Senate Resolution 2 - Introduced

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  1  1                SENATE RESOLUTION NO. ___
  1  2           BY  KIBBIE, GRONSTAL, and McKINLEY
  1  3 A Resolution honoring Linda Laurenzo for her 22 years
  1  4    of service to the Iowa Senate and congratulating her
  1  5    upon her retirement.
  1  6    WHEREAS, in January 1987, the first Session of the
  1  7 72nd General Assembly convened under the leadership of
  1  8 Lt. Governor Jo Ann Zimmerman, Senator Bill Hutchins,
  1  9 and Senator Calvin Hultman, and a young woman, Linda
  1 10 Laurenzo, came to the Iowa Senate as a part=time
  1 11 assistant to the legal counsel; and
  1 12    WHEREAS, Ms. Laurenzo quickly proved her worth and
  1 13 later that year began her full=time legislative career
  1 14 with the title "Assistant to Legal Counsel/Assistant
  1 15 to Finance Officer"; and
  1 16    WHEREAS, over the next two decades, Ms. Laurenzo's
  1 17 professional career kept her with the Senate, becoming
  1 18 the Finance Officer in 1991 and the Senior Finance
  1 19 Officer in 1995; and
  1 20    WHEREAS, Ms. Laurenzo was both diligent and
  1 21 exacting, always ensuring that the fiscal integrity of
  1 22 the Senate was protected; and
  1 23    WHEREAS, Ms. Laurenzo now leaves the Senate much as
  1 24 she came, a woman with a bright future and much to do
  1 25 as she enjoys her children, Jill, B.J., and Eric, and
  1 26 her grandchildren, and great=grandchildren; NOW
  1 27 THEREFORE,
  1 28    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the members of
  1 29 the Senate thank Linda Laurenzo for 22 years of
  1 30 outstanding service, and wish her and her growing
  2  1 family success and happiness in the years to come; and
  2  2    BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the
  2  3 Senate shall prepare an original copy of this
  2  4 Resolution for presentation to Ms. Laurenzo.
  2  5 LSB 1188SS 83
  2  6 jr/rj/14