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Top of the Morning, Feb. 22, 2019

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Our "Faces of State Farm Center" series on Feb. 3 drew a positive reaction — as well as suggestions for other notable employees we could have featured.

Like CLEDITH ROWE, who has worked the gates at the building for almost three decades. The 81-year-old Monticello resident loves his time at the place he still calls "the Assembly Hall."

Rowe later became a supervisor in the building, which meant a lot of time on the phone. He had to change his cellphone plan because he kept going over the limit on his minutes.

"There were so many times they would say 'We can't open those doors until Cledith gets here.