Executive Director, Roger Maas, has been elected Chair, Board of Director's Elder Care Services, Inc.  This agency provides the following programs: Meals on Wheels, Senior Day Care, Foster Grandparents, Senior Companions and Day Care.  The agency also provides information, referral assistance and counseling to seniors, their families and caretakers.

Program Manager, Jim Ledbetter, received the "Kiwanian of the Year" award from the Capital City Kiwanis Club.

Legislative Research Assistant, Elise Jensen, presented her research "An Exploration of the Nonlinear Relationship between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Adolescent Sexual Activity" at the American Society of Criminology Conference in San Francisco on November 17, 2010.

Legislative Research Assistant, Joshua Kuch, also presented his research on "Racial Differences in the Effects of Supervision on Drug Use at Home" at the American Society of Criminology Conference in San Francisco on November 17, 2010.

Mary Jean Hinson and Jim Ledbetter both answered the call for assistance and worked at the polls during this year's Primary and General Elections.