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Thank you well this is quite an honor I'm

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astounded and humbled by it listening
to all the other people talking you

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almost don't know what to
say but I must say that I'm

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a product of Charlottesville city schools.

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I was 1st supported and
encouraged to do my best as

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a student by Miss Florence Buford at Clark
School she I guess would you could call

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her as one of my mentors and
I went on to take French at

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Charlottesville but it was
lane high school then with

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a Mrs Mico who changed her name
several times. And then I finish my

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education and decided I was going to be

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a French teacher much to the chagrin
of my father who wanted me to be

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a secretary. But I finally did make
it to Albemarle high school and

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I worked with Mr Herbert and with Mary
Lederman for many years as the chairman of

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the foreign language department I had many
excellent in views Yass to students and

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I really enjoyed all of my time here at
Albemarle kind of sorry to leave but

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you know there's always

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a time to go and I retire there she
said as he said in 2000 and then

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unfortunately they were my church needed

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a secretary so I actually got to come
full circle and be that Secretary that my

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father wanted me to be. I taught for
23 years in the same classroom here in

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Albemarle high school and I taught 2 other
years at Walton and now I have been my

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secretary in my secretary position for 15
years. I continue my teaching skills and

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I still enjoy teaching and I still enjoy
seeing enthusiastic faces when I'm

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looking out at people that are listening
to me and hoping that I'm guiding them in

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the right way again I thank the alumni
association and I thank Mary for nominating

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me this is

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a great honor. Thank you I've.

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Never.