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Orange County, CA November 2, 2004 Election
Smart Voter Full Biography for Margie L. Rice

Candidate for
Mayor; City of Westminster

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EXPERIENCE:

  • Elected Mayor November, 2000
  • Re-elected Mayor November, 2002
  • Six years as Westminster City Councilwoman
  • Twelve years as Director on the Board of Midway City Sanitary District
  • Seventeen years as Trustee on the Board of the Westminster School District
  • Thirty-eight years as PTA volunteer
  • Forty-five years, Westminster homeowner
  • In February 2001 Assemblyman Ken Maddox named Mayor Margie L. Rice as "Woman of the Year" for the 68th Assembly District

COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVE TO OUTSIDE AGENCIES:
  • Orange County Housing Community Development Commission (2 terms)
  • Orange County Council of Governments
  • O.C. League of Cities, Executive Steering Committee West Orange County Cities Group
  • Alternate, Orange County Library Advisory Commission
  • Public Cable Television Authority

CURRENT COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

  • Board of Directors Huntington Beach Intercommunity Hospital
  • Board of Directors, Westminster Boys & Girls Club Westminster Kiwanis Club, served 2 years as President
  • Board of Directors, Westminster Foundation for the Arts
  • Board of Directors, Westminster Foundation for Educational Excellence
  • Liaison, Westminster Chamber of Commerce
  • Board of Directors, Friend of the Abbey Centre, Inc.
  • Board of Directors, Kiwanis Club of Westminster

PREVIOUS COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES:

  • Alternate, Orange County Fire Authority
  • Westminster Historical Society
  • Westminster Hospital Guild

SERVICE WITH WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT COMMITTEES:

  • Westminster Community Collaborative
  • Special Education Consortium Board, 8 years of service
  • Textbook Studies
  • Citizen's Advisory Committee for School Closure
  • Career Education Committee
  • Early Childhood Education
  • Site Improvement Committee
  • Mainstreaming Arts in the Curriculum
  • Budget Committee
  • Enrollment Committee
  • Ethnic Study Committee
  • Alternate, Board Advisory Committee

APPOINTED TO SERVE ON COMMITTEES BY THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

APPOINTED TO ADVISORY BOARD BY SUPERVISOR HARRIET WEIDER

SERVED ON STATE COMMITTEES:

  • Juvenile Task Force, appointed by State Assemblyman Chet Wray
  • State Education Advisory Committee, appointed by Assemblyman Richard Robins

AFFILIATIONS:

  • League of Cities
  • U.S. Conference of Mayors
  • Lifetime PTA Membership

PERSONAL:

  • Widowed, mother of four children; grandmother of 17; great-grandmother of 18
  • Served with Westminster Little League for 15 years
  • Served with Long Beach Cub Scouts for 10 years
  • Trustee, Westminster Calvary Baptist Church

HONORS:

  • "Woman of the Year" for the 68th Assembly District, Assemblyman Ken Maddox
  • 2001 recipient of Kiwanis International Hixon Award
  • Nominated Chamber of Commerce 2001 Citizen of the Year
  • Westminster School District PTA Council Service Award
  • Numerous community volunteer awards

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