Mayor Withdraws Nomination for "Person of the Year"

Mayor Ken Tedford was nominated along with Billy Thompson and Burt Miller by the members of the Fallon Chamber for their annual awards ceremony in the "Person of the Year" category. Early this morning Mayor Tedford and Thompson both withdrew their nominations, the Mayor's office posting the following statement on social media. "It is indeed a great honor to be nominated for Person of the Year, but I wish to withdraw my nomination. I do have great passion to make Fallon a great place to live and work and I do push others to reach that goal. A great year it has been. But all that being said, I feel it falls short and is pale in comparison to Bert Miller, a friend of mine who just 5 short months ago was killed by a gunman as he worshipped in church. As some of you know, I have lived that situation closely since that tragic Sunday. This husband, dad, granddad, volunteer fireman and church leader had given so muh to our community and now he is gone. The hurt still lingers for me and our community. With respect to Billy Thompson, a fine nominee, it is just a special time to honor Bert. It is Bert's time. Thank you. Mayor Ken Tedford" The Chamber awards banquet will be held on February 1, 2019 at 6pm at the Fallon Convention Center. Contact Lucy at 775-423-2544 for more information.