The Clermont County League of Women Voters has announced the eight nominees for the 2008 Orpha Gatch Citizenship Award.

The award, which is named for Orpha Gatch, a Milford suffragist instrumental in helping to ratify the 19th amendment granting the women the right to vote in 1920, is bestowed every year on a county woman who has made a significant impact on her community.

This year’s nominees are June Izzi Bailey, Missy Deller, Karen Huff, Lonna Kingsbury, Jo Ann Martino, Betty Miskell, Mary Sterling, and Denise Strimple.

The following information was taken from the nomination forms.