2009, Judge H. Terry Grimes retired as the president judge of Greene County Court after holding that position for 23 years presiding over both criminal and civil cases. Since that time, he has remained working at the courthouse part-time.

The responsibilities of the President Judge are executive administrative head of the court, supervise the judical business of the court, promulgate all administrative rules and regulations, make all judicial assignments and assign and re-assign among the personal of the court available chamber and other physical facilities.

A graduate of West Greene High School, Judge Grimes earned his bachelor’s degree from California University of Pennsylvania and his law degree from Ohio Northern University. He is a member of the Greene County Bar Association and Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges.

Judge Grimes is a member of the Valley Chapel United Methodist Church in Holbrook, Cornerstone Genealogical Society, the Greene County Gideons Society, and the Knights of Pythias, Greene County Historical Society, American Legion and the Graysville Lodge. He also has served as treasurer of the Sons of the American Revolution and the secretary for Waynesburg Prosperous & Beautiful.

He served in the United State Army Artillery Branch from 1966 to 1969 and the Army Reserves where he held the rank of major.

As a youth, Judge Grimes earned the rank of Eagle Scout and was recently presented with the District Award of Merit by the Greene District of Greater Pittsburgh Council, Boy Scouts of America. He has served Scouting for more than 15 years, including assistant vice chairman from 1987-2002, Greene District chairman from 2002-2004 and currently as district member at-large.

Judge Grimes resides on a farm in Holbrook with his wife Carlyn and is the father of 4 children and 8 grandchildren.

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2009 Organizational Distinguished Service Award Winner

Waynesburg Rotary Club

The Rotary Club is a service organization. All Rotarians are responsible for contributing time, energy, leadership, and, yes, money to support the community. The communities Rotarians support range in scope from Greene County to the world. Rotary membership offers many and varied opportunities to serve these communities.

This year the Rotary Club of Waynesburg is sponsoring the first Winter Wonderland Gala at the Greene County Courthouse to raise money for charity. This first Gala will be Saturday, December 5, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Rotarians from the Rotary Club of Waynesburg have contributed more than $251,000 to the Rotary Foundation. The mission of The Rotary Foundation is to advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through the improvement of health, the support of education, and the alleviation of poverty. The Rotary Foundation is engaged in a major project with the Gates Foundation to stamp out polio.

During the last three years the Rotary Club of Waynesburg hosted two exchange students from other countries, and sponsored a local student’s school year in Thailand.

Each year Rotarians purchase and distribute dictionaries to third grade students. This year Waynesburg Rotary joined with two other Rotary clubs to give dictionaries to all Greene County third graders.

Rotarians participate with the Salvation Army each year in December to ring bells at local stores. Last year, Waynesburg Rotarians, joined by spouses and Miss Rain Day 2008, rang bells while generous store patrons at Shop ‘n Save and Giant-Eagle filled four large pots with paper money and coins to support Salvation Army programs.

Twice a year, cooperating with the Southwest Regional Medical Center, local Rotarians volunteer to assist in health screening including a range of blood tests.

Waynesburg Rotary provides leadership training and experience to its members. In addition to the numerous opportunities to lead projects and serve as officers, Rotary offers leadership training at fireside chats at The First National Bank of Pennsylvania and classroom training at the Rotary Leadership Institute.

Rotary meets about 50 times a year for lunch on Mondays at the First Baptist Church basement. These lunch meetings are opportunities to plan projects and meet leaders of local nonprofit organizations, government, and business to remain informed about local developments. At each meeting, the Rotary Club of Waynesburg collects donations for local charities.

 

Posthumous Distinguished Service Award

John R. Gardner

Samuel A. Milliken was born, raised and educated in Waynesburg, graduating from Waynesburg Central High School and Waynesburg College. He was an honor graduate of the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science.

He was a longtime member of the First United Methodist Church of Waynesburg, where he chaired numerous boards and committee’s.

Mr. Milliken was a veteran of the Korean War, having served with the U.S. Army. He had service in Saltzburg, Austria, and Bad Aibling, Germany.

He was an active member of Waynesburg Lion Club since 1958, serving in numerous capacities at the local, district, and state levels. In 2006, he was selected for the honor of international director of Lions, which included duties that had him traveling the world as a Lions representative. He also received a Paul Harris Fellow from Waynesburg Rotary Club.

Mr. Milliken was a member of Waynesburg Masonic Lodge 153. He also was a member of Syria Temple AAONMA, Washington-Greene County Caravan 2, where he was a former director. He was also a member of Waynesburg Lodge 469 IOOF, Three Links Club, Waynesburg LOOM, Lodge 461, Waynesburg Elks Loge 757 and Fort Jackson Chapter SAR.

He was a member of James Farrell American Legion Post 330 and a life member of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4793 and a member of Greene County Voiture 1020 Forty & Eight. He was former chairman of the Heart Fund of Greene County and served on the board of directors of Southwestern Pennsylvania Heart Association. He was a member and past director of the Greater Waynesburg Area Chamber of Commerce.

Mr. Milliken was a former member of Southwestern Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association, Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association and National Funeral Directors Association.

In 1949, Mr. Milliken started his work in the funeral industry with the late J. Ross Garrison. He then worked for the former Church Funeral Home in Waynesburg. In 1960 he formed a partnership with the late Glise E. Mariner, having started Mariner and Milliken Funeral Home in Waynesburg. In 1987, he and Daryl L. Throckmorton formed Milliken and Throckmorton Funeral Home, Inc. of Waynesburg, until his retirement in 1996 after 46 years in the funeral industry.

Mr. Milliken married Shirlee Headlee Milliken in 1952 and have three children Pam, J.K., and Becky and six grandchildren.

 

Past Distinguished Service Award Winners

 

To download the 2010 nomination application, click the link below.