VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

• Code of Virginia
• Virginia Administrative Code
• Constitution of Virginia
• Charters
• Authorities
• Compacts
• Uncodified Acts
• RIS Users (account required)

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

• Bills & Resolutions
  session legislation
• Bill Summaries
  session summaries
• Reports to the General Assembly
  House and Senate documents
• Legislative Liaisons
  State agency contacts

ACROSS SESSIONS

• Subject Index: Since 1995
• Bills & Resolutions: Since 1994
• Summaries: Since 1994

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

1995 SESSION

• history | hilite | pdf | print version

LD2693749
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 236 Offered January 11, 1995 Prefiled December 2, 1994 Commending Peggy D. Vetter. ---------- Patron--Waddell ----------

WHEREAS, Peggy D. Vetter, the founder of one the first newspapers in Herndon, was named the 1994 Woman of the Year by the Herndon Business and Professional Women’s Club; and

WHEREAS, a native of Indiana who began her journalism career in Michigan, Peggy Vetter moved to Northern Virginia in the mid-1970s and soon thereafter founded the Herndon Observer, which at the time was the only newspaper in town; and

WHEREAS, the Herndon Observer grew along with the town, moving from a semi-monthly to a weekly publication; and

WHEREAS, through the years, Peggy Vetter employed dozens of local women, many with young children, and established what may have been the area’s first corporate day-care center; and

WHEREAS, Peggy Vetter sold the Observer in 1990, but she remains a reporter for the paper and has covered countless meetings of the town council, the planning commission, and the numerous boards and commissions that affect the lives of Herndon residents; and

WHEREAS, Peggy Vetter also serves on the board of directors of the Herndon Chamber of Commerce, is an active member of the Herndon Rotary Club, and has devoted substantial time and energy to youth sports programs and various fund-raising efforts; and

WHEREAS, throughout her long career in journalism and community service, Peggy Vetter has served well the citizens of the Herndon community and is an entirely appropriate and deserving selection for Woman of the Year honors; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED by the Senate, the House of Delegates concurring, That the General Assembly join with the citizens of Herndon in saluting Peggy D. Vetter on her many accomplishments and her well-earned honors; and, be it

RESOLVED FURTHER, That the Clerk of the Senate prepare a copy of this resolution for presentation to Peggy D. Vetter as an expression of the General Assembly’s congratulations and best wishes.