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JOSE MEDRANO
GIVING BACK
Born in El Salvador, Jose Medrano arrived in the DC area with his Honduran parents in the early 60’s at age 3. He lived there much of his life until relocating to Kent County in 2005. As an accountant for government agencies and private corporations, he used his business acumen to start his own company here, while giving back to the community, as a founding director of WIN-Women in Need and working with an after-school tutoring program. Jose was elected to the Chestertown Council in 2021 and is dedicated to “using his experience to help give back to the community and improving its well-being, to make it safer through law enforcement support and oversight, improving roads, supporting businesses, the working poor, and creating ways to increase local job availability for younger people.”
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Jay Yerkes is a musician, painter, poet, sailor and a notable construction contractor, who has made his mark in his native Kent County the past 25 years, remodeling and building signature-styled homes and commercial properties, such as the Cerino Center at the Chestertown Marina. A proud husband, father and grandfather, Yerkes also gives back to the community through various charities and as a Lio
James Sterling spent most of his life doing volunteer work mentoring at risk and orphaned kids. After retiring and relocating from Philadelphia to Kent County where his ancestral roots were, He has continued his volunteer work as a very active member of the Chestertown Lions Club facilitating their financial support and encouraging other members to volunteer for KART, an organization that utilizes
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Barbara Parker was born in the back of a Basque sheep herders covered wagon and raised by antique dealers in the very Norwegian town of Poulsbo, Washington, north of Seattle. Her interest and talents are as rich and diverse as her background. An accomplished professional singer, guitarist,
songwriter and recording artist; an artist-painter of many subjects and genre; a former book binder, plant nursery owner, and degreed interior designer, Barb came to Kent County in 1986 to live on her sprawling
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KART Kent Association of Riding Therapy
Kent Association of Riding Therapy KART was founded in 1984 to help children and adults with special needs enhance their social and developmental growth. KART uses a multi-faceted program involving therapeutic horseback riding, grooming and caring for the horse, and comprehensive classroom instruction.
Pictured: certified instructor Marco Belperio, Executive Director Theresa Snyder, and certified instructor Jen Wayne
