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Navajo County honors Family Advocacy Center director, student essay winners and public-works maintenance team
Summary
The board presented a statewide advocacy award to Catherine Doyle of the Family Advocacy Center, recognized student winners of a county essay contest celebrating 250 years of the U.S., and accepted an Arizona LTAP award for a public-works maintenance innovation.
The Navajo County Board of Supervisors used part of its meeting to recognize community service and achievements.
County staff presented Catherine Doyle, director of the Navajo County Family Advocacy Center, with a statewide Guara Award from the Arizona Coalition to End Domestic Violence. A staff member described Doyle’s pandemic-era work adapting survivor services — including virtual advocacy and flexible safety planning — and praised her leadership in serving victims across a large rural county. Doyle thanked the county and partner agencies for support.
The superintendent of schools, Rachel Lewis, presented winners of a county essay contest held to mark the nation's 250th anniversary and invited the students and families forward for photos. Winners named in the meeting included Harper Wittren (Whipple Ranch Elementary, kindergarten), Abby Greer (St. Anthony's Catholic School, 4th grade), Eda Guevara (7th grade), and Jaden Melzer (Snowflake High School, 10th grade).
Public Works staff and an Arizona LTAP representative also recognized the county fleet maintenance shop for an innovation that repurposes a chip spreader box with burner boxes so hot mixes can be used year-round; the LTAP speaker noted the statewide program highlights such cost-saving local innovations.
What happens next: The board took photos and publicly commended the honorees; no formal board action was required.
