League hosts 52nd Municipal Clerks Institute

Four-day training sees more than 40 attendees.

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City clerks, recorders and treasurers from cities and towns across the state gathered at the Arkansas Municipal League in North Little Rock September 16-19 for the 52nd University of Arkansas Municipal Clerks Institute. Over the course of the four-day training event, 48 clerks participated in sessions covering a variety of essential topics, including an overview of the profession, the municipal budget process, grant basics and records management. The Institute also offered credit hours to clerks seeking the Certified Municipal Clerk or Master Municipal Clerk designations. To learn more about the Arkansas chapter of the International Institute of Municipal Clerks, visit www.iimc.com.

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Time to fall back1On November 3, we’ll turn our clocks back one hour thus removing ourselves from daylight saving time (DST). The concept of DST is simple: save energy and make better use of daylight. It was first used in Thunder Bay, Canada, in 1908 but became popular after Germany adopted it in 1916. There’s some debate, like a lot of our daily practices, as to who originated the idea of DST. Some claim it to be Ben Franklin, he of the kite, thunderstorm and electricity experiment. 1784 is often thought to be the year Ben had the idea. Others cite the Romans as the first to conceptualize and utilize the idea. Who knows really?! Today over 70 countries worldwide use DST. https://armuni.org/3BFNUry