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IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Congratulating)
Margaret "Maggie" Skinner ) Resolution No. 86/285
Moraga Citizen of the Year,1986)
WHEREAS Maggie Skinner has been selected as Moraga' s
eighth Citizen of the Year; and
WHEREAS Maggie Skinner and her husband, Stanley, have
been residents of Moraga since 1968, and have two sons,
Steven and Ronald; and
WHEREAS Maggie Skinner regretted that Moraga did not
have a library of its own, and joined the Moraga Community
Association, which was studying a new library; and
WHEREAS Maggie Skinner chaired the new library' s site
selection/building design committee, the work of which
resulted in a handsome, comfortable and exceptionally
inviting library ambiance; and
WHEREAS Maggie Skinner worked on the Book Fair for the
Friends of the Moraga Library for eighteen years, and
chaired the book sorting committee for six years; and
WHEREAS Maggie Skinner sensed that Moraga' s recorded
past would slip away and set about organizing Brother
Dennis ' and other citizens ' collections of historical
records, documents and memorabilia; and
WHEREAS Maggie Skinner dedicated uncountable hours to
setting up the Moraga Archives in the Moraga Library where
maps, files, grant deeds, oral histories, cattle brands,
newspaper articles and other tangible mementos of Moraga' s
rich historical past can be studied and examined; and
WHEREAS Maggie Skinner offered her time and talents to
her sons ' schools as a Spanish teacher and computer tutor,
to the Boy Scouts and to her church; and
WHEREAS Maggie Skinner is a remarkable example of the
quintessential full-time volunteer and mother;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of
Supervisors of the County of Contra Costa, California hereby
CONGRATULATES Maggie Skinner upon her selection as Moraga
Citizen of the Year and COMMENDS her exceptional diligence
in preserving Moraga' s recorded history through her ongoing
work at the Moraga Archives.
PASSED AND ADOPTED on May 20, 1986, by unanimous vote of
the Board members present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and
correct copy of a resolution entered in the minutes of the
Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness by hand and the seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed this
twentieth day of May, 1986 .
Attested: Phil Batchelor, Clerk of
the Board of Supervisors and County
Administrator.
By ° Deputy Clerk
Introduced by
Superv' or Nancy C. Fanden
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