The National Sheriffs' Association in late January presented recently retired Butler County Sheriff Dennis Rickard with a sculpture in honor of his service to the association at its winter conference in Washington, D.C. From left, Aaron Kennard, a retired sheriff who is the NSA executive director, helps present the sculpture to Rickard along with John Zaruba, NSA president and sheriff of DuPage County in Illinois. Rickard left office Jan. 4.