20060602 KDDC Chip Boyles Status Report

Chip Boyles Status Report
June 2nd, 2006
Posted by Kevin Dayhoff

I just had the opportunity to check on the welfare of the City of Clemson Assistant City Administrator, Chip Boyles. Many of you remember Chip, he was the very well liked community leader, who served as the Taneytown City Manager for several years - a number of years ago.

Chip has been with Clemson City Government for six years. Wow, how time flies.

Chip and his children are doing well. In addition to the two darling children we got to know when he was with the City of Taneytown, he and his wife, a professor of architecture, have had two more children.

Chips sends his best to his old friends in Carroll County.

As many have heard in the media in the last several days, the Clemson area of South Carolina has received some unwanted national publicity recently as the normally quiet Clemson University area is where a 20-year-old college co-ed was murdered on May 26th, 2006. She was murdered in an apartment complex in the adjoining town to Clemson. The adjacent town is quite small and the Clemson Police Department is lending a helping hand.

Events this traumatic are very trying for a municipal leader as your heart goes out to the friends and family of the victim and one feels a need to pay extra attention to the safety and welfare of your citizens.

Although Chip, Caroline and I mostly talked about Chip's family and career; Chip seemed his cool, professional and confident self - the same personality that we grew to admire when he was in Carroll County. He did share that he was quite busy with having his community in the glare of a national spotlight.

Chip said that he and his family are looking forward to visiting Carroll County this summer.

Chip and I agreed to do a more comprehensive update on his work and his family in the near future - when things aren't quite as hectic.

Keep Chip, the City of Clemson and the friends and loved ones of this crime victim in your thoughts and prayers as they go through this trying period and lets hope that the police catch the perpetrator of this senseless crime as soon as possible.

And we all look forward to seeing Chip and his family soon.

Kevin

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