Fairport Harbor Civic Club is getting ready for its Founders Day celebration. During the event, the club will salute James Clark as Citizen of the Year. Janice Kondik will be posthumously honored as recipient of the Golden Beacon Award. Winners of both awards were announced by the club in February. Kondik died March 4 at the age of 86. This year’s Founders Day celebration is slated for 5:30 p.m. March 22 at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church, 316 Fifth St. in Fairport Harbor Village. Admission is free and light refreshments will be served. Clark, the club’s 2025 Citizen of the Year, owns and operates Rego’s Brickhouse Pizza at 326 New Fourth St. He is being recognized for his contributions to Fairport Harbor School District and the community, the Civic Club stated in a news release. “James donates his time and money to helping others, such as making donations to the McKinley Elementary PTO and Harding High School sports programs,” the release stated. “He also has made contributions to Feeding Fairport’s Hungry; and on Labor Day, he gives all sales proceeds to his employees who work on that day.” In addition, Clark has offered his business to serve as a warming center for people in need during power outages. Janice Kondik will be posthumously honored as the Fairport Harbor Civic Club’s 2025 Golden Beacon Award winner for lifetime achievement. Kondik died March 4 at age 86. Earlier this year, the club selected her to receive the Golden Beacon Award. The winner of that award and the club’s 2025 Citizen of the Year will be saluted at the organization’s 2025 Founders Day celebration. The event is slated for 5:30 p.m. March 22 at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Fairport Harbor Village. (Courtesy of Karen Bidlack) Meanwhile, the club will posthumously pay tribute to Kondik as winner of the club’s 2025 Golden Beacon Award for lifetime achievement. She was a member of the Hungarian Reformed Church in Fairport Harbor and helped to raise funds for the church’s Women’s Fellowship Committee through dinners and Hungarian doughnut sales. In addition, she participated in the church’s Christmas bazaar. Kondik also received a certificate from Lt. Gen. Robert Miller of the U.S. Air Force in recognition of her daughter’s 35 years of service, the news release stated. At the club’s March 22 celebration, there also will be an anniversary presentation in recognition of the past 20 recipients of the Golden Beacon Award. Fairport Harbor Civic Club is celebrating 90 years since its articles of adoption in 1935. Club President Karen Bidlack recently retired and turned over leadership of the group to Kirk Dimmick. The club is a small group of volunteers that focuses on the goodwill and betterment of Fairport Harbor. Events sponsored by the club each year include an Easter Egg Hunt and Community Day. For more information on the club or its activities, contact Karen Bidlack at fpttwin@gmail.com or 440-251-3150. ...read more read less