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NOV 18 1990 BOOK. 45:.PAtE Z3I FORMER COMMISSIONER DEESON EXPRESSED HIS THANKS FOR HAVING HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE ON THE BOARD AND GAVE THE NEW BOARD HIS WARMEST REGARDS AND BEST WISHES. FORMER COMMISSIONER LOY THEN CAME FORWARD TO MAKE A FEW REMARKS AND TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THOSE WHO HAVE HELPED HER OVER THE YEARS - THE CITIZENS FOR GIVING HER THE OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE - THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE HELPED HER DURING THE LAST 12 YEARS THE MEDIA FOR THEIR COOPERATION IN GIVING COMPLETE AND UNBIASED COVERAGE TO COUNTY EVENTS - AND HER PERSONAL FAMILY AND BUSINESS FAMILY, WITHOUT WHOSE HELP IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN POSSIBLE FOR HER TO PUT THE COUNTY FIRST DURING THE PAST 12 YEARS. SHE NOTED THAT COUNTY GOVERNMENT IS ONLY AS STRONG AS THE DEMONSTRATED COOPERATION AND MUTUAL RESPECT AMONG ALL OFFICIALS AND STATED THAT ONE OF THE JOYS OF HER PAST 12 YEARS OF SERVICE ON THE BOARD WAS BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH SUCH AN OUTSTANDING GROUP OF MEN, MISS LOY THEN COMPLIMENTED COMMISSIONER WODTKE FOR HIS YEARS OF DEDICATION AND DEVOTION TO SERVING THE PUBLIC, CHAIRMAN LYONS FOR HIS DEDICATION TO POSITIVE ACTIONS, AND FORMER COMMISSIONER DEESON FOR BEING A VITAL PART OF THE TEAM WITH HIS FINANCIAL ADVICE AND STRONG FAITH, WHICH SET AN EXAMPLE FOR ALL, SHE ASKED MR. DEESON TO COME FORWARD AND PRESENTED HIM WITH A BOOK, MISS LOY NEXT ASKED FORMER COMMISSIONER SIEBERT TO COME FORWARD, COMMENTING WHAT A JOY IT HAD BEEN TO WORK WITH HIM OVER THE YEARS AND ESPECIALLY TO SEE HIS LONG YEARS OF HARD WORK ON CREATION OF THE FIRE DISTRICTS COME TO FRUITION, SHE PRESENTED MR. SIEBERT WITH A SCRAPBOOK COMMEMORATING HIS ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN HIS YEARS ON THE BOARD. MISS LOY THEN EXPRESSED HER BEST WISHES TO THE NEW COMMISSIONERS, NOTING THAT THEY NOW HAVE A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY BEFORE THEM, AND SHE HOPED THAT THE FORMER COMMIS- SIONERS HAVE HELPED PREPARE THE WAY FOR THE NEW MEMBERS TO MAKE THEIR JOB MORE PRODUCTIVE AND REWARDING. CHAIRMAN LYONS RECESSED THE MEETING BRIEFLY.