[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 74 (Monday, May 19, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E993-E994]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       TRIBUTE TO NANCY LUKENBILL

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                             HON. SAM FARR

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                          Monday, May 19, 2003

  Mr. FARR. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the public service and 
personal commitment of Nancy Lukenbill to the Monterey County 
government of the State of California. She joined the Monterey County 
workforce on October 6, 1969 as staff clerk in the Office of the 
Monterey County Clerk where she began a career of service that lasted 
34 years. She has provided the County with dedicated and reliable work, 
characteristics in line with the quality of her person. Her poise and 
helpfulness moved her quickly up the ranks and she became the Clerk to 
the Board of Supervisors of Monterey County in January of 1976, a 
position she has held until her recent retirement.
  Nancy's attention to detail and extraordinary intelligence make her a 
treasure trove of Monterey County stories over the last 34 years. She 
starred in my County Supervisor TV commercial, displaying her on-camera 
hair-dos that attest to her stylish and tremendous personality. Her 
office was a place of comfort for Supervisors and county employees, and 
never letting her personal politics intrude, Nancy's discretion around 
politicians made her stand out as the resource for impartial 
information. She was the pulse, the heartbeat of the Monterey County 
Board of Supervisors because supervisors would come and go, including 
yours truly, but for 27 years, Nancy was the rock. She was the go-to 
person if you needed something done. Everybody knows she makes the 
County function, and the County has been fortunate to have her for so 
long.
  Instrumental in bringing the 21st Century and the Internet to the 
Board's office, Nancy constantly appealed to her wholehearted 
conviction that local citizens have the untouchable right to access the 
business of their County electeds. However, with all of the 
technological advancement, she never lost touch with the County 
scribe's necessary skills from when she first signed up for the job. 
She always took shorthand notes of County meetings despite the presence 
of videotapes and tape-recorders. This makes her one for the ages.
  The County has enjoyed her loyalty and her impeccable work for almost 
34 years, and she will be sorely missed. On behalf of this House, I 
want to commend Nancy Lukenbill on her commitment to the people of 
Monterey County

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and her commitment to public's right to access their government. 
Monterey County is a far better government because of her service. I 
join all the Supervisors she served under in wishing her husband Larry, 
her son Lance and her grandchildren a great new life together and 
thanking her for making the job of Clerk of the Board an exemplary one.

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