Senate Resolution 54 - Introduced

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                                    S.R. ________ H.R. ________


  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2            BY  GRONSTAL, KIBBIE, and LUNDBY
  1  3 A Resolution to recognize and honor the Senate's own
  1  4    Cynthia Clingan for over three decades of dedicated
  1  5    public service.
  1  6    WHEREAS, by its very nature the Iowa Senate is an
  1  7 institution that is in a continuous state of change,
  1  8 as both issues and individuals come and go; and
  1  9    WHEREAS, in such a place it is critical that
  1 10 someone serve as an anchor, providing continuity and
  1 11 serving as the institution's memory of process and
  1 12 protocol; and
  1 13    WHEREAS, Cynthia Clingan has served that role in
  1 14 the Iowa Senate for over three decades; and
  1 15    WHEREAS, Ms. Clingan, a graduate of Carleton
  1 16 College, came to the Senate in 1975, first serving as
  1 17 an engrossing and enrolling clerk and a terminal
  1 18 operator; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, in the decades that followed Ms. Clingan
  1 20 has served as the Assistant to the Legal Counsel and
  1 21 Assistant Secretary of the Senate; and
  1 22    WHEREAS, during that time Ms. Clingan has served
  1 23 seven Secretaries of the Senate, reviewed and
  1 24 corrected endless numbers of bills and amendments, and
  1 25 resolved problems large and small; NOW THEREFORE,
  1 26    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the members of
  1 27 the Senate give honor this day to one of their own,
  1 28 Cynthia Clingan, who has made the work of the Senate
  1 29 her own life's work and in doing so serves a vital
  1 30 role in the legislative process; and
  2  1    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the
  2  2 Senate shall prepare an original copy of this
  2  3 Resolution for presentation to Ms. Clingan.
  2  4 LSB 2946SS 82
  2  5 jr:rj/je/5