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Marcia McSherry is announcing her candidacy for county auditor.
"I enjoy county government," said McSherry, who worked in the clerk's office beginning in 1985 and was elected Clerk of the Circuit Court, serving two consecutive four-year terms, from 1992 through 2000.
"As clerk, I worked with different departments. The auditor's office is the hub of county government, handling payroll, budgets, claims, tax distributions and assessment.
"I know how things flow and it all flows into the auditor's office. Sue Ann Mitchell is to be commended for her work."
Mitchell has served two consecutive terms as auditor and may not run for the office in the 2006 election.
McSherry, 47, is a 1976 Tippecanoe Valley High School graduate. She has been married to Kevin F. McSherry for 28 years. The couple have two children, Jason, married to Allison, and Sarah, married to Joshua Spangle. The McSherrys live in Burket.
McSherry has been a Steward Township precinct committeewoman for 20 years.
She currently is director of collections for the Warsaw Sewage Office.
"I feel holding an office is a service to the community and the people."
McSherry's father, Max Weller, has been a Seward Township precinct committeeman "forever," she said. Her mother, Mardene, worked in the county auditor's office for years and she also worked in the county courthouse information booth. Her son is on the Seward Township board.
The State Board of Accounts publishes guidelines for each county office, describing duties as directed by law and when those duties are to be performed.
"You have to know your resources and use them. You have to be able to listen," McSherry said. "Plus, no one is alone. There are 91 other people in the state doing the same job, so you have a lot of people to rely on.
"I'll be accessible to the public and to the office holders."
McSherry worked in the Kosciusko County Sheriff's Department preparing the budget, overseeing accounts payable, directing cash receipts and dispersals.
She went through he Kosciusko Leadership Academy from 1992-1993.
She was inducted into the Republican Hall of Fame in 2002 and is a member of the Kosciusko Association of Female Executives.
She served as president, vice president and secretary of the Indiana State Clerk's Association as well as serving on that organization's legislative board.
