By Julie McCay Turner
Bedford formally celebrated its 2012 Citizen of the Year, Roberta ‘Bobbie’ Ennis, on Friday evening during the Bedford Minuteman Company’s 48th Change of Command installation ceremony.
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Outgoing Minuteman Captain Charles Hacala thanked his staff: 1st Lieutenant James McGinn; 2nd Lieutenant Adjutant Peter Secor; 2nd Lieutenant Finance Bryan Nash; Cornet Roy Kring; Sergeant Major Aubrey Jaffer; Sergeant Quartermaster James Ringwood; and members of the Executive Board Ed Magiera and Richard Manley.
The Company’s new Captain, Bryan Nash, came to Hanscom Air Force Base with his family in 1984 and the family chose to live in Bedford upon his father’s retirement from the military. Nash graduated from Bedford High School in 1998 and opened his carpentry business the following year; he is also the assistant director and marching instructor for the BHS Marching Band.
Captain Nash welcomed his staff: 1st Lieutenant Roy Kring; 2nd Lieutenant Adjutant Aubrey Jaffer; 2nd Lieutenant Finance James Ringwood; Cornet Charles Hacala; Sergeant Major James McGinn; Sergeant Quartermaster Peter Secor; and members of the Executive Board Ed Magiera and Richard Manley.
At the end of the installation ceremony, Selectman Chair Catherine Cordes took the floor to introduce and celebrate Ennis’s long commitment to leadership and voluntary service to Bedford. Included in the gifts presented to Ennis were a official citation from the Massachusetts Senate as well as an appreciation noting the many voluntary committees on which she has served from Bedford’s Selectmen. Ennis noted that when she and her husband moved to Bedford they only intended to stay for six months, but that it’s been a wonderful run that she continues to enjoy.
View a slideshow of images from the evening.
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