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Happy birthday, Mattie

Mattie Hooper Herald photo by Lisa Majors-Duff In recognition of Gov. Jim Hunt's declaration of Older Workers' Week, county officials paid tribute to Mattie Hooper (left), Jackson County's oldest employee, on her 80th birthday Sept. 27. Hooper has served as the Department on Aging's Sylva nutrition site manager for the past four years. Honoring Hooper were, from left, Helen Bryson, Department on Aging director; Jay Denton, Jackson County manager; and Geraldine Collins, nutrition sites coordinator. "I know everything is going to run smoothly when Mattie comes to work in the morning,² said Collins.

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