Myers named St. Elmo Citizen of the Year

By Editor | September 11, 2019 |

Kent Janes
Randy Myers was announced as the 2019 Citizen of the Year in St. Elmo during the community’s Labor Day Celebration.

In making the announcement, St. Elmo Mayor Ernie Myers read the nomination letter, stating that Myers has been a member of the St. Elmo Volunteer Fire Department for 35-plus years and currently serves as assistant fire chief.
He is a member of the St. Elmo Emergency Service and was a member of the St. Elmo School District 202 Board of Education for 12 years.
Myers coached Little League baseball and softball, and was assistant high school softball coach for a few years.
He is retired from the Sherwin-Williams Distribution Center in Effingham and currently serves as a bus driver for the St. Elmo School District.
Myers was born and raised in St. Elmo, and has raised his family in that community.
He was nominated by St. Elmo resident Sandra Mace.
Her reasons for nominating Myers included, “He is a very responsible and dependable person.
"He is the school bus driver for my grandchildren and I am glad he is.
“His character and involvement in the community allows him to be a great role model for the young individuals he drives every day.
“Randy has done so much for St. Elmo and I think he deserves to be Citizen of the Year,” Mace stated in her nomination letter.