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1 <br /> C31 <br /> Montrose <br /> P. O. 957, Hillsborough, N.C., 2 7 2 7 8 <br /> August 9, 2 0 0 2. <br /> Mr. John Link, <br /> Orange County Manager, <br /> Hillsborough <br /> Dear John, <br /> First of all, thank you so much for the most helpful <br /> meeting we held last week on the restoration of the town <br /> clock. It was comforting to see that we are all in agreement <br /> on how to proceed, and we are most grateful for the <br /> County's commitment to rehabilitate the tower while the <br /> clock is away for restoration. <br /> I would like to make certain also that the plans we have <br /> developed for a plaque to be erected somewhere in the <br /> Court House after the restoration is complete are <br /> agreeable to the County. As you know this project is <br /> perhaps unique in our experience as a cooperative venture <br /> among the County, the Town, and the private sector, with <br /> the three sharing expenses about equally. We are in the <br /> midst of a campaign to raise $30,000 and have been <br /> saying to potential private donors that if they make <br /> substantial donations they will be recognized on some <br /> kind of plaque. I appreciate that we must confirm this with <br /> you and would like to do so. Our thinking has been to <br /> erect a tasteful plaque in some appropriate place <br /> containing the names of the members of the County and <br /> Town Commissioners and all private donors who have <br /> made gifts of at least $1000. We would, or course, expect <br /> to bear all the costs of such a plaque and to submit a <br />