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PENTWATER — The Pentwater Service Club announced that Pentwater resident Doug Bacon has been named the 2024 Pentwater Citizen of the Year.
First launched in 1973, Bacon becomes the 51st Citizen of the Year.
“In the 10 years since moving here from Saline, Michigan, Doug’s accomplishments have irrevocably and permanently changed the greater Pentwater area for the better, said Pentwater Service Club Vice President Ken Konyha.
“Bacon, who spent his career as a General Motors Powertrain engineer before moving to Pentwater, was named 2024 Citizen of the Year because of his work as a founding member of the Gateway to Success alternative school in Ludington; project manager for the Oceana County Council on Aging during the agency’s initial construction phase; and all-around volunteer for other area-organizations and individuals,” states a press release from the Pentwater Service Club.
“Doug is an inspiration to anyone wanting to make Pentwater, already a great place, an even better place to live,” said Gigi Mitchell, co-chairperson of the annual event.
Mitchell said Bacon is a jack-of-all-trades and is well known for sharing his many talents to benefit others. “Doug is a welder, artist, mechanic, carpenter, sculptor, plumber, electrician, inventor and all-around pantologist who gives freely to anyone needing his help,” Mitchell said, adding that Bacon is among the most celebrated Pentwater volunteers of the last decade.”
A dinner and program in Bacon’s honor is set for Oct. 10, at the Pentwater Yacht Club. Tickets for the celebration go on sale beginning Sept. 10 and can be purchased at Port View Wine, Beer & Spirits or at Up North Market.
Bacon is married to his wife of 48 years, Ginny, and they have two grown children and three grandchildren.
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