August 2, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.
The Town of Hope gathered on August 2, 2023, to celebrate twenty years of service by Town Marshal Matt Tallent.
Members of town council, town employees and the town manager gathered to celebrate Tallent. Tallent’s parents Dale and Brenda were also in attendance along with his wife Tabitha. Town manager Jason Eckart presented Tallent with a plaque thanking him for his twenty years of service to the community.
Eckart thanked Tallent for his loyalty and integrity while presenting the plaque. Tallent remarked he actually had over thirty years of service to the town as he had started work as a dispatcher at age sixteen.
Party goers then celebrated with pizza, cupcakes, cookies, and brownies.