Cicci earns first Turner Award for 2008

The quarterly George Turner Award was given recently to a Metro bus driver who has an excellent safety record and a track record for kindness.

Dennis Cicci from East Base was the Turner Award recipient for the first quarter of 2008. The award is given by the Northwest Chapter of Paralyzed Veterans Association to recognize and show appreciation for transit operators who best exemplify a positive attitude and awareness of the needs of the elderly and disabled in our communities.

Cicci’s commendation prompting the award described his helpful attitude assisting a quadriplegic bus rider in the Issaquah Highlands. "Having someone like Dennis drive me to work in the mornings was very comforting. It has helped me transition back to work and feel comfortable taking the bus again," the passenger wrote to Metro.