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in the CHCCS since 2001. Also, 17% more OCS high school students have never smoked <br />during that time, and 9°~ more have never smoked in the CHCCS. <br />Max Streen; Stephanie Willis, Health Education Coordinator far CHCCS; and Donna <br />Williams, Health Education Coordinator for OCS came forward. <br />Matt Streen introduced Paul Johnson, a youth representative from Cedar Ridge High <br />School. Paul Johnson accepted the award on behalf of the Eastern District of North Carolina <br />Public Health Commission. <br />Resolution honoring Tommy D. Leonard <br />Commissioner Halkiotis thanked the Board of County Commissioners far agreeing to <br />honor Mr. Leonard. He said that people should be honored while they are still alive. He said <br />that Mr. Leonard is a wonderful human being that worked for Orange County Schools. He read <br />the resolution, as follows: <br />ORANGE C~UNlY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br />RESOLUTION HONORING <br />TOMMY D. LEONARD <br />WHEREAS, in 1957, Tammy D. Leonard was discharged from the United States Army on <br />Sunday and began teaching for the Orange County School System on the following Monday; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, Tommy D. Leonard assumed his duties as a Teacher of Agriculture at the old <br />Hillsborough High School and then on to Orange High School; and <br />WHEREAS, he continued his teaching career until his retirement in 1987 and now has <br />announced that he plans to return to his birthplace in Lexington, North Carolina; and <br />WHEREAS, his teaching career was marked by countless hours of dedicated service to both <br />students, parents, and community; and <br />WHEREAS, he successfully transitioned through each and every yearly and sometimes monthly <br />redesign of the curriculum and teaching methodology by North Carolina Department of Public <br />Instruction (NCDPI); and <br />WHEREAS, Tommy D. Leonard always considered his students and their total development <br />first; and <br />WHEREAS, he was years ahead of the State of North Carolina in bath the need to achieve <br />desired outcomes and the ultimate goal of creating responsible and good citizens; and <br />WHEREAS, he spent countless hours in activities with his students for which he never received <br />any compensation, including escorting students to Future Farmers of America summer camp at <br />White Lake, North Carolina where he was ably assisted by his late wife, Nadine Leonard; and <br />