R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives wishes to honor 1-2 the employees in the House Business Office for their 1-3 behind-the-scenes work in support of house members and their 1-4 staffs; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Executive director and manager of accounting Steve 1-6 Adrian has capably overseen the business office's many essential 1-7 services, and his leadership and guidance in these dual roles have 1-8 been vital to the success of this legislative session; and 1-9 WHEREAS, In his post as accounting manager, Mr. Adrian has 1-10 been ably assisted by Tina Dawson, Mary Hees, Kathryn Jones, Betty 1-11 Ann McLean, Sharon McNabb, Donna Jeanne McNees, and Scott Siebert; 1-12 and 1-13 WHEREAS, The business office's photography department 1-14 includes manager Jesse Herrera, Elizabeth Albrecht, Barbara Goins, 1-15 Alexander Labry, Joe Kelly Obenhaus, Monti Perkins, and Roger 1-16 Prather, and these talented individuals have once again captured 1-17 the images of the state legislature in and around the historic 1-18 Capitol for the enjoyment of many Texans; and 1-19 WHEREAS, The demanding job of dealing with the voluminous 1-20 mail generated during the legislative session has been accomplished 1-21 by postmaster Clarence Hardeman and post office employees C. Hudson 1-22 Allen, Jr., Anissa Castillo, Anesia Jackson, Charles Pivonka, 1-23 Maurice Scott, Joel Stallion, and Wayne Watson; and 1-24 WHEREAS, Property department manager Joyce Faykus and her 2-1 coworkers John Fletcher, John Honeycutt, Gale Kloesel, Patricia 2-2 Mills, Leon Reed, Betty Shuvalov, Kelly Simmons, and Ronald 2-3 Thompson have worked diligently to meet the inventory requirements 2-4 of members and their staffs; and 2-5 WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Dean Howard, the purchasing 2-6 and supply department, which also employs Lidia Castillo, Ronald 2-7 Hughes, Gloria Mendieta, Gary Richter, and George Sam, Jr., has 2-8 handled the various needs of the representatives expeditiously and 2-9 professionally; and 2-10 WHEREAS, The valued employees of the reproduction department 2-11 include manager William Benson, Patricia Barratt, David Cavazos, 2-12 William Larry Cikalo, Kimberly Gamble, Susan Garza, Don Hays, Cindi 2-13 Henry, Zeke Mendoza, Peggy Miller, Jaime Ortiz, Donna Russell, 2-14 Bonnie Simpson, Jimmy Starr, Paul Tello, Jr., and Ronnie Welch; and 2-15 WHEREAS, Payroll and personnel manager Janice Vastine has 2-16 been assisted in her duties by fellow employees Virginia Bostic, 2-17 Margaret Kelley, Barbara Mokry, Ann Garrett Skinner, Joyce Veloz, 2-18 and Erika Zinger; and 2-19 WHEREAS, In addition to Elena Castaldi and her terrific floor 2-20 staff, the following individuals contribute to the task of 2-21 maintaining the house journal: Ronald Attal, Matthew Holder, Grace 2-22 Levrier, Andrew McKenna, Jose Oscar Mendez III, Donna Williams, and 2-23 Jennifer Wren; and 2-24 WHEREAS, Audiovisual services during the session have been 2-25 provided by department manager Michael Fickel and his staff, which 2-26 includes Andrea Betzel, Zafer Hamza, Wendell Handy, D. Glenn Hill, 2-27 Michael McCarter, John McMurray, Roman Morales, James Petty, 3-1 Richard Sanders, and Suzanne Schreve; and 3-2 WHEREAS, Robert Haney's efficient management of the committee 3-3 services section of the chief clerk's office has been facilitated 3-4 by Edgar Berger, Crystal Day, Wendi Koletar, and Casie Waller, 3-5 while communications division director John Bender has received 3-6 tremendous support from Tammy Gipson; and 3-7 WHEREAS, Special services department employees include 3-8 manager Alex Besa, Esther Cardiel, Laura Medlock, Jimmy Morris, 3-9 Annette Nichols, Lupe Salinas, Collette Williams, Toni Ruedas, 3-10 Willie Walker, and Prentiss Williams; and 3-11 WHEREAS, Each of these outstanding individuals have put in 3-12 long hours to ensure the success of this legislative session, going 3-13 above and beyond the call of duty on many occasions, and their 3-14 service to the members of this chamber and to the State of Texas is 3-15 to be commended; now, therefore, be it 3-16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 3-17 Legislature hereby honor the employees of the House Business Office 3-18 and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success and 3-19 happiness in the years to come; and, be it further 3-20 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 3-21 prepared for these dedicated employees as an expression of highest 3-22 regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Price Laney Gutierrez Oliveira Alexander Haggerty Olivo Allen Hamric Palmer Alvarado Hartnett Patterson Averitt Hawley Pickett Bailey Heflin Pitts Berlanga Hernandez Place Bonnen Hightower Price Bosse Hilbert Puente Brimer Hilderbran Rabuck Burnam Hill Ramsay Carter Hinojosa Rangel Chavez Hirschi Raymond Chisum Hochberg Reyna of Bexar Christian Hodge Reyna of Dallas Clark Holzheauser Rhodes Coleman Horn Rodriguez Cook Howard Roman Corte Hunter Sadler Counts Hupp Seaman Crabb Isett Serna Craddick Jackson Shields Cuellar Janek Siebert Culberson Jones of Lubbock Smith Danburg Jones of Dallas Smithee Davila Junell Solis Davis Kamel Solomons Delisi Keel Staples Denny Keffer Stiles Driver King Swinford Dukes Krusee Talton Dunnam Kubiak Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Tillery Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Torres Eiland Longoria Turner of Coleman Elkins Luna Turner of Harris Farrar McCall Uher Finnell McClendon Van de Putte Flores McReynolds Walker Gallego Madden West Galloway Marchant Williams Garcia Maxey Williamson Giddings Merritt Wilson Glaze Moffat Wise Goodman Moreno Wohlgemuth Goolsby Mowery Wolens Gray Naishtat Woolley Greenberg Nixon Yarbrough Grusendorf Oakley Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1289 was adopted by the House on May 30, 1997, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House