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1+25.338.10 100th Legislative Session HC8001
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4+2025 South Dakota Legislature
55 House Commemoration 8001
6-Introduced by: Representatives Weisgram, Emery, Greenfield, Healy, Kull, Moore, Mortenson, Muckey, Reimer,
7-Reisch, Stevens, Venhuizen, and Walburg and Senators Crabtree, Deibert, Duhamel, Perry, Rohl, and Zikmund
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10-A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Honoring Donna Leslie of the South Dakota
11-Retailers Association for outstanding service to the business community.
12- WHEREAS, Donna Leslie has been a leading staff member of the South Dakota Retailers
13-Association since being hired as communications director on September 12, 1988; and
14- WHEREAS, Donna has worked for four executive directors, three dozen board presidents,
15-and more than one hundred fifty board members during nearly thirty-seven years of service;
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17- WHEREAS, Donna has written virtually every article in nearly three hundred issues of the
18-Retail Prophet magazine, which provides important, timely information to thousands of South
19-Dakota businesses; and
20- WHEREAS, Donna has “kept an eye” on thirty -seven legislative sessions for the South
21-Dakota Retailers Association and produced more than one hundred sixty issues of the
22-Legislative Bulletin, while compiling each edition of the popular Legislative Lineup guide to
23-the legislative session; and
24- WHEREAS, Donna has been the historian and information hub of the South Dakota
25-Retailers Association, helping guide its growth from two thousand members in 1988 to four
26-thousand today; and
27- WHEREAS, Donna has skillfully managed the South Dakota Retailers Association’s
28-scholarship program, which has awarded two hundred eighty scholarships totaling more than
29-two hundred fifty thousand dollars; and
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36- WHEREAS, Donna’s incomparable fashion sense has translated into bronze as the guiding
37-force in dressing the statue of Governor Robert S. Vessey outside the Retailers Association
38-office; and
39- WHEREAS, Donna is the longest-serving employee during the one hundred twenty -eight
40-years the South Dakota Retailers Association has served this state; and
41- WHEREAS, the press release announcing her hire stated that, “Hiring Donna Leslie is a
42-positive step that will help us in providing better information to our members and the public
43-as well,” and she has more than lived up to that billing; and
44- WHEREAS, after consuming approximately forty -eight thousand two-hundred eighty-five
45-cups of coffee during her tenure, Donna intends to retire in May 2025;
46- NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundredth Legislature of the State
47-of South Dakota, that Donna Leslie has made a positive difference in the lives of many South
48-Dakotans by helping make the South Dakota Retailers Association one of the country’s largest
49-and most effective business organizations.
12+Introduced by: Representatives Weisgram, Emery, Moore, Venhuizen, and Walburg and Senators Crabtree and
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17+A LEGISLATIVE COMMEMORATION, Honoring Donna Leslie of the South Dakota 1
18+Retailers Association for outstanding service to the business community. 2
19+ WHEREAS, Donna Leslie has been a leading staff member of the South Dakota Retailers 3
20+Association since being hired as communications director on September 12, 1988; and 4
21+ WHEREAS, Donna has worked for four executive directors, three dozen board presidents, 5
22+and more than one hundred fifty board members during nearly thirty-seven years of service; 6
23+and 7
24+ WHEREAS, Donna has written virtually every article in nearly three hundred issues of the 8
25+Retail Prophet magazine, which provides important, timely information to thousands of South 9
26+Dakota businesses; and 10
27+ WHEREAS, Donna has “kept an eye” on thirty -seven legislative sessions for the South 11
28+Dakota Retailers Association and produced more than one hundred sixty issues of the 12
29+Legislative Bulletin, while compiling each edition of the popular Legislative Lineup guide to 13
30+the legislative session; and 14
31+ WHEREAS, Donna has been the historian and information hub of the South Dakota 15
32+Retailers Association, helping guide its growth from two thousand members in 1988 to four 16
33+thousand today; and 17
34+ WHEREAS, Donna has skillfully managed the South Dakota Retailers Association’s 18
35+scholarship program, which has awarded two hundred eighty scholarships totaling more than 19
36+two hundred fifty thousand dollars; and 20
37+ WHEREAS, Donna’s incomparable fashion sense has translated into bronze as the guiding 21
38+force in dressing the statue of Governor Robert S. Vessey outside the Retailers Association 22
39+office; and 23 25.338.10 2 HC8001
40+ Underscores indicate new language.
41+ Overstrikes indicate deleted language.
42+ WHEREAS, Donna is the longest-serving employee during the one hundred twenty -eight 1
43+years the South Dakota Retailers Association has served this state; and 2
44+ WHEREAS, the press release announcing her hire stated that, “Hiring Donna Leslie is a 3
45+positive step that will help us in providing better information to our members and the public 4
46+as well,” and she has more than lived up to that billing; and 5
47+ WHEREAS, after consuming approximately forty -eight thousand two-hundred eighty-five 6
48+cups of coffee during her tenure, Donna intends to retire in May 2025; 7
49+ NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT COMMEMORATED, by the One Hundredth Legislature of the State 8
50+of South Dakota, that Donna Leslie has made a positive difference in the lives of many South 9
51+Dakotans by helping make the South Dakota Retailers Association one of the country’s largest 10
52+and most effective business organizations. 11