Jay Neal Award for 2026 goes to long-time ⌛️ friend and OneofUs.Care partner, Mr Ron Cochran

The first of our six mini-celebrations took place on Friday afternoon at Pizza 🍕 Perfect !

The Jay Neal lifetime achievement award went to Ron Cochran of Omega Office 🏬 and Supply on Main Street. From the first time in the shop, six years ago, to our final project ( this year’s Track 👣 and Field poster ), Mr Cochran has gone the distance for us and our non-profit organization !

Finding a fellow ” Good Guy ” like Ron allowed Lin and I to accomplish so much more.

We had three guests stop ✋️ by or two ➕️ plus our waitress, a young lady who is one of hundreds of younger folks that grew up with the long-time coach, game official, and shop owner as somewhat of a crazy uncle.

Ryan McCafferty is our new friend over at The Carroll News. The young sports writer is new in town as I was six years ago, so treating the new guy to a celebratory lunch was just the right thing to do.

I will miss the excitement of our banquet for sure, but still having the ability to honor 🎖 this group of individuals will dull the sadness.

Our final logo, the dual one, was just one of the numerous projects we worked on through the years.
The Jay Neal Award is named to honor Mr Neal, who is one of two people that watched out for us across the years. Jay is now retired and enjoying running his baseball team, the Strasburg Express.

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