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HI blood drive slated June 2

The Holiday Island Community Blood Drive will be held from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday, June 2, at the Elks Lodge No. 1042 located at 4 Park Cliff Drive in the Holiday Island shopping center. There will be a free cholesterol screening for all donors plus a free T-shirt and vouchers for a Naturals baseball game.
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President’s Medallion

Elise Roenigk (left), owner of the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa, receives the President’s Medallion from Dr. Jane Fernandes, president of Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, on Tuesday, May 20, in the Crescent’s Crystal Dining Room. The honor was a surprise to Roenigk, who graduated from Antioch in 1964. Elise and her late husband, Marty Roenigk, bought the Crescent in 1997 and worked to restore and preserve the historic hotel along with the 1905 Basin Park Hotel. Elise Roenigk served on the Antioch College Board of Trustees for several years. In 2022, Elise Roenigk received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Historic Hotels of America.
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