Lesley Fogleman Moxley, now Macon County attorney, has been elected president of the North Carolina Association of County Attorneys.

She is the former Moore County attorney.

As president, she will act as parliamentarian for the N.C. Association of County Commissioners' (NCACC) annual conference, planning programs for the County Attorneys' Annual Summer and Winter Conferences, and will serve on the Legislative Goals Committee of the NCACC.

A native of eastern North Carolina, Moxley is a Salem College graduate who earned her law degree at Wake Forest University.

She has worked as managing attorney for Legal Services of North Carolina in New Bern, where she practiced law for a number of years. She began her career in Houston, Tex., then returned to her native state.

From 1996 until 1999, Moxley was an assistant county attorney for Durham County. She was the first full-time county attorney appointed for Moore County, a position she held for six years before accepting her present position in Macon County in 2006.

At the time she accepted the Moore County position, Moxley was practicing law with former Gov. James E. Holshouser Jr., who had served many years as Moore County attorney on a part-time basis.

Most recently she participated in a three-lawyer panel during the County Attorneys' 2008 Winter Conference sponsored by the University of North Carolina School of Government. The topics included County Attorney in Court: Professional Responsibility in Addition to Advocacy and County Attorney as Advisor and Potential Witness: Protecting Attorney-Client Privilege.

The focus of the discussion was directed toward issues that arise when county attorneys become witnesses in civil litigation and related strategies to protect privileged and work product protected information.

Moxley's son, Andy, is a public policy major at UNC-Chapel Hill.

COUNTY 101 -- Moore County will kick off the fall session of County 101 on Thursday, Sept. 25.

This will be the date of orientation for the seven-week series on how county government works.

In addition to classroom settings, the course will include a tour of the county jail, the Sheriff's Office and Emergency Medical Services facility. Classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6 until 8 p.m. in selected departments throughout the county.

At the end of the session, a graduation ceremony will be held for those completing at least 11 of the 14 sessions.

Eli Arroyo-Allen, public information officer, calls the course an effort to help residents "become more informed and involved in our beautiful community."

The course is free. To register, interested persons may visit the county's Web site or call Arroyo-Allen at 947-6363 for additional information.

COBLE -- Congressman Howard Coble attended the annual PPG legislative luncheon in Lexington Friday. He is back in the 6th District for the August break.

Today, after attending worship services at his church, he will attend the Alamance County GOP headquarters opening in Graham and will attend the GOP Women's wine and cheese reception in Greensboro.

He will tour Ultracraft Company in Liberty Monday morning, then will attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the Carl and Linda Grubb YMCA in Trinity/Archdale. He will then attend a luncheon at Childress Vineyards in Lexington.

Contact Florence Gilkeson at 947-4962 or by e-mail at florence @thepilot.com.