Bill Text: VA HJR723 | 2017 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commending Paula Slagle.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-01-20 - Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ723ER) [HJR723 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2017-HJR723-Enrolled.html
WHEREAS, Paula Slagle of Chesapeake was honored as the 2016 Woman of the Year by the Women's Division of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce Chesapeake; and
WHEREAS, Paula Slagle has contributed her time and talents to numerous organizations in the Hampton Roads area and has been a dedicated member of the Women's Division of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce Chesapeake (WDHRCCC); and
WHEREAS, Paula Slagle is retired from Chesapeake Public Schools and has spent much of her life working with numbers and figures, whether for accounting purposes, engineering purposes, calculating piecework salaries, or making cash payments; and
WHEREAS, Paula Slagle graduated from Western High School in Baltimore, Maryland, and received an associate's degree from Tidewater Community College, but the most important lessons she learned in life were from her parents, her husband, her children, her friends, and her volunteer experiences; and
WHEREAS, Paula Slagle is currently serving as chaplain of the WDHRCCC, a position she has held twice, and previously she served the organization as education chair and treasurer, and she spearheads the 50/50 raffle; and
WHEREAS, Paula Slagle belongs to the Luncheon Pilot Club of Chesapeake, where she has served as corresponding secretary, chaplain, two-year executive board member, and greeter; and
WHEREAS, Paula Slagle has engaged in fundraising for organizations that support people with mental illness and heart disease, among others, and currently devotes her fundraising prowess to supporting the Crisis Pregnancy Center in Chesapeake; and
WHEREAS, Paula Slagle is a yoga instructor and an active member of her community, spending many hours over the years volunteering with Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Meals on Wheels, and serving on the boards of local parent teacher associations; and
WHEREAS, Paula Slagle will be honored at the WDHRCCC's annual Woman of the Year banquet on February 7, 2017, at the Chesapeake Conference Center; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED by the House of Delegates, the Senate concurring, That the General Assembly hereby commend Paula Slagle for being named the 2016 Woman of the Year by the Women's Division of the Hampton Roads Chamber of Commerce Chesapeake; and, be it
RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the House of Delegates prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Paula Slagle as an expression of the General Assembly's congratulations and admiration for her many accomplishments and efforts to make Chesapeake one of the Commonwealth's outstanding communities.
