Optimist Club Of Perdido Bay Law Day Celebration

The Optimist Club of Perdido Bay honored men and women from Baldwin County law enforcement at the annual Law Day celebration in Lillian. Officers of the Year Nicholas Meshall (below right) of the Spanish Fort Police Department was rewarded for his heroic and selfless life-saving action without fear or hesitation in fulfilling his duties. David Tetseau (below middle) from the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Department received his award for his personal obligation to fellow law enforcement officers.
Citizens of the Year were Katy Doyle, Elberta High School student; Haley Stewart, School Aid and Calley Davis, teacher. Other nominees for Office of the Year are Deputy Joseph Hughes and K-9 Artie, Sgt. Richard Gingras and Investigator Luke Cowan, Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office; Officer Josh Loiola and Detective Paul Blakely, Daphne Police Department.
Also, Officer Timothy Cooper, Elberta Police Department; Investigator Drake Rollins, Fairhope Police Department; Office Ian Levandoski, Foley Police Department; Lt. Lisa Augustin, Orange Beach Police Department; Senior Trooper Nickolas Thompson, Alabama State Troopers, Investigator Paul Overstreet, Robertsdale Police Department.
In addition to the three (below left) Citizens of the Year, Caily Seale, Baldwin County Department of Human Resources and Nadia Taylor, Daphne Police Department were also nominated.
College scholarships were presented to relatives of active or retired law enforcement officers. Presented with a Richard Humphrey Memorial Scholarship were Caroline Downey, who will attend Mississippi College; Conor Fagan, Auburn; Emmy Johnson, Mississippi State; Leila Lee, University of Alabama; Violet Morin, University of Alabama, Birmingham and Blackley Peterson, Auburn University.
The Optimist Club of Perdido Bay presented scholarships to John Manning from Robertsdale High School who will attend Auburn University and Josie McKenzie, Fairhope Senior who will attend Samford University. Assistant Director of Admissions at University of South Alabama Trey Johnson joined the group by naming Shelton Claire Ledlow for a scholarship.