(Submitted by Wood County Probate Court)
Wood County Probate and Juvenile Court Judge David Woessner has announced the reappointments of Mr. Robert Hawker and Mr. Dennis Parish to the Wood County Park District Board of Commissioners. Both appointments are for three year terms beginning January 1, 2017 and ending on December 31, 2019.
Mr. Hawker has been a member of the Wood County Park District Board of Commissioners since March of 2013. He is currently completing his first, full, three year term on the Board. Mr. Hawker has been an active participant on the Park District Board and currently serves as its chairman. In addition to a wide variety of prior business work experience, Mr. Hawker has previously assisted the Friends of the Wood County Parks, the YMCA/JCC of Greater Toledo, Junior Achievement, and the Perrysburg Symphony Association.
Mr. Parish has been on the Park District Board since March of 2015. He is currently completing an unexpired term. As with Mr. Hawker, Mr. Parish has been an active member of the Park District Board since his appointment. Mr. Parish has over 40 years of public service in a wide variety of professional and volunteer capacities. His professional experience includes having been a judge on the Ohio Sixth District Court of Appeals and serving as a Magistrate for both the Lucas and Wood County Juvenile Courts. Mr. Parish currently is an adjunct professor at the University of Toledo, College of Law. Mr. Parish’s past volunteer experience includes, but is not limited to, participating with the Baldwin Woods Advisory Committee for the Wood County Park District and being the past president of and a board member of the Wood County Historical Society.
In reappointing Mr. Hawker and Mr. Parish, Judge Woessner noted: “I am happy to reappoint Bob Hawker and Denny Parish to the Wood County Park District Board of Commissioners. The experience brought to the Park District Board by Bob and Denny has and will continue to benefit the Wood County Park District in the future.”
The Wood Count Park district is comprised of 19 parks covering 1,100 acres. The other remaining Park District Board members include John Caldernello, Christine Seiler, and Robert Dorn.
