Honoree:

John Karge
Clerk
Village of Wappingers Falls
New York

Nominated by:

Angela Arasim
Clerk
Village of Fishkill
New York

John is always there to help a fellow clerk. He is very knowledgeable in his field and has given me expert advice. I consider him my mentor and will continue to look up to him for the right answers. He practicably runs the Village of Wappingers. He knows everything about everything and is willing to share all he knows with anyone who asks. He will graduating this year from Cornell for his CMC and he is the one who lead me to Cornell, I will be doing my second year this year thanks to him. I cannot thank him enough for all he has done for me and I know for other clerks as well.