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Senate
Resolution 73
By:
Senator Rogers of the 21st
A
RESOLUTION
Commending
Myrtle W. Figueras; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Myrtle W. Figueras has long been recognized by the citizens of this state for
the vital role that she has played in leadership and her deep personal
commitment to the welfare of the citizens of Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
she has diligently and conscientiously devoted innumerable hours of her time,
talents, and energy toward the betterment of her community and state as
evidenced dramatically by her 30 years of superlative service as a French
language teacher at Gainesville High School; and
WHEREAS,
following her "retirement," she has embarked upon a second career of public
service in which she has served as a councilmember and mayor of Gainesville, a
member of the North Georgia Water Planning District, and a member of the board
of directors of the Georgia Municipal Association; and
WHEREAS,
her significant organizational and leadership talents, her remarkable patience
and diplomacy, her keen sense of vision, and her sensitivity to the needs of the
citizens of her community have earned her the respect and admiration of her
colleagues and associates; and
WHEREAS,
she is a person of magnanimous strengths with an unimpeachable reputation for
integrity, intelligence, fairness, and kindness; and
WHEREAS,
she has been named the Gainesville 2005 Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts
of Northeast Georgia, and it is abundantly fitting and proper that the
outstanding accomplishments of this remarkable and distinguished Georgian be
appropriately recognized.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that the members of this body commend
Myrtle W. Figueras for her almost four decades of efficient, effective,
unselfish, and dedicated public service; congratulate her upon being named the
Gainesville 2005 Woman of Distinction; and extend to her their most sincere best
wishes for continued health and happiness.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Secretary of the Senate is authorized and directed
to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to Myrtle W. Figueras.