At the City Council meeting we started out with the annual presentation of the Deborah Bienarz Award. This award is in memoriam to Laconia Police Officer Bienarz, who showed an extreme dedication to helping the youth of Laconia.

We had several nominees for this award and a committee of a City Councilor, a Police Officer and a School Board Member review the nominations to choose the award recipient. It says a lot for our community that we have so many people working with the youth of our city and this year Bill Salta was selected.

Bill has been involved in Laconia Little League for over 2 decades and is an integral part of that organizations efforts. He is also involved with the youth basketball and soccer programs too. Having sat on the committee this year it was a difficult decision to make but all of the members on the committee felt that Bill is deserving of this recognition.

Congratulations Bill.

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