Bill Text: TX HCR55 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating Betty Lamb on her retirement from the Coastal Bend Council of Governments.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-04-05 - Signed by the Governor [HCR55 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR55-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Betty Lamb on her retirement from the Coastal Bend Council of Governments.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-04-05 - Signed by the Governor [HCR55 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HCR55-Introduced.html
85R8741 BK-D | ||
By: Hunter | H.C.R. No. 55 |
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WHEREAS, Betty M. Lamb of Rockport is retiring from the | ||
Coastal Bend Council of Governments in February 2017, drawing to a | ||
close an outstanding career with that organization that has spanned | ||
more than four decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Lamb began working with the Coastal Bend Council | ||
of Governments as an auditor in 1973; she took on additional | ||
responsibilities as a contract specialist in 1980, and in 1990, she | ||
was named director of the Area Agency on Aging, a position she has | ||
held for the past 27 years; and | ||
WHEREAS, A respected voice on issues affecting seniors, | ||
Ms. Lamb has shared her insight as a former chair and longtime | ||
member of the Corpus Christi Mayor's Council on Aging, as a past | ||
officer in the Texas Association of Area Agencies on Aging, and as | ||
an active contributor to the Face to Face Advisory Council | ||
supporting family caregivers; she also spent more than two decades | ||
working on the Coastal Bend Aging and Disability Resource Directory | ||
Project, and she has served as an active planning member of Coastal | ||
Bend Community Partnerships, including the long-running | ||
Grandparents and Other Relatives Raising Children Conference; and | ||
WHEREAS, In retirement, Ms. Lamb is looking forward to | ||
enjoying more time with her family, which includes her two | ||
daughters and six grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through her dedication and expertise, Betty Lamb has | ||
made a positive difference in the lives of many area Texans, and she | ||
may indeed reflect with well-deserved pride on her record of | ||
service; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 85th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby congratulate Betty M. Lamb on her retirement from the | ||
Coastal Bend Council of Governments and extend to her sincere best | ||
wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Ms. Lamb as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives and Senate. |