The Grapevine by S. Serdinak

Doug Wenger was elected to the 2024 Hall of Fame class of the United States Professional Tennis Association Midwest Division. Wenger is a former captain and MVP at Ferris State University and a five-time Midwest Singles Champion.

Richfield resident Doug Wenger was
elected to the U.S. Professional Tennis
Association Midwest Division Hall of
Fame. He has acted as an advisor to Mayor
Michael Wheeler for the construction of
the village’s tennis and pickleball courts.
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He has been the tournament director for large tournaments including the National Senior Games and Pan-American Masters Games. Wenger is currently serving as a presidential appointee to the National Governance Committee for the United States Tennis Association.

After retiring from a 40-plus year career in corporate information technology, Wenger became a teaching professional at the Western Reserve Racquet & Fitness Club in Streetsboro, and is in his first year as the girls’ varsity tennis coach at the Western Reserve Academy in Hudson.

Wenger has also acted as an advisor to Mayor Michael Wheeler and Richfield Village in creating the new tennis and pickleball courts for the community. “Without his knowledge, input and advice we would not have the excellent facilities that are about to be finished,” said Wheeler. 

Congratulations to Susan Loughry who was honored for volunteering over 10,000 hours to the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Loughry started volunteering for the railroad in 2000. She served as secretary of the volunteers for 20 years and helped with many events, including being a trainman on the scenic trains and being an elf at the North Pole. She was named Volunteer of the Year in 2006.

Susan Loughry has volunteered more
than 10,000 hours with the Cuyahoga
Valley Scenic Railroad.

“I’m very proud to be part of this partnership [with the CVNP] and for the opportunity to be a volunteer,” Loughry said.

She is only the eighth person to accumulate 10,000 volunteer hours for the CVSR.  ∞