SENATE COMMEMORATION   NO. 1

        Introduced by: Senators Kleven, Albers, Apa, Bogue, Brosz, Brown (Arnold), Cradduck, Daugaard, de Hueck, Dennert, Diedrich (Larry), Diedtrich (Elmer), Drake, Duxbury, Everist, Greenfield, Hagen, Ham, Hutmacher, Koetzle, Koskan, Madden, McCracken, McIntyre, Moore, Munson, Olson (Ed), Putnam, Reedy, Staggers, Sutton (Dan), Symens, Vitter, Volesky, and Whiting and Representatives Rhoden, Abdallah, Adelstein, Bartling, Begalka, Bradford, Broderick, Brown (Jarvis), Brown (Richard), Burg, Clark, Davis, Derby, Duenwald, Duniphan, Eccarius, Elliott, Flowers, Frost, Fryslie, Garnos, Gillespie, Glenski, Hansen (Tom), Hanson (Gary), Hargens, Heineman, Hennies (Don), Hennies (Thomas), Holbeck, Hundstad, Hunhoff, Jaspers, Jensen, Juhnke, Klaudt, Kloucek, Koistinen, Konold, Kooistra, Lange, Lintz, Madsen, McCaulley, McCoy, Michels, Monroe, Murschel, Nachtigal, Napoli, Nesselhuf, Olson (Mel), Pederson (Gordon), Peterson (Bill), Peterson (Jim), Pitts, Pummel, Richter, Sebert, Sigdestad, Slaughter, Smidt, Solum, Sutton (Duane), Teupel, Valandra, Van Etten, Van Gerpen, Van Norman, and Wick  

         A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION,  Honoring Coleen C. Keffeler of Sturgis on her selection as National Teacher of the Year for Career and Technical Education.

     WHEREAS,  Coleen C. Keffeler, a schools-to-career coordinator at Sturgis Brown High School, was chosen as National Teacher of the Year for Career and Technical Education and also earned similar distinctions on both the regional and state levels; and

     WHEREAS,  Coleen C. Keffeler is recognized by the Association for Career and Technical Education, a national professional association with over six thousand members, for her innovative teaching skills and leadership among career and technical educators; and

     WHEREAS,  Coleen C. Keffeler is an effective leader who shares her many talents with her students by successfully placing them in the youth internship program at her school and also shares her talents with the community by serving as a role model for youth, a 4-H leader, and a judge at the county fair:

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED,  by the Seventy-seventh Legislature of the State of South Dakota, that Coleen C. Keffeler be honored and congratulated upon her selection as the National Teacher of the Year for Career and Technical Education.