Office of the Mayor

Proclamation

Lawrence, Kansas

WHEREAS:   Pattie Johnston began her service at the Lawrence Public Library, exactly forty-five years ago today, on November 21, 1972; and

WHEREAS:   Ms. Johnston’s first library job was as a College Page, and in January 1979, she rose to the position of Director of the Circulation Department, and in 2001, she became the Library’s Senior Outreach Coordinator; and

WHEREAS:   Ms. Johnston has served the Lawrence Community in numerous other ways, including volunteering as a member of the Senior Resource Center of Douglas County Board, the Lawrence Douglas County Advocacy Council on Aging, the Douglas County Food Policy Council, and as a graduate of the Citizen Journalism Academy; and

WHEREAS:   Pattie Johnston’s forty-five years of work at, and for, the Lawrence Public Library make her the longest serving employee in the 113-year history of the Lawrence Public Library.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, Leslie Soden, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim Tuesday, November 21, 2017 as

pattie johnston day

in the City of Lawrence.

                                                          Leslie Soden, Mayor

November 21, 2017