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5 Eric Von Myers is the founder, head brewer, and CEO at Mystery Brewing, and he is here to advocate on behalf of Orange County Living Wage Employers for its outside agency request for an administrative assistant position. He said the brewery has 22 employees, and he pays a living wage to all of them. He highlighted the positive benefits of practicing business this way. Cordelia Heaney is the Executive Director for the Compass Center for Women and Families, which was a product of a 2012 merger of two long-standing agencies. She reviewed highlights of the past year and goals for the year ahead. She said she is here in support of the Compass Center's request for outside agency funding from Orange County. Lynne Gronback said she is a science teacher at Cedar Ridge High School (CRHS), and thanked the Orange County Schools (OCS) for their hard work on the budget this year. She said the majority of the teachers that work at CRHS do not live in Orange County, and 45% work a second job. She asked the BOCC to fully fund the requested OCS budget. Marywine Sherwood said she is with the Boys and Girls Club of Eastern Piedmont, and thanked the Board for its past support of the Club. She highlighted the strengths and positive outcomes of the Boys and Girls Club. She said she is here to ask the Board for its support of the Club's outside agency request. Kellie Porco is a teacher at CRHS and asked for the Board's support in fully funding the OCS budget request. Lindsey Huskins said she is a product of, and a teacher and parent in, the OCS. She said she is here to ask the Board to fully fund the OCS budget request. Tom Mullaney said he is new to North Carolina and is a teacher at Gravelly Hill Middle School in the OCS. He said he was very disheartened by the salaries offered to teachers in this State. He highlighted the wonderful teachers in OCS and asked the Board of County Commissioners to fully fund the OCS budget request. He said good teachers will be forced elsewhere if salaries do not increase. Josh Morelli said he is a parent of two children in the OCS, and he also asked the Board of County Commissioners to fully fund the OCS budget request. Dana White said she is a parent of four children in the OCS, and she asked the Board of County Commissioners to fully fund the OCS budget request. Johanna Johnson said she has been a teacher in the OCS for 17 years. She highlighted the many positive efforts that OCS has made to support her as a teacher over the years, but noted she has not had a pay raise in seven years. She asked the Board of County Commissioners to fully fund the OCS budget request. Peter Jocys said he is a teacher in the OCS, and is asking the Board to fully fund the OCS budget request for 2016-17. Lauren Sullivan said she and her spouse are teachers in the OCS, and she is here tonight to ask the Board of County Commissioners to fully fund the OCS budget request. Ashton Tippins said she is the Executive Director at Table, a non-profit providing nutritional meals and education for children, which feeds 500 children each week. She asked the Board to please fund Table's outside agency funding request. Sharon A. Hill is with the Big Brothers and Big Sisters of the Triangle, and she is here to ask for the Board's support in their request for outside agency funding. Doreen Wilson is a parent of a child in the OCS, and she is here tonight to ask the Board to fully fund the OCS budget request. Susan Rivenbark said she is a school nurse in the OCS, and she is here tonight representing the school nurses of the District. She said she is asking the Board to support the certified status with supplement increases for nurses by fully funding the OCS budget requests. Sophi Nissier, Veronica Douglas, Jessica Dawson and Lila Duffey are students at CRHS. They voiced how much their teachers have inspired them and how much they mean to