Commends Mayor Randy Roach for his years of public service to the city of Lake Charles and to the state of Louisiana.
Commends Gary Ostroske for twenty-five years of dedicated service and outstanding leadership of the United Way of Southeast Louisiana.
Commends Cornel Hubert for thirty-five years of dedicated public service with the state.
Commends Willie Landry Mount on being conferred an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters by McNeese State University.
Commends Mary P. Williams on thirty years of dedicated service.
Commends Marlene D. Ferrara for her years of dedicated, outstanding service to the Louisiana Senate.
Commends Charles R. "Charlie" St. Romain for his years of dedicated service to the state of Louisiana and its citizens.
Commends Dr. Victor Ukpolo on his leadership and service as Chancellor of Southern University at New Orleans.
Commends Senator Gary L. Smith Jr. for his years of distinguished public service.
Commends Shelley Johnson upon her retirement as executive director of the Lake Charles/Southwest Louisiana Convention and Visitors Bureau.