Carpentersville trustees recognized three people Aug. 19 for life‑saving actions in two separate incidents.

Community Service Officer Tyler Cooper received a life‑saving award for responding to a choking child on July 15. Director Shaver said Cooper self‑dispatched, arrived within a minute and gave back blows and chest compressions until fire‑department paramedics arrived; the child regained responsiveness and was transported to Sherman Hospital.

The board also honored Tracy Perry, an RN, and Nicole Gilkey, an LPN, who on June 3 responded at Woodman’s to an elderly man in cardiac arrest. Staff said Perry applied the store’s automated external defibrillator while Gilkey performed chest compressions; after one shock and continuing compressions the patient regained a pulse and was taken to Sherman Hospital.

President Skillman and the board praised the quick actions of first responders and the citizens, noting the outcomes were life‑saving.

The recognitions were ceremonial and did not require board action.