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SENATE COMMEMORATION   NO. 22
          

Introduced by:     Senators Olson (Ed), Abdallah, Adelstein, Apa, Bartling, Bogue, Broderick, Dempster, Duenwald, Duniphan, Earley, Gant, Gray, Greenfield, Hansen (Tom), Hanson (Gary), Hundstad, Kelly, Knudson, Koetzle, Kooistra, Lintz, McCracken, McNenny, Moore, Napoli, Nesselhuf, Peterson (Jim), Schoenbeck, Smidt, Sutton (Dan), Sutton (Duane), and Two Bulls and Representatives Dykstra, Dennert, Garnos, Gillespie, Hargens, Klaudt, Kraus, Miles, O'Brien, Rave, and Rhoden  



         A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION,  Honoring Valerie Melmer for her outstanding commitment and dedication to the state legislative page program.

     WHEREAS,  Valerie Melmer coordinates and supervises the activities of the legislative pages of both the House of Representatives and the Senate and is guided by her sense of duty and her expertise in working with youth; and

     WHEREAS,  Valerie is the wife of Dr. Rick Melmer and the mother of three children, Tara, Megan, and Sean and an alumna of Dakota Wesleyan University; and

     WHEREAS,  Valerie is an active church and community member and an exemplary role model for the students with whom she works:

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED,  by the Eightieth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, that Valerie Melmer be recognized for her outstanding contribution to the 2005 session of the South Dakota Legislature.