SENATE RESOLUTION

                             1995-8664

By Senators Newhouse and Sutherland

     WHEREAS, Barbara Acker has worked for the Skamania County Public Works Department since June 5, 1945; and

     WHEREAS, Barbara Acker was eighteen years of age when she began her career at the salary of $115.00 per month as the only woman working for the Public Works Department; and

     WHEREAS, Barbara Acker has maintained her commitment to her career, against medical advice, while battling the debilitating effects of multiple sclerosis which first struck her at the age of twenty; and

     WHEREAS, In her fifty years with Skamania County, Barbara Acker has worked for fifteen different county engineers in three different courthouses, and the county's population has doubled; and

     WHEREAS, Barbara Acker is a strong and active community member, well-known for volunteering throughout Skamania County; and

     WHEREAS, Barbara Acker, while serving as a model for all in any career because of her indomitable spirit, her perseverance, and her strength, is famous among her fellow workers for the cookies she bakes and shares at work; and

     WHEREAS, Barbara Acker's life and career symbolize the dramatic and hard fought changes in Skamania County which have created a recreational wonderland in an area characterized by geologic and natural beauty, big timber, and the everlasting Columbia River;

     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,  By the Washington State Senate that the unique life and fifty-year career of Barbara Acker are hereby honored and celebrated, and that this resolution become a portion of the acclaim she will receive during Skamania County's community recognition of her service and contribution; and

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit a copy of this resolution to the Washington State Association of Counties for presentation to Barbara Acker June 4, 1995, at Stevenson, Skamania County.

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate,

do hereby certify that this is a true and

correct copy of Senate Resolution 1995-8664,

adopted by the Senate May 18, 1995.

MARTY BROWN

Secretary of the Senate