Maryland - District 39
During the 27th annual "Celebrate Gaithersburg in Olde Towne" street festival on September 21, the mayor and city council announced the winners of the 2008 Outstanding Organization, Distinguished Friend and Distinguished Citizens Awards. The tradition of recognizing individuals and organizations that make a positive impact on the community has continued since 1988.
The Distinguished Friend award is presented to individuals who make significant contributions to Gaithersburg, but who do not reside within the city limits. This year the award was presented to Maryland District 39 Senator Nancy King.
Senator King has long been an advocate for the people in the upper reaches of Montgomery County. As a member of the Montgomery County School Board, she was a proponent of improvements that helped Gaithersburg schools, and she championed funding for the unique and innovative Lakelands Park Middle School. As a senator in Annapolis, King continues to work on behalf of area residents, sponsoring a bond bill to secure $200,000 in funding for a new Gaithersburg Senior Center for upcounty residents, and working with the State Office on Aging to secure another $800,000 in grant funds for that same facility.
In his introductory remarks at the festival, City Council Member Jud Ashman noted that, "Although she lives in nearby Montgomery Village, Senator King is an important part of the fabric of Gaithersburg."
Montgomery Village News
Friday, September 26, 2008
Friday, June 13, 2008
Reporter’s Notebook
Wrestling with the budget
Last week was a tough one for Sen. Nancy King.
First, a maple tree toppled onto her Montgomery Village home, taking out its chimney, as violent storms tore through the region on June 4.
Then, adding injury to insult, King tripped on a garden hose while doing post-storm cleanup, breaking her right wrist.
But that’s not necessarily the story she’s telling people about how she got the bright orange cast.
‘‘It was all that arm wrestling with Mike Miller,” said King, who was appointed to the District 39 Senate seat last year after Sen. P.J. Hogan’s resignation and immediately found herself at the center of the budget debate as a member of the Budget and Taxation Committee.
Makes you wonder if the Senate President’s decision to run for a 10th term had anything to do with an arm-wrestling wager with King.
— Sean R. Sedam