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2005 - (' 7 <br />te <br />11 <br />^jl ��vq <br />of <br />r <br />P� <br />014c TCce Tnuntg -6attrb of Tommiiiiiiancra <br />&ESaluttnn <br />RESOLUTION IJONORING TI -IE MEMORY OF <br />JAMES - JIM' DAL LFON GARNER, JR. <br />WHEREAS, Jim Garner unselfishly dedicated over 21 years of service to Lee County with great distinction <br />and success, passed away on February 4. 2005: and <br />WHEREAS, Jim Garner enriched the Lee County community by his public services beginning as a Social <br />Worker Trainec in 1983, was selected Employee of the Year in 1990, was appointed Adult Services Supervisor in 1991 <br />and in 1992 took on the additional responsibilities of Child Support Supervisor, and <br />Will ,REAS, Jim Garner established tire 'Community Social Services Assistant" program and began the <br />"Community Alternative Program for Disabled Adults" in Lee County; and <br />WHEREAS, Jim Garner worked with organizations ranging from Emergency Management, Lee County MIS <br />Department, and numerous colleges and universities within North Carolina; and <br />WI- IEREAS_ Jim Garner supervised the JOY Program and volunteer services until other agencies assumed <br />the roles of coordination for these programs; and <br />WHEREAS, Jim Gamer co- founded - The Fuel Fund for the Elderly and Disabled" program, which is <br />privately funded from businesses, organizations and individuals; <br />NOW, 1IIFREFORE, BE IT RESOLVFD that the Lee County Board of Commissioners hereby honors the <br />memory of James -- Jim" Gamer for a life of outstanding service, contribution, and exemplary leadership by amending <br />the time Fuel Fund for the Elderly and Disabled to The Jim Gamer Fuel Fund for the Elderly and Disabled as <br />approved by the Lee County Department of Social Services Board on February 15, 2005. <br />BE II' FURTHER RESOLVED that this Resolution be spread upon the March 21, 2005, minutes of the Lee <br />County Board of Commissioners as a permanent record of the achievement f an espect for one of Lee County's <br />finest employees, and that the original be presented to the family of Jam "Jim" Garner ith sincere sy y and <br />appreciation. �—� % <br />I <br />AVEST: Herbert A. Iiincks, Chairrnan <br />Lee, Clerk <br />1 <br />