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<br /> ..-,----_..-- ---- -,~-----"- --.._-~-- -_.-- ..>,_.,,, ----,-- <br /> .fi'-."" (!;...- c2.-; e..~ <br /> . <br /> . <br /> '. INTERNA TioNAl INSTiTUTE <br /> of MUNicipAl ClERks <br /> 160 NORTH AL TAOENA DRIVE . PASADENA, CALIFORNIA 91107 . (818) 795-6153 <br /> NEWS RELEASE DATE: Upon Receipt CONTACT: J. Hunnewe II <br /> MUNICIPAL CLERKS TO PROMOTE <br /> THE WORTH ot LOCAL GOVERNMENT <br /> Thousands of county, city, town, township, village and borough clerks throughout <br /> the United States and Canada will observe MUNICIPAL CLERK'S WEEK during May <br /> 10-16, 1987. Sponsored by the International Institute of Municipal Clerks (IIMC) <br /> this observance has been taking place for the past 17 years. <br /> IIMC President Helen Kawagoe, City Clerk of Carson, Cal ifornia, announced <br /> . that this year's purpose of MUNICIPAL CLERK'S WEEK has been expanded to inform <br /> the public of the worth of local government. <br /> Mrs. Kawagoe, in her proclamation implementing MUNICIPAL CLERK'S WEEK, <br /> pointed out that local government "has had to cope with maintaining current <br /> services and adding new services often mandated by federal and judicial <br /> directives, on a revenue basis that is gradually diminishing." <br /> Mrs. Kawagoe pointed out that "the office of Municipal Clerk is the agency <br /> to which citizens most often turn to in order to learn of specific services, <br /> functions, and actions of their local government." <br /> Therefore, she has requested the 8,000 members of the IIMC to "inform the <br /> public of the worth of local government and the high productivity and efficiency <br /> levels of services provided." She urged that the municipal clerks stress the <br /> "importance of preserving local programs and maintaining and building the <br /> . organization that delivers these services." <br /> OVER <br /> -----~--- <br />