A celebration to honor Than Johnson, retiring from CRSI after 36 years, will be held from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 10, at CRSI (building in the back), 1150 Scioto St., Urbana.

Scott DeLong, the staff and board of CRSI are hosting the reception and invite the public to join them in celebrating his career and wishing him well on his retirement.

Johnson is a life-long resident of Champaign County. The Johnson Family Maple Syrup farm still is active after over 200 years of operation.

CRSI folks in Defiance celebrated their 4th Annual Ice Cream Appreciation Event! They enjoyed dinner, played games and their choice of treat from an ice cream truck! How fun!!

Troy, Ohio - When Bev Studebaker passed away of cancer in 2015, her care-givers wanted to memorialize her and others who lost their lives to the disease. Bev was an individual served by CRSI since 1982, and the staff felt very close to her. Nicknamed “Peanut”, she is remembered for her great personality.

According to Brenda Knife, home manager, Bev meant a lot to those at the Walnut St. group home and they wanted to be reminded of her everyday by tattooing their wrists with the lavender ribbon for cancer.
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The idea is the brainchild of Lanie Barnes, support specialist who planned to get the tattoo in memory of everyone she’s lost to cancer, including Bev. The other staff members fell in love with the idea and they each jumped in with wrist forward.

For thirty-three years, CRSI has held a golf event known as the Bill Butler Champaign Open or BBCO in support of needs and wishes (for individuals served by the agency) that are not covered by other funding sources. In all that time, only two cars have been given away for the ever elusive hole-in-one and those were awarded just in the last three years. (There were three other aces in earlier years but at that time, cars were not offered as prizes.) 
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