WHEREAS, state employees should be recognized for the outstanding work and invaluable service they give each day in their jobs; and

        WHEREAS, state employees make a difference in the well-being and quality of life for all the citizens of Idaho; and

        WHEREAS, Idaho’s state employees perform their jobs daily with professionalism and integrity, making government services accessible and responsive to the needs of our citizens; and

        WHEREAS, it is appropriate to designate a State Employee Recognition Week to honor and recognize all state employees; and

        WHEREAS, Idaho is honored to join other states across the United States during the week of May 1^st through 4^th, 2007 to extend our appreciation and gratitude to all state employees for their continued spirit of dedication;

        NOW, THEREFORE, I, C.L. “BUTCH” OTTER, Governor of the State of Idaho, do hereby proclaim May 1^st through 4^th, 2007, to be

PUBLIC  EMPLOYEE  RECOGNITION  WEEK

and May 1^st, 2007, to be

STATE  EMPLOYEE  RECOGNITION  DAY

in Idaho.

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 1^st day of May 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