SR 118 (LSB 6118SS (5) 84)

SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 118

BY  KIBBIE, GRONSTAL, and BEHN

A Resolution honoring William L. Krieg for more than two decades of service to the Iowa Senate.

   WHEREAS, in the year 1989, the Berlin Wall came down, Chinese students occupied Tiananmen Square, a gallon of gas cost 97 cents, and William L. Krieg began a 22-year career with the Iowa Senate; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Krieg was a long-time Des Moines resident who came to the Senate after a busy career, working with National By-Products, the Borden company, Pennwalt, the Des Moines Register, and Universal Hospital Services; and
   WHEREAS, beginning as a doorman, in 1998 Mr. Krieg assumed the position of Sergeant-at-Arms; and
   WHEREAS, for the next 13 years Mr. Krieg shouldered the responsibility of bringing order and decorum to the floor of the Senate —— no easy task in the swirl of a legislative session, where anything can and does happen; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Krieg’s most important responsibility was the direction and supervision of the young men and women who served as Senate pages, working with hundreds of these youngsters over the years, instilling in them a work ethic and providing them with an opportunity to witness the political process firsthand; and
   WHEREAS, first and foremost Bill Krieg is a family man —— a husband to his late, beloved wife Ruth, to whom he was married for 59 years, and a father to his children: Cindy (Jarard) Killip, Diane (Steve) Osieki, Bill (Jean) Krieg, Mary (Bob) Rasmussen, and Jon (Patti McKee) Krieg; and
   WHEREAS, Mr. Krieg also has 11 grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; and a 40-year succession of pet beagles: Dixie, Daisy, Rubi, and now Trixie; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate honors William L. Krieg for more than two decades of service to the Senate and the people of Iowa, and wishes him and his family much happiness in the years to come; and

   BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be prepared and presented to Sergeant-at-Arms William L. Krieg.