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CITIZEN OF THE YEAR — 1998 NOMINEE NAME: MARY I. YELLE -CAPRA ADDRESS: 1810 FOX RUN CENTERVILLE, MN 55038 WHY NOMINEE SHOULD BE AWARDED CITIZEN OF THE YEAR 1. ORGANIZATIONS NOMINEE IS ASSOCIATED WITH: Centerville Economic Development Committee Centerville Elementary School Historical Society Boy Scouts of America St. Genevieve Church 2. TASKS INITIATED AND /OR ACCOMPLISHED: Centerville Economic Development Committee — Mary Capra not only participates in the meetings and decisions, but also is continually working on projects. She was very instrumental as co -chair of the Design Team visit to Centerville. She has taken it upon herself to research, prepare presentations, talk to people, and in a nutshell, make it happen. Mary is committed to Centerville. Centerville Elementary School — Mary Capra is endowed with inexhaustible supplies of compulsive, creative, brain power. One of the recipients of this creativity is our own Centerville Elementary School. When researching behind the scenes of the hard work on a project related to the school, you would see Mary Capra's hands in there somewhere, from the play ground, to the children crossing street lights, to fence removal, to the new sign, to the "special" education needs for those children who need special help. Mary is working for a better world for everyone's child. Historical Committee — Mary Capra's interests also expand to the historical aspect of our small city with her own twist of humanity on it. (For example; Mary wants to take a picture of a "memory quilt" of Mari Nelson's recently deceased mother's clothing, putting the picture and a note in the Anoka County Historical Museum to record what one person in today's time period did to help herself through the loss of her mother.) Another avenue is Mary's work on the Lifetime Achievement Award. She contacted citizens, gathered information and photographs for the " Wall of Fame" in City Hall. 1