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Board of Realtors presents awards, inducts 2013 officers

| December 17, 2012

The Coshocton County Board of Realtors presented three awards at its December luncheon meeting, held Friday, Dec. 14 at Roberta’s Catering & Event Center. The Realtor of the Year award went to Jim Nelson, the Affiliate of the Year was presented to Mark Fortune and the Honorary Realtor of the Year award was presented to Herb Peddicord. Beacon photo by Nina Drinko

COSHOCTON – The Coshocton County Board of Realtors presented three awards during its December luncheon meeting at Roberta’s Catering.

Heather LePage presented her father, Herb Peddicord, with the Honorary Realtor of the Year award. Peddicord had his first auction in 1953 and became a licensed Realtor in 1955. He is a third generation auctioneer with the office of Peddicord Rice Auction Realty.

He said of the award, “I thank all of you for your support and consider all of you my good friends.”

Jim Nelson was presented with the Realtor of the Year award. Nelson is a multi-time past president of the local Board of Realtors, earned his license in the mid 1980s and has served the community on multiple boards.

Nelson said with emotion, “I am humbled by this award.”

Mark Fortune of The Coshocton County Beacon was presented with the Affiliate of the Year award and thanked the Board of Realtors for its support.

Tom Dile will serve as President for 2013.

The Coshocton County Board of Realtors inducted its new slate of officers and board of directors for 2013 at its December luncheon meeting, held Friday, Dec. 14 at Roberta’s Catering & Event Center. Pictured left to right are: Jim Nelson, vice-president, Joe Scott, board of directors, Tom Dile, president, Christi Olinger, treasurer, Marlene Griffith, secretary, and Sally Foster, board of directors. Not pictured is Will White, board of directors. Beacon photo by Mark Fortune

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Mark Fortune, along with his wife Nancy, is the former owner and founder of The Coshocton County Beacon, the highest circulated newspaper in Coshocton County. He has over 40 years in the publishing business with sales, marketing, and journalism experience. After selling The Beacon to the AloNovus Corp., in January 2020, Mark has been a Business Development Strategist with the company. They publish a network of weekly news publications with almost a half million distribution weekly, a quarterly tourism magazine and a digital division. Mark enjoys history, and has a passion for genealogy, currently researching and discovering his Fortune ancestry. He and his wife Nancy live on a small farm outside of Coshocton.

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  1. Bob Miller says:

    I was honored to be invited to this wonderful event and to install Tom Dile and the Leadership Team for 2013! Congratulations to the Realtor, Affiliate, and Honorary Realtor of the Year. All very well deserved.