Extension Communications Extension 4-H Youth Building Ames, Iowa 50011-3630 (515) 294-9915

7/29/04

Contacts:
Paul Coates, Extension Political Science, (515) 294-1844, paulc@iastate.edu
Del Marks, Continuing Education and Communication Services, (515) 294-9807, delmarks@iastate.edu,
or municipal clerk listed at the end of this news release

___(Name)____ Receives Advanced City Clerk Training

___(Name)___, ___(Town)___ has completed the second session of a three-part curriculum in municipal management that leads to professional certification. The five-day Municipal Clerks Institute was conducted by Iowa State University Extension July 19-23 in Ames. Topics for the session ranged from group dymanics in city government to communications.

The session included a review of written communications used in city council business. There were presentations on community development, the use of the Internet, election administration, and fire service management.

The program is sponsored by the ISU Extension Office of State and Local Government Programs in conjunction with the Iowa Municipal Finance Officers Association. Instructors include ISU faculty, extension staff, bonding attorneys, accounting experts and city clerks who have completed the Institute. The Iowa State University program was one of the first offered in the United States, and is among the largest of 44 similar programs offered in other states and Canadian provinces.

Participants in session 2 will have the opportunity to attend the final session of the three-part curriculum in July 2005.

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Participants in the July training included the following:

Aurelia: Cindy Kai
Bagley: Kristi Irving
Bedford: Cindy L. Less
Blakesburg: Robin Russ
Boyden: Lori Wolkow
Colesburg: Tabatha Rhines
Danbury: Teresa Jacoby
Delhi: Cindy Kudrna
Dyersville: Tricia L. Maiers
Emerson: Michelle Faxon
Evansdale: Jane Walters
Gladbrook: Pat Clausen
Granger: Anita Ridlen
Greeley: Kari Pierschbacher
Hiawatha: Deb Larson
Hudson: Sue Theisen
Hull: Randy Feenstra
Humeston: Linda Hanson
Iowa Falls: Brent Hinson
Lehigh: Anita Walstrom
Lewis: Carrie Kirchhoff
Mapleton: Sara Girard
Melbourne: Marilyn Purdy
Morning Sun: Holly Fletcher
Mount Vernon: Sue Ripke
New Sharon: Cara Ferguson
Norway: Wendy Chesnes
Olin: Jean McPherson
Preston: Sheryl Sullivan
Sanborn: Brian Pals
Spencer: Robyn Larsen
Storm Lake: Jane Hill
Van Horne: Linda Clopping
Wapello: Celia Drayfahl
West Burlington: Kelly Fry and Leslie Sattler
Wheatland: Lauri Ganzer

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