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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Deanna Zimmerman is retiring from the office of |
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State Representative Bill Zedler in 2015, concluding 27 years of |
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distinguished service to the Texas Legislature; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than seven years, Ms. Zimmerman has |
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provided invaluable support to Representative Zedler as his |
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district director and chief of staff; she began her career in the |
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office of State Representative Kent Grusendorf in 1988, and she |
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first joined the staff of Representative Zedler in 2006; for one |
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legislative session, she was employed in the office of |
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Representative Linda Harper-Brown, and she then returned to |
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Representative Zedler's staff; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Zimmerman has also made a positive difference in |
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her community through her civic leadership; she has served the |
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Arlington Chamber of Commerce as a two-term member of the |
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Governmental Affairs Committee and as an ex-officio member of the |
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Public Policy Advisory Committee; active in the Republican Party, |
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she served two terms as scholarship chair for the Texas Federation |
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of Republican Women, and she was a founding member of the Reagan |
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Legacy Republican Women; moreover, she was named the 2000 Volunteer |
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of the Year by the Tarrant County Republican Party State District |
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10; and |
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WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Ms. Zimmerman has enjoyed the |
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love and support of her husband of 32 years, John Zimmerman, their |
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children, John Clark, Gregory, and Justin, and their grandchildren, |
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Ravin, Kailey, Payton, Paul, J.C., Garrett, and J.C.; following |
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Ms. Zimmerman's retirement, she and her husband are moving to |
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Whitesboro, where they plan to raise cattle; the couple are also |
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looking forward to taking long trips in their new travel trailer; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Deanna Zimmerman has greatly benefited her fellow |
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citizens over the course of more than a quarter-century in state |
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government, and she may indeed reflect with pride on her |
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accomplishments as she embarks on the next exciting chapter of her |
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life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Deanna Zimmerman on her retirement |
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from state government and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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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. Zimmerman as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Klick |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 3389 was adopted by the House on May |
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30, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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