By Hirschi                                            H.R. No. 1343

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                                 R E S O L U T I O N

 1-1           WHEREAS, The Wichita Falls community has long benefited from

 1-2     the public service of the Honorable Kathryn A. "Kay" Yeager, and

 1-3     she is indeed worthy of special praise and recognition; and

 1-4           WHEREAS, She became the city's first female mayor in  1996,

 1-5     and during her tenure, she has dedicated herself to making the

 1-6     Wichita Falls community a better place in which to live, work, and

 1-7     rear a family; and

 1-8           WHEREAS, Mayor Yeager is also highly regarded for her

 1-9     involvement with the Multi Purpose Events Center, for she offered

1-10     invaluable insight as chair of the joint committee that determined

1-11     the need for the facility, and went on to chair the facility's two

1-12     subsequent controlling entities and the center itself; and

1-13           WHEREAS, She has further served her fellow citizens as a

1-14     board member of Presbyterian Manor and as the past chair of the

1-15     Wichita Falls Aviation Advisory Board; and

1-16           WHEREAS, In addition, this remarkable woman has drawn on her

1-17     extensive talents to positively affect higher education issues;

1-18     former board member of her alma mater, Sweet Briar College, Mayor

1-19     Yeager was appointed to the board of regents of Midwestern State

1-20     University (MSU) in 1988, and was reappointed to her second

1-21     six-year term in 1994; and

1-22           WHEREAS, Elected the first woman to chair MSU's board of

1-23     regents in 1991, she  is currently serving her fourth term with

1-24     that body, and also chairs that institution's President's

 2-1     Excellence Club; and

 2-2           WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Mayor Yeager has enjoyed the

 2-3     love and support of her husband, Frank Yeager, and the couple's

 2-4     daughters, Elizabeth Herreid and Linda Beltchev, and in recent

 2-5     years, the Yeagers have welcomed the addition of their

 2-6     grandchildren, Lara Herreid and Nicholas and Andrew Beltchev, into

 2-7     the family fold; and

 2-8           WHEREAS, A woman of immense vision, Kay Yeager has enhanced

 2-9     the quality of life in the Wichita Falls community in numerous

2-10     ways, and it is truly a pleasure to honor her at this time; now,

2-11     therefore, be it

2-12           RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas

2-13     Legislature hereby commend  the Honorable Kathryn A. "Kay" Yeager

2-14     for her exemplary service to her community and extend to her

2-15     warmest best wishes for continued success and happiness in all her

2-16     future endeavors; and, be it further

2-17           RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be

2-18     prepared for Mayor Yeager as an expression of high regard by the

2-19     Texas House of Representatives.