Raymond “Sonny” Holden, right, is presented a 30-year Length of Service Award from Trevor Grout, hydrologist at National Weather Service in Springfield. Holden started taking daily temperature and precipitation observations on April 20, 1994. The first observations for Summersville started on April 3, 1940, when Thomas L. Love took daily rainfall measurements. Holden stays busy working and enjoys raising cattle on his farm. (National Weather Service)
