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I have two sets of appointments of local folks to various state boards and commissions to report.

First up are items from the “appointments bill,” one of those pesky end-of-session packages of omnibus stuff that gets run every year. In this case, the bill makes a bunch of appointments:

• Berkley Blanks, the Democratic sheriff’s candidate for Guilford County, is appointed to the Private Protective Services Board until June 30, 2009.
• Sen. Stand Bingham, a Davidson County Republican, is appointed to the North Carolina Professional Employer Organization Advisory Council until Dec. 31, 2009.
• Lillie M. Brown-Doggett of Guilford County is appointed to the North Carolina Housing Partnership until Aug. 31, 2009.
• Ellen S. Holliman of Davidson County is appointed to the Commission for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities and Substance Abuse Services until June 30, 2009.
• Joseph M. Bryan Jr. is appointed to the Roanoke Island commission until June 30, 2008.
• Rep. Harold Brubaker, a Randolph County Republican, is appointed to the Southern Diary Compact Commission until June 30, 2010.
• Rep. Nelson Cole, a Rockingham County Democrat, is appointed to the Virginia-North Carolina Interstate High Speed Rail Compact until Dec. 31, 2008.

Next up, Gov. Mike Easley has made a bunch of appointments involving local folks, including:

• Edward W. Kelly III of Greensboro to the North Carolina Workforce Development Commission. Kelly is a continuing education instructor at Guilford Technical Community College. Board duties are to enhance and develop strategies that produce a skilled and competitive workforce through various powers and duties. The commission has 38 members, each serving a four-year term.
  
• Art Winstead of Greensboro to the North Carolina State Board of Certified Public Accountants. Winstead is a partner at Davenport, Marvin, Joyce & Co. law firm. He is a member of the UNC at Greensboro Excellence Foundation, the African American Atelier and the Startmount Forest Country Club Board of Directors. The board is responsible for granting and annually renewing certificates of qualification to CPAs and CPA firms who meet legal requirements.
  
• Beth Parrott of Lexington to the Davidson County Community College Board of Trustees. Parrott is the owner of Parrott Insurance & Benefits in Lexington. She is chair of the Lexington Area Chamber of Commerce Board. Board duties are to elect the president, employ personnel, purchase land necessary for the operation of the college, apply standards for admission and graduation, receive gifts and donations, provide for the administration of all educational and occupational services and to establish or enter into public or private partnerships for the support of the institution.