H.R. No. 862
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Elaine Woodmansee has been named Kilgore College
  Honored Retiree for 2008 by the Kilgore College Ex-Student
  Association; and
         WHEREAS, This new award recognizes a retired Kilgore College
  employee who played an essential role in maintaining the college's
  "Emphasis Excellence" tradition; and
         WHEREAS, A graduate of Kilgore College, Elaine Woodmansee
  earned a certificate in secretarial science and an associate's
  degree; she joined the college's staff in 1965, as the first
  keypunch operator in the college's Data Processing Department; she
  later became a computer operator; and
         WHEREAS, In 1977, Ms. Woodmansee moved to the college's
  business office, where she managed accounts payable and data entry;
  she later distinguished herself as executive secretary to the
  president and as the president's administrative assistant; by the
  time she retired in 1998, she was the recording secretary to the
  college's board of trustees; and
         WHEREAS, In her retirement, Ms. Woodmansee has found more
  time to give back to her community as an active member of Forest
  Home Baptist Church and by serving two terms as secretary to the
  Kilgore College Ex-Student Association; she has also volunteered
  for Habitat for Humanity, and she returns to the college each spring
  to manage the Rangerette Revels box office; and
         WHEREAS, The institutions of higher learning in Texas depend
  greatly on the hard work and expertise of skilled staff persons, and
  for nearly 33 years, Elaine Woodmansee played a vital role in the
  efficient operation of Kilgore College; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby congratulate Elaine Woodmansee on her selection
  as the 2008 Kilgore College Honored Retiree and extend to her
  sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for Ms. Woodmansee as an expression of high regard by the
  Texas House of Representatives.
 
  Merritt
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Peña
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 862 was adopted by the House on March
  26, 2009, by a non-record vote.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House