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WHEREAS, Sergeant Wagner carried out his duties of combat patrolling, force protection, <br />convoy security, and fire marshal with competence and courage in a hostile fire zone; and <br />WHEREAS, Sergeant Wagner and his fellow unit members returned from overseas service in <br />early 2005; and <br />WHEREAS, Sergeant Wagner returned safely to resume his duties as Orange County's <br />Assistant Fire Marshal in early February 2005; <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />does hereby express its gratitude and appreciation to Jerry Wagner for his selfless service, <br />dedication to duty, loyalty, and bravery in representing his community and his country while <br />promoting the development of democracy in Iraq. <br />This, the 15th day of February, 2005. <br />VOTE: UNANIMOUS <br />7. Special Presentations <br />a. Orange County Arts Grant Recipients <br />The Board presented checks to local artists and arts organizations receiving Orange <br />County Arts Grants. <br />Dianne Reid explained the process of selecting the recipients of the grants. She said <br />that the application is downloadable. There is always an information session six weeks before <br />the application deadline for people interested in applying. <br />Arts Director Martha Shannon said that in the fall they had 24 requests totaling $25,920. <br />They were able to partially ar fully fund 22 of these requests, totaling $18,856. <br />Chair Carey announced the recipients of the grants as follows: <br />Carrboro Arts Committee - <br />Cedar Ridge High School Winter Drumline - <br />Chapel Hill Community Chorus - <br />Iris Thompson Chapman - <br />CHICLE Institute - <br />Choreo Collective - <br />Deep Dish Theater Company - {not present} <br />Footnotes Tap Ensemble - <br />Friends of the Carrboro Branch Library - <br />Robert Gilgor - <br />Grady A. Brown Elementary School Cultural <br />Isabella Women's Solo Vocal Ensemble - <br />Cornelia Kip Lee - <br />NC Youth Tap Ensemble - <br />Patrick Herron <br />Eric Hoefler <br />Jim Wright <br />Andrea McAfee <br />Miriam Palacio <br />Bridget Kelley & Sarah Covington <br />Eliza Parker <br />Nerys Levy & Jake Lehrer <br />Nerys Levy & Bryna Gilgor <br />Enrichment Committee - Libbie Hough <br />Mary Lycan <br />Cornelia Kip Lee <br />Laura Matrazzo, Kara Stith, <br />& Luke Hicke <br />One Song Productions - Kiernan McGowan & Tamsin Green <br />Orange County Artists Guild - Anita Mills <br />PlayMakers Repertory Company - (not present) <br />Andrew Ross - (not present) <br />Southern Review. Inc.- Charleen Swansea <br />