Novalene Slatton will tell you that she owes her job to former president Bill Clinton.

She has been working at the Hope-Hempstead Chamber of Commerce ever since 1992, when Clinton had just won the Democratic nomination for president and his small hometown of Hope was flooded with visitors and phone calls. Needing extra help, the Chamber of Commerce hired Slatton as a receptionist. She's been there ever since.

Slatton now works three days a week, manning the phones and helping the office to run smoothly. But her favorite duty is soliciting donations for Hope's annual Watermelon Festival.

The festival "is something she is extremely well known for," said Chamber Executive Director Mark Keith.

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Slatton said the money she's earned from her job has helped her contribute to savings accounts for her three grandchildren, who are in college or early on in their careers.

When she's not working, Slatton goes to horse races with her brother and visits with friends, many of whom live in retirement homes.

As for her, she says she has no plans to retire.

"I just don't want to stay at home by myself and look at four walls," says Slatton, whose second husband passed away this year. "So many people have retired, and then they say they're bored to death."