Contact: Kathy Zieger: 240-777-2528
For Immediate Release: July 8, 2002

Duncan Seeks Applicants to fill Vacancies
On The Martin Luther King Commemorative
Committee

County Executive Douglas M. Duncan is seeking applicants to fill two vacancies for representatives of the general public on the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Committee.

This committee plans and implements Montgomery County's annual program to observe the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Additionally, the committee works to promote greater public awareness of the contributions of Dr. King and foster the ideals and goals which Dr. King espoused.

The committee includes up to ten members of the general public and fifteen primary and alternate representatives of various county and city agencies and departments. Members serve two-year terms without compensation. Meetings are held in the Executive Office Building in Rockville on the first Monday evening of each month at 6:15 p.m.

Applicants should write by August 2 to County Executive Douglas M. Duncan at the Executive Office Building, 101 Monroe Street, Rockville, MD 20850. A brief resume including home and work telephone numbers should be enclosed.