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town's mayor directly and for an expanded four-year term. Bond ran for mayor in 1975—unopposed. In 1979, he was elected to another term as mayor, again running unopposed. After twelve years as mayor and eighteen years on the town's council, Bond announced he would not seek reelection in 1983. He said, "There comes a time when you must break away, and after 18 years, I've reached that point." However, Bond was "a very popular elected official," and would have had no opposition if he had sought re-election.
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has 310 acres and is "an oasis in the middle of town". The park includes athletic fields, an amphitheater, boathouse, a challenge course, a community center, hiking trails, picnic shelters, a playground, and a senior center. At the southern end of the park is Bond Lake and with a boathouse and boat
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maintaining the town that was a desirable place to live. He wanted to keep what he referred to as "village atmosphere". Bond also gave "Cary a vision of what it might be like 20 or 30 years down the road." As part of this, Cary was the first city in North
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by a police officer in 1982, Bond fired the officer. He also wrote a personal apology letter to the woman who complained. However, Bond would never discuss the incident. He said, "It served no good purpose to pursue the matter endlessly."
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support program, allowing the tobacco to be purchased with borrowed federal money if the market is bad, properly storing the tobacco until market prices are more favorable. The corporation represents the states where
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for Bond's work. They had four children who were Cary natives: Lisa, Mark, Sharon, and Tim. Bond was an active member of First United
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farm that also grew wheat, cantaloupe, watermelon, sweet potatoes, and food crops for the family's consumption. He graduated from Bowman High School in 1945, and then attended
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downtown improvement program, leading the town to revitalize its downtown area, making sure "that old Cary didn't get left behind in the wake of burgeoning development".
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