Norton County Executive Director Tara Vance receives the We Kan! Award

(The following article is taken in part from the June 23rd edition of The North Telegram.)

Tara Vance, Executive Director of the Norton County Community Foundation, was presented with a We Kan! Ward this past May in a surprise presentation in the Heaton Building during a recent event with regional and statewide resource partners.

Marci Penner of the Kansas Sampler Foundation made the presentation. The Inman-based non-profit has been choosing ten unsuspecting recipients a year since 1993 to show appreciation for dedicated work in helping preserve and sustain rural culture.

Vance’s award had the words: “Spirited Force for Progress,” engraved on a round plate made by Elk Falls Potter. Penner said, “Tara’s passion for her county-wide community is a driving force in all that she does. She’s always thinking and talking to others around the region and state about how to move her community forward. Norton County is a better place because of her.”

Vance is the daughter of Bonnie LaRue and the late Randy Towns of Stockton.