Mayor Dave Kitchell announced Friday that Jessica Crook has been named the third recipient of a new city award. The Logansport Bicentennial Citizen of the Week award is presented to Logansport residents or natives who been recognized statewide or nationwide for their accomplishments, as part of Logansport’s observance of the state’s bicentennial.
Crook currently resides in South Bend where she is employed at Logan Industries.
She has competed in basketball, swimming, horseshoes, golf and bocce in Special Olympics and attended the nationals in 2005 where she won three gold medals and one silver. In 2007, she swam in China where she competed in the butterfly, relay and individual medley, winning the gold in the butterfly and bronze in relay.
She served as a global messenger for Special Olympics in 2010. Crook will receive an Indiana flag and a certificate.
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