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23rd State Biennial Conference the newly elected and re-elected officers. The new State
By Terry Mangum – State Immediate Past President Executive Board members are:
I would like to begin by thanking our Brothers and Sis- President, Randy Hagler
ters of the Harold C. Enloe Lodge 1 for hosting our Fall Vice President, Bobby Gaddy
Board of Directors meeting and our 23rd Biennial Confer- Secretary, Lynn Wilson
ence. They did an outstanding job of planning events for Treasurer, Ron Wyatt
our enjoyment and I am sure everyone in attendance had a 2nd Vice President, Chuck Kimble
wonderful time. I know I did. I would also like to thank Sergeant-At-Arms, Greg Brown
all the FOP members from across the State who attended Chaplain, Phil Wiggins
this 23rd Biennial Conference in Asheville. National Trustee, Dennis McCrary
Chairman of State Trustees, Chet Effler
We had a very good State Conference and were able to Immediate Past President, Terry Mangum
accomplish a great deal of work for our members. The
meal provided at Lodge 1 was excellent and it appeared to The State Trustees elected Chet Effler as the Chairman
me that everyone had a great time with plenty of food and of State Trustees during the Post Conference Trustees
refreshments. The banquet on Saturday night was excel- meeting. The Chairman of Trustees also serves on the
lent with very good food and great entertainment from State Executive Board. And I remain on the Executive
Mayberry Deputy David Browning and comedian Harry Board as your Immediate Past President with the re-elec-
Anderson of Night Court fame. These gentlemen were hi- tion of President Randy Hagler. We have four new mem-
larious. Thanks again to the members of the Harold C. bers on our Executive Board and they are Lynn Wilson,
Enloe Lodge 1 for an outstanding State Conference, with Ron Wyatt, Chuck Kimble, and Chet Effler and I look
a special thank you to President Rondell Lance, Vice forward to serving with them for the next two years.
President Marty Wilson, and State Trustee Jimmy Wingo.
We truly had a wonderful time in Asheville. National President Chuck Canterbury performed the
Installation of Officers during the banquet on Saturday
During the State Conference we had many guest in at- night. After the installation was completed the State
tendance including National President Chuck Canterbury, Lodge was closed and the food and entertainment began.
National Vice President Jay Mc Donald, and National
Sergeant At Arms Roger Mayberry. It was also nice to Congratulations are in order for Marty Wilson of the
have our Past State Presidents Don Penix and Bob Stew- Harold C. Enloe Lodge 1 who is the recipient of the pres-
art attending and contributing their sage wisdom to our tigious 2016 Fraternal Order of Police Mark Tucker Me-
meeting. We also had a number of political candidates morial Award. Marty also won the limited edition FOP
seeking our endorsement. I urge you to look closely at commemorative Challenge Coin Shadowboxes which cel-
the endorsements made by the delegates. These races are ebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Fraternal Order of
extremely important so please share our endorsements Police which the NC FOP Foundation raffled off. The
with your friends and family. Wilson’s had a very productive outing because as I have
mentioned earlier Lynn was elected as the State Secretary.
The candidates endorsed at the 23rd Biennial Confer- Congratulations to you both!
ence are:
I would like to end with a very special Thank You to
North Carolina Governor – Pat McCrory Doris Kirby for her many years of dedicated service to the
North Carolina Attorney General – Buck Newton North Carolina State Lodge, the Executive Board, and the
North Carolina Treasurer – Dale Folwell membership as our State Treasurer. Doris has done an
North Carolina Insurance Commissioner – Wayne exemplary job for us all, not only in safeguarding our fi-
Goodwin nances and managing our resources but also in her service
North Carolina Supreme Court – Michael Morgan as an Executive Board member.
North Carolina Court of Appeals – Richard Dietz, Rob-
ert N. Hunter Jr., Linda Stephens, Valerie J. Zachary, and I truly appreciate the opportunity to continue to serve
Hunter Murphy the State Lodge and our membership across the State as
North Carolina Superior Court 5th Division, District your Immediate Past President so I really appreciate you
21C – Eric C. Morgan making this possible by re-electing Randy Hagler as our
State President.
The delegates also elected the State Lodge Executive
Board for the next two years. I would like to congratulate If I may be of any assistance to you, or if you have any
questions, concerns, or comments please contact me. As
always, I am here to serve you and our membership.
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