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Gaston County Commission

Commendations & Proclamations

On December 11, 2008 the Board of Commissioners:

Select from the following to view commendations and proclamations from past meetings:

2008

• October 23, 2008 - Staff Sergeant Johnny Paysour
• September 25, 2008 - Long-Term Care Residents' Rights Week; Domestic Violence Awareness Month; Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week; Officer Dwight Smith; Officer Charles Schmidt; Erika Labott
• August 28, 2008 - Kathy Caldwell
• August 14, 2008 - Community Blood Donor Day; Staff Sergeant Mildred Le Ann Brunt
• July 24, 2008 - Staff
• May 22, 2008 - County Employees for Services During Tornado; Gaston 2012 Student Entrepreneurial Finalists and Contest Winners; Stroke Prevention Month
• April 10, 2008 - Lieutenant Colonel Roger Davis; Andrew Lay; Public Health Month; Child Abuse Prevention Month; Volunteer Week; GEMS LifeNet Program
• March 13, 2008 - The ECA Honor Club and the Extension & Community Association; United Way Coordinators; April 13-19, 2008 as Public Safety Telecommunicators Week; March as Professional Social Workers Month

2007

• December 11, 2007 - Information Technology department - InfoWorld 100; Dr. Robert Crouch; 2007 North Carolina Awards for Outstanding Volunteer Service
• November 8, 2007 - Adoption Awareness Month; Gaston County Family Week
• October 23, 2007 - Vickie Riddle; Susan Lockridge and Pam Hastings
• September 25, 2007 - Nicole Woods Day; Resident's Rights Week
• September 13, 2007 - Domestic Violence Awareness Month; Constitution Week; Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week; Gaston County Health Department; Gaston County Information Technology Department; Alan Carpenter
• August 7, 2007 - 4-H President's Volunteer Service Award Recipients; John Chavis Middle School Baseball Champions; Miss Gastonia Week; Mount Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church
• July 26, 2007 - Gaston Day School Varsity Gilrs Basketball Team; Sanisha Long
• June 26, 2007 - Gaston County Police Department; Michael Flowers; Jeffrey Isenhour; Edgar Tucker; Pruett Black
• June 12, 2007 - Miss Gastonia, Miss Gaston County, Miss Gaston County Outstanding Teen, Miss Gastonia Outstanding Teen
• May 22, 2007 - Jimmy Merrill; Sallie Crawford; Gaston 2012Student Entrepreneurial Contest Winners; Partnership for Children
• May 10, 2007 - Foster Care Month; Law Enforcement Week and Peace Officer's Memorial Day; Senior Games
• April 26, 2007 - Virginia Tech University; Older Americans Month; Small Business Week; Day of Prayer; Respect for Law Week; Gaston Memorial Hospital
• April 10, 2007 - Ed Feemster; Child Abuse Prevention Month; Volunteer Week; Public Safety Telecommunicators Week; Public Health Month; Andrew Lay
• March 22, 2007 - Alpha Kappa Alpha Month
• March 8, 2007 - Billy Farris
• February 22, 2007 - Gloria Barton Snyder; Capt. Tony Robinson; Boy Scout Troop 7; Boy Scout Troop 22
• February 6, 2007 - Patsy Walker; Stanley Police Department; Centralina Council of Government Excellence in Planning and Community Investment Award; 2006 Gaston County Employees of the Year
• January 9, 2007 - Union Road Optimist Club; Gale Bess

2006

• December 12, 2006 - Gastonia Police Officer Keith Quinn; Officer John Gardner and Officer Christoper McAuley; IT Regional Award
• November 9, 2006 - Adoption Awareness Month
• October 26, 2006 - 505th Battalion; Gaston County Family Week
• October 10, 2006 - Gloria Bryson
• September 26, 2006 - Residents' Rights Week
• September 14, 2006 - Ralph W. Kenter Employee Productivity Award
• August 29, 2006 - Constitution Week
• August 14, 2006 - AA Coach Pitch District and State Champions; Tyler Brown
• July 11, 2006 - Gaston County Health Department; Jill Pruett; Mike Mauney
• June 19, 2006 - Ashbrook High School Students; Jessica Stanley; Larry Hurlocker; Danny Garrett; Jim Pharr; Bill Beasley; United States Army; United States National Motto; Proclamation of HIV Testing Day
• June 6, 2006 - Hunter Huss Cheerleading Squad
• May 23, 2006 - Proclamation of Foster Care Month
• May 9, 2006 - South Point Volunteer Fire Department; Proclamations of Law Enforcement Week; Peace Officer's Memorial Day; Older Americans Month; Emergency Medical Services Week; Teacher Appreciation Week; Workforce Development Professionals Month
• April 27, 2006 - Senator James S. Forrester
• April 25, 2006 - Dwight Frady; Denise Andrews; Gaston County Parks and Recreation; Piedmont Charter School; Proclamations of No TV Week and A Day of Prayer
• March 20, 2006 - Miss Gastonia; Proclamations of Small Business Week and Boys and Girls Club Week
• March 2, 2006 - Board of Health
• February 7, 2006 - 2005 Gaston County Employees of the Year; Coretta Scott King; JoAnne Isom, 4-H Volunteer; Mark Elders, Beekeepers Association; Sylvia Fogle, Master Gardners; Bob Koehler, Quality of Natural Resources Commission; Patti Plaksin, Senior Health Insurance Information Program
• January 26, 2006 - Stanley Blue Devils
• January 24, 2006 - Boys and Girls Club Chiefs; Good Samaritans

2005

• December 5, 2005 - Bob Morgan; The Salvation Army and Its Many Dedicated Volunteers; The Gaston Chapter of the American Red Cross and Its Many Dedicated Volunteers; The United Way of Gaston County and Its Many Dedicated Volunteers; Proclamation of Coretta's Book Literature Week
• November 7, 2005 - Ms. Johnnie Harris; Mr. Joe Albright; Proclamation of Gaston County Family Week
• October 11, 2005 - Mr. Chris Cash; Trentavis Friday; Proclamation of Domestic Violence Awareness Month