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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Elaine Woodmansee has been named Kilgore College |
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Honored Retiree for 2008 by the Kilgore College Ex-Student |
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Association; and |
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WHEREAS, This new award recognizes a retired Kilgore College |
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employee who played an essential role in maintaining the college's |
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"Emphasis Excellence" tradition; and |
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WHEREAS, A graduate of Kilgore College, Elaine Woodmansee |
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earned a certificate in secretarial science and an associate's |
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degree; she joined the college's staff in 1965, as the first |
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keypunch operator in the college's Data Processing Department; she |
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later became a computer operator; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1977, Ms. Woodmansee moved to the college's |
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business office, where she managed accounts payable and data entry; |
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she later distinguished herself as executive secretary to the |
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president and as the president's administrative assistant; by the |
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time she retired in 1998, she was the recording secretary to the |
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college's board of trustees; and |
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WHEREAS, In her retirement, Ms. Woodmansee has found more |
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time to give back to her community as an active member of Forest |
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Home Baptist Church and by serving two terms as secretary to the |
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Kilgore College Ex-Student Association; she has also volunteered |
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for Habitat for Humanity, and she returns to the college each spring |
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to manage the Rangerette Revels box office; and |
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WHEREAS, The institutions of higher learning in Texas depend |
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greatly on the hard work and expertise of skilled staff persons, and |
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for nearly 33 years, Elaine Woodmansee played a vital role in the |
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efficient operation of Kilgore College; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Elaine Woodmansee on her selection |
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as the 2008 Kilgore College Honored Retiree and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Woodmansee as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |