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RES-2014-088 `rt <br /> ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING LEE SMITH, <br /> A NORTH CAROLINA LITERARY HALL OF FAME <br /> INDUCTEE FROM ORANGE COUNTY <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame celebrates and promotes the rich literary <br /> heritage of North Carolina by commemorating its leading authors and encouraging the <br /> continued flourishing of great literature; and <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame was established under the leadership of Sam <br /> Ragan, Poet Laureate and Southern Pines newspaper editor; and <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame was authorized by a Joint Resolution of the <br /> North Carolina General Assembly in July 1993, and formally established in May 1996 <br /> by a grant from the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources to the North <br /> Carolina Writers'Network; and <br /> WHEREAS, the North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame has recognized Lee Smith, who has significant <br /> ties to Orange County; and <br /> WHEREAS, Orange County takes pride in its historic role as a center of art and learning, and is proud <br /> to celebrate County residents as exemplars of the literary community whose words <br /> enrich our lives; <br /> NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the Orange County Board of Commissioners does hereby <br /> recognize and congratulate Lee Smith as an inductee into the North Carolina Literary <br /> Hall of Fame, and expresses its appreciation of her and her literary works as cultural <br /> assets representing Orange County. <br /> This the 9t'day of December 2014. <br /> Earl McKee, Chair <br /> Orange County Board of Commissioners <br /> ® '° _I <br /> i 1 <br />