Burger winner of Black Inc. Award

The Black Inc. “Outstanding Senior of Van Wert County” award was given to Jessica Burger of Crestview High School.

She received the award Saturday evening at Crestview’s graduation ceremony from Jan White, vice president of human resources & facilities for Central Insurance Companies. The award is $2,000 plus a Black Inc. medallion.

This year marks the 66th anniversary of the Black Inc. awards. Black Inc. was founded in 1945 by L.G. Purmort, who was then president of Central Insurance Companies, to help young people stay out of the “red ink”.

Upon his death, Mr. Purmort left funds in a trust to continue the awards. The trust is administered by The Van Wert County Foundation.