WHEREAS, the automotive service professional, an invaluable member of the automotive service industry in Idaho, is a highly trained and skilled individual; and

        WHEREAS, there are over 2,160 ASE Certified automotive service professionals working in over 950 general automotive service and repair facilities in Idaho; and

        WHEREAS, the goal of the automotive service and repair industry in Idaho is to provide motorists with the best possible vehicle repair and service; and

        WHEREAS, this goal can only be accomplished by developing and using the highly technical and diagnostic skills of automotive service professionals, who are responsible for maintaining, servicing and repairing the vehicles that the motoring public depend on to travel safely and securely over our nation’s roads; and

        WHEREAS, automotive service professionals provide prompt, complete, accurate and quality service to the increasingly complex vehicles consumers depend upon daily, while diligently adhering to standards of professionalism and continuing technical education; and

        WHEREAS, automotive service professionals’ ongoing efforts to “fix it right the first time” are worthy of recognition and appreciation;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “Butch” Otter, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby officially proclaim June 11th through June 17th,

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE PROFESSIONAL WEEK

in Idaho, and I encourage the citizens of Idaho to recognize the valuable and meaningful contributions that automotive service professionals make to keep our cars and trucks running.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused to be affixed the Great Seal of the State of Idaho at Boise, Idaho, on this 7th day of June in the year of our Lord two-thousand and seven and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred thirty-first and of the Statehood of Idaho the one hundred seventeenth.

BEN YSURSA
SECRETARY OF STATE