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**CB07-DR.01**
**Contact:**  Stacy GimbelPublic Information Office(301) 763-3030 (phone)(301) 763-3762 (fax)(301) 457-1037 (TDD)PIO@census.gov

## FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2007

## Census Bureau Hires Managers for New Fayetteville Office

### Recruitment Efforts for 3,000 Additional Jobs Under Way

The U.S. Census Bureau today announced it has hired     the management staff for a local census office in Fayetteville, N.C., which     will be the hub of local census activity for the 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal.     The office will open in March.

Valencia Applewhite has been named the new     Fayetteville Local Census Office (LCO) manager. She has 25 years’ management     experience in U.S. Air Force training, communications security and telecommunications,     including serving as a communications security manager at the Pentagon. After     the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the Pentagon, Applewhite supported recovery     operations. As the LCO manager, she will oversee all upcoming dress rehearsal     operations including data collection, recruiting thousands of job applicants     and setting up the LCO.

Michael Oglesby, a Fayetteville native and     Air Force retiree, has been named the assistant manager for field operations.     His civilian and military careers have included experience in previous census     field operations and various security and communications-related positions.     For the past five years, Oglesby has served as a security analyst and consultant     with U.S. Army, Europe.

Alvin Howe, named the assistant manager for     administration, is a highly decorated Army veteran with a diverse background     in high-level administrative operations and extensive supervisory, management     and customer service experience. In his previous position with an international     discount electronics catalog, Howe managed a call center of more than 600     personnel. Howe has lived in Fayetteville since retiring from the Army in     1993.

;Rhonda-Lyn Millhouse has been appointed assistant     manager for quality assurance. An Army veteran, Millhouse has more than 20     years of customer service experience in the retail, telecommunications and     market research industries. During Operation Desert Storm, she ensured quality     assurance provisions were met on a $23 million Meals Ready to Eat contract.   

 Queen Degraphenreid, a Fayetteville resident     of 16 years, has been named the assistant manager for recruiting. She has     served more than 25 years as an executive officer for numerous federally funded     initiatives and community-based organizations. Degraphenreid was the 2006     recipient of the prestigious Dr. John Hope Franklin Humanitarian Award. 

 Laura McClettie has been named the partnership     specialist for the LCO. Her career has spanned running a business, managing     federal programs, helping to create a business incubator and serving as a     community leader and organizer in North Carolina. She served as a partnership     specialist during Census 2000, working with scores of community groups and     organizations across the state. 

 The Census Bureau expects to hire about 3,000 personnel     to staff the office, update address lists and conduct follow-up interviews     during the dress rehearsal in Chatham, Cumberland, Harnett, Hoke, Lee, Montgomery,     Moore, Richmond and Scotland counties.

For more information about the 2008 Census     Dress Rehearsal and current employment opportunities, call the local census     office at 1-866-673-2008 or visit <http://2010.census.gov/2010census>.

*The Census Bureau is conducting a dress rehearsal of the nation’s once-a-decade population count in San Joaquin County, Calif., and in a nine-county area surrounding Fayetteville, N.C. Conducting a dress rehearsal allows the Census Bureau to make final preparations for a more accurate, efficient and cost-effective 2010 Census.*

*All 2010 Census information collected by the Census Bureau – including data collected during the 2008 Census Dress Rehearsal – is confidential by law (Title 13, U.S. Code, Section 9). All Census Bureau employees, including the newly hired managers, have taken an oath to protect confidentiality and are subject to a jail term, a fine – or both – for disclosing any information that could identify a respondent or household.*

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