Session 2000
Effective: April 28, 2000
� � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � SENATE RESOLUTION No. 1852 � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � � A Resolution congratulating and commending Lester Lewis.
� � � WHEREAS,� Lester Lewis, 73, of Topeka, retired September 30, 1999, after
completing more than 53 years of service to the state of Kansas and with the
longest length of service of any state employee; and

� � � WHEREAS,� After graduating from Highland Park High School, Lester
Lewis reported for duty on May 3, 1946, as a part-time custodian at the state
capitol. Within two months his attitude and attention to detail placed him in a
clerk's position in the then Revenue and Taxation Department. Lewis worked
for the Revenue Department for the next 33 years being promoted seven times.
In 1979 he transferred to the Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services
to work with the weatherization assistance program. In this work Lester Lewis
found his niche: "I went from 'dogging' people to pay their taxes, to helping
them." He truly enjoyed this work and spent the next 20 years traveling the
state of Kansas helping Kansans find ways to lower their energy bills. He also
helped communities apply for and receive emergency shelter grants for the
homeless; and

� � � WHEREAS,� The housing program became a program for the Kansas Di-
vision of Housing, which later was blended with the Commerce Department
to become the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing. Lewis' position
upon retirement was as an Economic Development Representative II with this
latter department; and

� � � WHEREAS,� Lester Lewis and his wife, Norma, were married the same
month he started working for the state. In his retirement he hopes to finish
some house projects and to catch some big fish: Now, therefore,

� � � Be it resolved by the Senate of the State of Kansas:�That we congratulate
and commend Lester Lewis upon his retirement from 53 years of honorable
service to the state of Kansas; and

� � � Be it further resolved:�That the Secretary of the Senate be directed to
provide an enrolled copy of this resolution to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Lewis, 2704
S.E. Jefferson, Topeka, KS 66605.

Senate Resolution No. 1852 was sponsored by Senator Anthony Hensley.