Circuit Clerk Brings State Honor to Moultrie County
•November 22, 2017•
By Mike Brothers
Moultrie County Circuit Clerk Cindy Braden was named Illinois’ County Official of the Year at the annual conference in Peoria Nov. 13-15.
Braden was surprised not only by the award but the way her family kept the secret and attended the event at the Pere Marquette Hotel.
“I was shocked,” Braden said, explaining that since a circuit clerk had won the previous year, she figured it would go to another office holder. She was selected among four state officials nominated for the honor.
Braden learned that the fellow clerk who had nominated her had been conducting a secret phone call campaign to make sure her family attended the award session in Peoria. “It was totally unexpected, but I am happy a fellow clerk in the zone nominated me.”
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