SENATE COMMEMORATION
NO.
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Introduced by:
Senators de Hueck, Albers, Apa, Bogue, Brosz, Brown (Arnold), Cradduck,
Daugaard, Dennert, Diedrich (Larry), Diedtrich (Elmer), Drake, Duxbury,
Everist, Greenfield, Hagen, Ham, Hutmacher, Kleven, Koetzle, Koskan,
Madden, McCracken, McIntyre, Moore, Munson, Olson (Ed), Putnam,
Reedy, Staggers, Sutton (Dan), Symens, Vitter, Volesky, and Whiting and
Representatives Garnos, Abdallah, Adelstein, Bartling, Begalka, Bradford,
Broderick, Brown (Jarvis), Brown (Richard), Burg, Clark, Davis, Derby,
Duenwald, Duniphan, Eccarius, Elliott, Flowers, Frost, Fryslie, 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, Rhoden, Richter, Sebert, Sigdestad, Slaughter, Smidt, Solum,
Sutton (Duane), Teupel, Valandra, Van Etten, Van Gerpen, Van Norman, and
Wick
A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION,
Honoring Dawn Morris of Pierre on her selection as
National Mother of the Year.
WHEREAS,
Jean "Dawn" Morris of Pierre, South Dakota, was named National Mother of the
Year at the 66th annual American Mothers Convention by American Mothers, Inc., a multi-faith
organization dedicated to preserving the moral and spiritual foundations of the family in America.
American Mothers, Inc. promotes educational, cultural, and spiritual programs for mothers of all ages
and is recognized as the official sponsor of Mothers Day each year. Dawn was sponsored for this
award by St. Mary's Foundation and Bankwest of Pierre; and
WHEREAS,
Dawn Morris has been a religious education instructor for 29 years and a lay
minister for 16 years. She was the first woman to serve as president of the Pierre Economic
Development Corporation, was elected president of the Pierre Chamber of Commerce in 1986, is
past president of the South Dakota Manufactured Housing Association, and is a board member of
the South Dakota Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In 2000, she organized and coordinated the
first Habitat for Humanity Ladies Build in Pierre; and
WHEREAS,
Dawn Morris is the mother of five children and grandmother of two girls. She works
with her husband Milton as Human Resources Director of their family-owned business. Before this
she was a nurse for 22 years. Dawn's family, faith, and community are her passions. She is richly
deserving of this award:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED,
by the Seventy-seventh Legislature of the
State of South Dakota, that Dawn Morris of Pierre, South Dakota, is to be honored and
congratulated for her selection as National Mother of the Year for 2001.
