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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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