Senate Journal: Page 1060: Wednesday, April 9, 1997

  EIGHTY-SEVENTH CALENDAR DAY
  FIFTY-FIRST SESSION DAY

  Senate Chamber
  Des Moines, Iowa, Wednesday, April 9, 1997


  The Senate met in regular session at 9:00 a.m., President pro
  tempore Redfern presiding.

  Prayer was offered by the Reverend Bobb Barrick, pastor of the
  Sharon Center United Methodist Church, Kalona, Iowa.

  SPECIAL GUEST

  Senator McKibben presented Jan Mitchell, language arts teacher
  from Marshalltown High School who will be recognized today by the
  governor as 1997 Iowa Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Mitchell is also one
  of four finalists for the 1997 National Teacher of the Year and the
  first Iowa teacher in 14 years to be a national finalist.

  Mrs. Mitchell addressed the Senate briefly and the Senate rose to
  express its welcome to her and husband, Don.

  PRESENTATION OF PELLA TULIP QUEEN

  Senator Hedge appeared in the well of the Senate and presented
  Jeanna Redman, Queen of the Sixty-second Annual Tulip Time
  Festival from Pella, Iowa, who in turn introduced the members of her
  court: Carrie Van Maanen, Shalene Van Wyk, Crystal Van Haaften
  and Sybil Sullivan, who performed a traditional song and dance called
  the Meisje Ga Je Me.

  The Queen and her court passed out the famous Dutch cookies to
  Senators and staff, and invited the Senate to attend the Tulip Time
  Festival in Pella on May 8, 9 and 10, 1997.

Iowa General Assembly

Index: Senate Journal (77th General Assembly: Session 1)

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