Minute-By-Minute is the Monthly Newsletter of the
November
2013
North Carolina Association of Municipal Clerks
President Martin’s November
Message:
Inside this Issue:
President’s Message
1
“The Air I Breathe”
3
November Calendar
5
CMC Designation
7
LRCOG Clerk Award
8
Join NCAMC
Know a clerk or deputy
clerk who wants to join
NCAMC? For membership
information, email committee
chair Jim Byrd, CMC, NCCMC
of Wilkesboro at the following
address:
[email protected]
Now, join IIMC
If you have joined the
North Carolina Association of
Municipal Clerks and are
wondering what else you can
do to grow in your profession,
you definitely need to consider joining the International
Institute of Municipal Clerks.
IIMC is the certifying arm for
clerks worldwide. For more
information go to the website:
www.iimc.com
If you would like to submit
an article of interest for the
newsletter, email committee
chair Tammy Hatley, CMC,
NCCMC of King at the following address:
[email protected]
Counting My Blessings
FALL - don’t you love this time of year? Cool crisp mornings and colorful leaves
are just the best gifts from Mother Nature! And, it’s hard to believe that Thanksgiving is only a few weeks away. I have to start counting my blessings now to get
them all in by Thanksgiving. How about you? Take a look around at all the many
blessings God has sent your way. Life is good!
As I write this article, the NCLM is putting the final touches on the NCLM Annual
Conference and Clerk’s Breakfast that will be held in Hickory next week on October
14th. I have the honor of presenting a Resolution of Appreciation on the behalf of
the Association to Mr. Ellis Hankins, Executive Director of the NCLM. Mr. Hankins
will be retiring at the end of the year. Ms. Norma Houston will be the guest speaker.
She will provide a teaser on the relatively new topic of E-verify. If you were not able
to attend, don’t worry, a full session on this topic is being planned.
The Program & Education Committee is hard at work securing speakers for the
January Clerk’s School. Mark your calendars for the January 22nd New Clerk’s
Academy and MMC Academy and January 23rd-24th Annual City/County Clerks
School. It will be held again this year at the Sheraton at Research Triangle Park.
Registration details will be sent out to the membership when details are finalized.
The locations for our Regional Academies are set. Dates are still being confirmed and I hope to be able to share those dates with you in the December Minute
by Minute. The locations are Cedar Point in Region 1, Wilson’s Mills in Region 2,
Davidson in Region 3 and Highlands in Region 4. These Academies are spread
across the State to make them more convenient for you to attend. If the one
planned for your Region is a conflict with your schedule, feel free to attend one of
the other sessions.
If you recall, the Board followed the recommendation of the Program & Education Committee to hold only the 4 Regional Academies in the spring last year and
forgo holding a separate MMC Academy. With shrinking budgets and cut backs in
most municipalities for training and travel expenses, we felt it was best to hold only
the Regional Academies again this year. The Board will continue to evaluate this
and take the appropriate action in the future as our economy continues to improve.
Continued on Page 2—President’s message
President’s message—continued from page 1
The 2014 IIMC Region III Annual Conference will be held in Albany, Georgia,
January 15-17, 2014. Look for the invitation from the Georgia Host Clerk later in
this newsletter. I’d like to encourage you to attend if possible. The educational
sessions are top notch and you will have a chance to network with Clerks from Alabama, Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.
I want to take this opportunity to extend a heartfelt “Thank You” to Penny SpicerSidbury, Wilmington, and Past President 2008-2009 for serving her fellow Clerks
as our representative on the NCLM Board of Directors over the past four years.
Penny represented us well for two terms on that Board and I appreciate all you
have done for this Association. Penny, job well done!
It is my honor and privilege to announce that Josann Campanello, Town Clerk/
Administrator for the Town of St. James and Past President from 2007-2008 has
been nominated to fill the Clerk’s seat on the NCLM Board of Directors. I know
Josann will continue to represent us with the high standard and professionalism
that we’ve grown accustomed too. Kim Worley has been nominated as the Alternate member that would serve on the NCLM Board should Josann not be able to
complete her term. Thank you Josann and Kim for your willingness to represent us
on this very important Board.
In addition to serving on the NCLM Board, Josann will serve as Chair of the Legislative Committee. The Legislative Committee Members are:
Pamela Megill, Fayetteville
Myra Heard, Salisbury
Carolyn Lampe, Jacksonville
Scott Sherrill, Pine Knoll Shores
Rhonda Webb, Spring Lake
The Legislative Committee will monitor State and Federal legislation affecting
the Clerk and will propose legislation either for or against matters consistent with
the goals and policies of the NCAMC, NCLM or IIMC.
A little bit of this & that: I want to assure you that we are continuing to work
out the details on the Clerk’s license tags and will send out complete information as soon as it becomes available. We are also working on enhancements
and upgrades to the NCAMC website. Be on the lookout for that next year. We
hope the membership directory will be posted to the NCLM website in the very
near future.
For my closing remarks, I want to wish each of you a very Happy & Safe
Thanksgiving holiday. Enjoy your time away from work, with your family and
friends and of course all the good food! I personally will see that ALL the calories have been removed so it’s ok to have that piece of chocolate pie.
Dale Martin, MMC, NCCMC
NCAMC President
Minute by Minute—November 2013—Page 2
“The Air I Breathe”
By: Elaine F. Hunt
District 3 Director
What are you most thankful for? Is it your spouse? Your children? Your job? Your accomplishments?
Your cars? Your house? Your cash? It is during this time of the year that families gather together and
give thanks!
Truly, we are thankful for families, for jobs, for friends, and material possessions; however, how many
can say that you are thankful for the air that you breathe? In other words, how many are grateful for
life—the gift of being alive.
“I read a poem about a person who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on the tombstone from beginning…..to the end.
He quoted that first came the date of birth, and spoke of the following date with tears.
He said what mattered most of all was the “Dash” between those years.
The dash represents all the time, that was spent alive on earth.
Now only those who loved him know what that little line is worth.
It matters not, how much we own: the cars, the house, the cash.
What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our ‘Dash.’”
We deserve nothing, but we are granted abundance. During this season of thanksgiving, count your
many blessings. Be thankful for all things and be thankful for the air that you breathe. It means more
than silver or gold, land or material riches. Life in itself is the magnificent blessing.
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!
Minute by Minute—November 2013—Page 3
2014
IIMCSummer
Region
III Conference
NCAMC
Academies
I & II
August 16-18, 2012, at the Marriott Winston-Salem
Greetings:
425 N Cherry St, Winston-Salem, NC 27101
On behalf of the Georgia Municipal Clerks & Finance Officers Association
and the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC), we would like to take
this opportunity to invite you to attend the IIMC 2014 Region III Conference to
be held January 15-17, 2014 in Albany, Georgia. This Conference will offer
many educational courses which are geared toward the Georgia Municipal
Clerk certification and the IIMC CMC or MMC certification. In addition, you will
have an opportunity to network with many other Clerks from Georgia, Florida,
Alabama, South Carolina, and North Carolina.
We would also like to invite you to take a tour, shop, and enjoy the City of
Albany during the Conference. The City of Albany, known as “The Good Life
City”, is friendly, attractive, welcoming, and offers many amenities that a premier Metropolitan Status City offers but with a hometown atmosphere. http://
visitalbanyga.com/images/uploads/files/2013_Visitor_Guide.pdf
We encourage you to register for this Conference and hope that you will enjoy the many events that have been planned. Should you have any questions
about the Conference, please do not hesitate to contact us.
http://www.gmcfoa.com/index.asp?SEC=09145F2B-CAF0-4E55-9CA7B852DA549BC0&Type=B_BASIC
We ask that you please share this registration information with other clerks
and finance officers in your state association. We look forward to seeing you
in Georgia soon!
Sincerely,
Gail Bembry, CMC
President
Georgia Municipal Clerks Association
Sonja Tolbert, CMC
Host City & Treasurer
Georgia Municipal Clerks Association
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Paula Pulley
20
Barbara Baker
21
Leigh Summerour
Diane Autry
Ann Katsuyoshi
22
Kelly Baker
DiAnne Enock
4
Cathy Whittington
Diane Pierce Tamplen
23
JoAnn Strickland
5
Phyllis McClure
24
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Elaine Bryan
Terry Bullock
Natashia McCants
Glenda Sansosti
Linda Brown
25
Jacqueline Nicholson
Melody Hancock
Holly Doerr
Pam Casey
26
Diana Davis
Juanita Owens
Jennifer Casstevens
28
Happy Thanksgiving
Veterans Day
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Kay Minton
Talece Hunter
Nancy Jackson
Jennifer Broderick
Daylight Savings Ends
Martha Wolfe
Ronda Lambert
Tammy Hatley
Angela Easter
Jennifer Richardson
Tamara Swanson
Vickie Brooks
13
Cheryl Bennett
Wilene Cunningham
14
Regina Alexander
Janis Moore
15
Tammy Drake
Mary Lucas
Rhonda Webb Amy Harvey
Betsy Nicholson
Gail Thomas
Leslie Crowder
Sandra Smith If you have an additional or correction to the
birthday calendar, please contact Biscoe Town Clerk
Laura Morton, at [email protected].
Minute by Minute—November 2013—Page 5
Thanksgiving Facts & Trivia
1. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November in the United States.
2. Thanksgiving Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October in Canada.
3. The Plymouth Pilgrims were the first to celebrate the Thanksgiving.
4. The pilgrims arrived in North America in December 1620.
5. The Pilgrims sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to reach North America.
6. The pilgrims sailed on the ship, which was known by the name of 'Mayflower'.
7. They celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day in the fall of 1621.
8. They celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day at Plymouth, Massachusetts.
9. The drink that the Puritans brought with them in the Mayflower was beer.
10. The Wampanoag Indians were the people who taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land.
11. The Pilgrim leader, Governor William Bradford, had organized the first Thanksgiving feast in the year 1621 and invited the
neighboring Wampanoag Indians also to the feast.
12. The first Thanksgiving feast was held in the presence of around ninety Wampanoag Indians and the Wampanoag chief,
Massasoit, was also invited there.
13. The first Thanksgiving celebration lasted three days.
14. President George Washington issued the first national Thanksgiving Day Proclamation in the year 1789 and again in
1795.
15. The state of New York officially made Thanksgiving Day an annual custom in 1817.
16. Sarah Josepha Hale, an editor with a magazine, started a Thanksgiving campaign in 1827 and it was the result of her efforts that in 1863 Thanksgiving was observed as a day for national thanksgiving and prayer.
17. Abraham Lincoln issued a 'Thanksgiving Proclamation' on the third of October1863 and officially set aside the last Thursday of November as the national day for Thanksgiving. Earlier the presidents used to make an annual proclamation to specify
the day when Thanksgiving was to be held.
18. President Franklin D. Roosevelt restored Thursday before last of November as Thanksgiving Day in the year 1939. He did
so to make the Christmas shopping season longer and thus stimulate the economy of the state.
19. Congress passed an official proclamation in 1941 and declared that now onwards Thanksgiving will be observed as a legal holiday on the fourth Thursday of November every year.
20. Benjamin Franklin wanted the turkey to be the national bird of the United States. But it was Thomas Jefferson who opposed him. It is believed that Franklin then named the male turkey as 'tom' to spite Jefferson.
21. The annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade tradition began in the 1920's.
22. Californians are the largest consumers of turkey in the United States.
23. When the Pilgrims arrived in North America, the clothing of the Native Americans was made of animal skins (mainly deer
skin).
24. By the fall of 1621 only half of the pilgrims, who had sailed on the Mayflower, survived. The survivors, thankful to be alive,
decided to give a thanksgiving feast.
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Minute by Minute—October 2013—Page 6
NC Clerk earns CMC Designation
Duval earns CMC designation
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North Carolina Clerk, Laura Duval has received the International Institute of Municipal Clerks Certified Municipal Clerk (CMC) designation.
Laura Duval, CMC began her career at the Town of Broadway as the Town Clerk in
January 2007. In October 2013 she received the International Institute of Municipals Clerks Certified Municipal Clerk (CMC) designation.
Laura joined NCAMC and IIMC in 2011, and was notified on October 6, 2013, that
she had obtained her CMC designation.
News from around the Clerk’s Association
♦
Congratulations to Donna F. Armbrister, MMC on her upcoming retirement. Donna will retire from the
Town of Hillsborough on November 1, 2013, with 20 years of service.
♦
Please keep Brenda Thorne, Deputy Clerk for the Town of Selma, in your prayers following the recent
loss of her husband, Royace.
♦
Please welcome our newest municipal clerks:
Stephanie Edwards Hobbs, the new Town Clerk of Surf City
Windy H. Davis, the new Deputy Clerk of Surf City and
Katherine Cathey , the new Town Clerk/Human Resources Director for the Town of Hillsborough.
2012 NCAMC Conference Rewind
A friend of mine was at the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds and found these postcards. A flashback
to our 2012 NCAMC Annual Conference in Winston
-Salem. Thought I would share this with everyone. Hope you get as a big a kick out of it as I did.
Dora Moore, MMC, NCCMC Town Clerk Town of Rural Hall Minute by Minute—November 2013—Page 7
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Annie Kohnen Award
Regional Clerk of the Year
Named in honor of Annie Kohnen, long time Scotland County Clerk, this award was established in 1999 and honors those clerks demonstrating the true spirit of public service exemplified by “Miss An‐
nie”. The award is given in recognition of the relentless work performed by clerks in each of our mu‐
nicipalities and counties. Public Service is a calling not for the weak but for those that are called to lead. What a great way to introduce this year’s Clerk of the Year. Those that work with her list her traits as: integrity, honesty, commitment, dedication, team player, principled work ethic, unwavering sense of community, thorough and professional. She is successful in doing all while maintaining a calming and gentle spirit. According to her council members, her thorough and accurate records and her willingness to inform her council of new legisla‐
tion affecting them and/or the citizens “keeps her board members out of trouble.” This clerk doesn’t wait to be asked but recognizes a need and fills it. She developed and main‐
tains her city’s website and is currently undertaking the daunting task of updating the Code of the City. She would be an award winner if we stopped right here. But this clerk doesn’t stop with just being great at her job. She is a team player, not only in her work but in her commu‐
nity. She always offers personal assistance with patience and respect. She helps keep her city clean by participating in the litter sweep, she participates in a day of caring with a local non‐profit and she lends a hand to help others learn to read through the Richmond County Literacy Council. Tammy Kirkley, Clerk for the City of Hamlet, we proudly recognize you as the LRCOG Clerk of the Year. Tammy Kirkley Minute by Minute—November 2013—Page 8
Ingredients
¼ cup butter, softened
6 garlic cloves, minced
1 turkey (22 to 24 pounds)
2 teaspoons salt
2 teaspoons pepper
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
1 turkey-size oven roasting bag
4 celery ribs, coarsely chopped
2 medium onions, sliced
Always-Tender Roasted Turkey
TOTAL TIME: Prep: 30 min. Bake: 3 hours + standing
Directions
1. In a small bowl, combine butter and garlic. Pat turkey dry. Carefully loosen skin
of turkey; rub butter mixture under the skin. Sprinkle salt and pepper over skin
of turkey and inside cavity. Skewer turkey openings; tie drumsticks together.
2. Place flour in oven bag and shake to coat. Place oven bag in a roasting pan; add
celery and onions. Place turkey, breast side up, over vegetables. Cut six 1/2-in.
slits in top of bag; close bag with tie provided.
3. Bake at 350° for 3 to 3-1/2 hours or until a meat thermometer reads 180°. Let
stand for 15 minutes before carving. Skim fat and thicken drippings if desired.
4. If preparing turkey the day before, pour drippings into a measuring cup; skim fat.
Arrange slices in an ungreased shallow roasting pan; pour drippings over turkey.
Cool completely. Cover and refrigerate overnight.
5. The next day, bake at 350° for 45-65 minutes or until heated through. Yield: 2224 servings.
Originally published as Always-Tender Roasted Turkey in Taste of Home's Holiday & Celebrations
Cookbook Annual 2008, p111
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