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		<title>Cecil County Says Farewell to Former Commissioners President and Educator Nelson Bolender, with Tears and Laughter</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were tears and laughter—much, much laughter—as Cecil County residents gathered on Tuesday to say farewell to Nelson Bolender and celebrate the life and legacy of the county’s premiere educator and government leader. Bolender, the former principal of North East and Elkton high schools and the two-term president of the Cecil County Board of Commissioners, was laid to rest on 2/19/13 after an overflow crowd attended his funeral services at the Elkton United Methodist church. Current and former county government officials, teachers and citizens all joined together with Bolender’s family to honor his memory. Bolender died suddenly last Thursday, 2/14/13. An honor guard of Cecil County Sheriff’s Department deputies flanked the entry to the church sanctuary, and Sheriff Barry Janney—often choking back tears—spoke in Bolender’s honor. “Nelson did more for public safety,” Janney said, “than anyone in history” in Cecil County. On Bolender’s watch as president of the Commissioners board, the county bolstered the law enforcement officers pension program, which until that time had never had a retiree because the benefits were so low. Bolender and his Commissioner board ally, Harry Hepbron, pushed through a major upgrade of the pension system and celebrated the first-ever retiree from the county Sheriff’s [&#8230;]]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Cecil County: RIP, Nelson Bolender&#8211; An Appreciation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:11:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AN APPRECIATION Nelson Bolender was a forgiving man. From misbehaving teenagers who ran afoul of the principal of Elkton High to critics or foes in Cecil County politics, Nelson Bolender practiced the often lost art of being able to disagree without being disagreeable. He took some bold and at times controversial steps during his two terms as a County Commissioner but always did so with respect for those who did not support his positions. And most of those who disagreed with him respected him in return. Name-calling, of the sort we have come to witness with all too frequent regularity in the past few years in county politics, was simply not in his vocabulary or personality. He was never one to hold a grudge, tally up an “enemies list,” or make allegations or unfounded accusations against political rivals. In politics, he was a Democrat at a time when Democrats still dominated Cecil County elections. But he was never a partisan ideologue. He forged agreements with Republicans or independents if it was in the best interests of Cecil County. And even when Cecil County voters turned their back on him, he never turned his back on his beloved county. Cecil County [&#8230;]]]></description>
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