From left are Charlie Haffner, Charlotte Siegfried, Walt Church and Randy Cox of the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals. Church, holding his retirement plaque, has retired after 25 years of service on the BZA. Not pictured is Lee Harman.

WARSAW — Walt Church, appointed to the Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals in 1993 by the county commissioners, retired after 25 years of service. The Tuesday, Dec. 11, meeting of the BZA was his last meeting.

“He has diligently served on the board for the past 25 years,” said Dan Richard, area planning director. “During that time Walt has participated in over 8,000 hearings involving variances, exceptions and ordinance interpretations.”

Church was presented a retirement plaque at the Dec. 11 meeting.

Walt and his wife, Connie, live at Chapman Lake.