Jackson County officials, community leaders and supporters gathered for the ribbon cutting ceremony for the “Charles R. Elders Event Center” at Whittier Heritage Grounds.
Elders was a long-serving Jackson County Commissioner who worked to make Jackson County a great place to live and work and died in June 2025 at the age of 82. Many of his family, including his wife, Shirley, and son, Charles Dewayne Elders, were present to cut the ribbon.