*Joseph
McGuire of Asheville received the
Distinguished Leadership Award from the National
Association for Community Leadership. McGuire, an
Asheville attorney and partner in the firm of
McGuire, Wood & Bissett, is past president of
the Leadership Asheville Forum, the alumni
association for Leadership Asheville and
Leadership Asheville Seniors. He is the 1999
recipient of Leadership Asheville Forum's Circle
of Excellence.
*Jeff
Lane, an aide to Senate Democratic
Minority Leader Tom Daschle, D-S.D., has been
hired by Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.) as his new
chief of staff. He replaces Karen Robb, who
resigned in January to work for the White House.
Lane is a Duke law school graduate who had been
Daschle's administrative assistant. He'll start
in July.
*
Miss Topsail Island -- UNC-Pembroke senior Lorna
McNeill of Lumberton, was crowned Miss
North Carolina last week. McNeill, 23, believes
she is the first Lumbee Indian to win the title.
* State
Rep. Steve Wood of High Point,
one of only three incumbent legislators to lose
in the May party primaries, said he is leaving
the Republican Party and will run as a Reform
Party candidate this fall to try to keep the seat
he's held for 14 years. Wood was expelled from
the House Republican caucus last year after
voting with Democrats in election for House
Speaker. Elections officials were trying to
determine whether Wood can legally get on the
November ballot for his House seat.
* Dan
Shephard, 41, was elected vice president
and treasurer of Martin Marietta Materials
Inc.Shephard, who has been with the Raleigh-based
company since 1989, currently serves as president
of the Magnesia Specialities unit and have
ovesight responsibility for the comapny's
information systems function.
* The Democratic Party of North
Carolina announced the names of the delegates who
will attend the national party's nominating
convention. Attending will be 75 Gore delegates,
13 Bradley delegates and 13 alternates. The 15
super delegates will be state party Chairman Barbara
Allen of Raleigh; Gov. Jim Hunt,
U.S. Sen. John Edwards (D-N.C.),
Cong. Eva Clayton (D-1st), Cong.
Bob Etheridge (D-2nd), Cong. David
Price (D-4th), Cong. Mike
McIntyre (D-7th), Cong. Mel Watt
(D-12th), Sen. Frank Ballance
(D-Warren), Rep. Dan Blue
(D-Wake), Revenue Secretary Muriel
Offerman, Mandy Carter
of Durham, Jeanette Council of
Fayetteville, Everett Ward of
Raleigh and Jim Young of
Greenville.
* Norris Tolson,
the former legislator who served as Commerce
secretary and Transportation secretary before
running unsuccessfully in the Democratic
gubernatorial primary, was elected by the state
House to fill a vacancy on the State Board of
Community Colleges. Tolson defeated John Shaw, a
banker from Dunn, by a 59-48 vote. He will
complete the term of Sharon Allred Decker of
Charlotte, who resigned. The term expires June
30, 2003.
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