2024 Regular Session - Day 49 - Citation, Rep. Randy Bridges

it's with a sad and heart I stand today uh just a month ago uh Mary Hammond a dear uh friend of mine and a a great uh uh cheerleader for Paduka McCracken County was here in the capital rotunda and I got to speak for her to the uh tourism department and I was asked then from uh another uh local person to uh have a citation made in honor of her uh retirement unfortunately last week I got a call late at night that we had to change that citation of retirement to citation of Memorial Mary was a uh a dear friend a close Ally she graduated from of tman she graduated from University of uh Kentucky and she worked many years for the T Paduka tourist and Convention commission and became the executive director uh one of her greatest Feats was having Paduka named as the uh UNESCO creative City one of only 15 in Europe and North America she also served on the boards of national quilt Museum the national travel Association and uh she served with me on our local Rotary Club and it's just with a deep heart that uh we adjourned today in honor of her thank you Mr Speaker