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67 <br /> <br />DRAFT <br /> <br /> The Board of Commissioners for the County of Cabarrus met in regular <br />session in the Commissioners' Meeting Room at the Cabarr~s County Governmental <br />Center in Concord, North Carolina on Monday, April 23, 2001, at 6:30 p.m. By <br />resolution adopted on February 19, 2001, the Board changed the regular meeting <br />date from April 16 to April 23. The Notice changing the regular meeting <br />schedule was published in THE INDEPENDBNT TRIBUN~ on March 1, 2001 and in THE <br />CF2%RLOTTB OBSBRVBR (cabarrus Neighbors) on March 4, 2001. <br /> <br /> Present - Chairman: A~-ne L. Fennel <br /> Vice Chairman: Robert W. Carruth <br /> Commissioners: Robert M. Freeman <br /> Coy C. Privette <br /> Richard D. Suggs <br /> <br /> Also present were Mr. Frank W. Clifton, Jr., County Manager; Mr. Michael <br />Burgher, Attorney with Hartsell, Hartsell & White; and Mrs. Frankle F. Bonds, <br />Clerk to the Board. <br /> <br /> Chairman Fennel called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. <br /> <br /> Girl Scout Cadette Troop 118 of Rocky River Presbyterian Church <br />conducted the Flag Ceremony. Scouts participating in the ceremony were Raegan <br />House, Taylor Honse, Kelly Pippin and Patricia Pippin. <br /> <br /> Reverend Ron Bushey, Assistant Pastor at Young Memorial Baptist Church, <br />gave the invocation. <br /> <br /> U~ON MOTION of Commissioner Privette, seconded by Commissioner Suggs and <br />April 10, 2001 as written. <br /> <br /> P~ECOGNITIONS AND PRESENTATIONS <br /> <br /> Procl~Ation - Cabarrus County Day of Prayer (May 3, 2001) - Chairman Fennel <br /> <br /> UPON MOTION of Chairman Fennel, seconded by Commissioner Freeman and <br /> unanimously carried, the Board adopted the following Proclamation. <br /> <br /> CABARRUS COUNTY <br /> DAY OF PR~YER <br /> First Thursday of May <br /> PROCLAMATION <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the first Thursday of May has been designated as the NATIONAL <br /> DAY OF PRAYER; and <br /> WHEREAS, Jeremiah 29:12-13 states, ~Then you will call upon Me, and go <br /> and pray to Me, and I will listen to you. And you will seek Me and find Me, <br /> when you search for Me with all your heart;" and <br /> WHEBEAS,..the vast majority of citizens in Cabarrus County believe in the <br /> Judeo-Christian %alues that have made and keep our country great; and <br /> WHEREAS, we all need to continually give thanks to God for his many <br /> blessings in our lives and to pray for those in authority (I Timothy 2:1-2) <br /> and for our county, our state and our nation; and <br /> WHEREAS, Jeremiah 29 says to pray for God's guidance in your life and <br /> that of our country; and <br /> WHEREAS, Isaiah 59 says to exercise humility and repentance with <br /> confession for yourself and for our nation, praying that our country will <br /> return to its spiritual roots; and <br /> WHERF~%S, I Timothy 2 and Romans 12 tell us to pray that the people of <br />our nation would respect one another and be bound together beyond racial and <br />religious barriers, asking for Sod's un%ty to restore the people. <br /> THEREFORE, the Caharrus County Board of Commissioners declares that the <br />first Thursday in May this year (May 3, 2001} and each subsequent year be <br />declared The A~nual Cabarrus County Day of Prayer. And, that all citizens <br />join us in praying for our nation, our state, our county and ourselves. <br /> Adopted this the 23~ day of April, 2001. <br /> <br />.... /s/ Arne L. Fennel <br /> Arne L. Fennel, Chairman <br /> Cabarr~s County Board of <br /> Commissioners <br /> <br /> chairman Fennel announced that the Chairman,s Prayer Breakfast would be <br />held on Saturday, May S, at 8:09 a.m. at McGill Baptist Church. United States <br />Representative Robin Hayes will be the guest speaker. <br /> <br /> <br />