| 1 | 1 | | Introduced Version |
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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 4 | 4 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED RESOLUTION |
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| 5 | 5 | | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Martha Jane |
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| 6 | 6 | | Lasater. |
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| 7 | 7 | | ALEXANDER |
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| 8 | 8 | | , read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 9 | 9 | | 2024 RC 1514/DI JC Introduced |
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| 10 | 10 | | Second Regular Session 123rd General Assembly (2024) |
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| 11 | 11 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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| 12 | 12 | | RESOLUTION No. _____ |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION memorializing Martha |
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| 14 | 14 | | 2 Jane Lasater. |
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| 15 | 15 | | 3 Whereas, Martha Jane Lasater was born January 2, 1940, |
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| 16 | 16 | | 4 in Muncie, Indiana, to Gerald and Louise Wingate and |
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| 17 | 17 | | 5 graduated from Desoto High School in 1958; |
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| 18 | 18 | | 6 Whereas, After graduation, Jane embarked on a career in |
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| 19 | 19 | | 7 public service in Delaware County spanning more than forty |
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| 20 | 20 | | 8 years, starting as a Township Trustee, followed by six years of |
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| 21 | 21 | | 9 service as County Treasurer, eight years as County Auditor, |
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| 22 | 22 | | 10 eight years as County Recorder, and nine years as a County |
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| 23 | 23 | | 11 Councilwoman; |
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| 24 | 24 | | 12 Whereas, Jane was also an exemplar of Indiana's |
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| 25 | 25 | | 13 agricultural heritage, living her life on the family farm, which |
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| 26 | 26 | | 14 received the Hoosier Homestead Centennial Award in 2009 to |
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| 27 | 27 | | 15 commemorate 100 years of family ownership; |
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| 28 | 28 | | 16 Whereas, Jane lived out her rural values through support |
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| 29 | 29 | | 17 of youth and 4-H programs, years of volunteer work at the |
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| 30 | 30 | | 18 Delaware County Fair, and her longtime service as a voting |
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| 31 | 31 | | 19 member of the Delaware County Fair Board; |
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| 32 | 32 | | 20 Whereas, During her life, Jane's commitment to public |
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| 33 | 33 | | 21 service was recognized by all those around her, from Governor |
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| 34 | 34 | | 22 Robert Orr naming her a Sagamore of the Wabash, the highest |
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| 35 | 35 | | 23 honor bestowed on a citizen, in 1988, to the Delaware County |
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| 36 | 36 | | 24 Board of Commissioners dedicating the Delaware County |
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| 37 | 37 | | 25 Fairgrounds grandstand as the Jane Lasater Memorial |
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| 38 | 38 | | 2024 RC 1514/DI JC 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 1 Grandstand in 2023; |
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| 40 | 40 | | 2 Whereas, Jane prided herself on improving government for |
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| 41 | 41 | | 3 the benefit of the people, as evidenced by her motto "People |
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| 42 | 42 | | 4 Before Politics"; and |
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| 43 | 43 | | 5 Whereas, Jane leaves behind a legacy of public service |
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| 44 | 44 | | 6 deserving of the highest honor and praise: Therefore, |
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| 45 | 45 | | 7 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly |
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| 46 | 46 | | 8 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives |
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| 47 | 47 | | 9 concurring: |
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| 48 | 48 | | 10 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly |
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| 49 | 49 | | 11 memorializes the life and legacy of Martha Jane Lasater. |
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| 50 | 50 | | 12 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
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| 51 | 51 | | 13 to transmit copies of this Resolution to the family of Martha |
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| 52 | 52 | | 14 Jane Lasater. |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2024 RC 1514/DI JC |
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