HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08082000 - C14 RESOLUTION HONORING THE RESOLUTION NO. 2000/370
100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
OF ALICE AVON MORISETTE JOHNSTONE
ON SEPTEMBER 9, 2000
WHEREAS, ALICE AVON MORISETTE JOHNSTONE was born in Hancock,Michigan on
September 9, 1940,the oldest of four children.
WHEREAS, ALICE AVON MORISETTE JOHNSTONE moved west with her family to
Washington State where Alice graduated from teacher's college and took her first teaching job in
Clearlake, Washington,earning$82 per month. While in her first year of teaching she met her future
husband,Robert Johnstone on a train trip from Seattle.
WHEREAS, ALICE AVON MORISETTE J01 NSTONE settled in Seattle with her new
husband where they raised three children. She pioneered the first kindergarten in the community. In
recognition of her excellence as a primary teacher a scholarship was created in her name by the school
district to be awarded to outstanding student teachers in primary education.
WHEREAS, ALICE AVON MORISETTE JOHNSTONE celebrated 65 years of marriage before
her husband's passing in 1990. Upon his death, she moved to Lafayette to live with her daughter,
beginning a new era in her life. A physically and mentally able lady, she has slowed down little in her
90's, still traveling to Los Angeles to visit her granddaughter. She is a voracious reader and is always
looking for a new challenge.
WHEREAS, ALICE AVON MORISETTE JOHNSTONE is a remarkable women. Her family is
very proud of her and honor her as their role model.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of Contra Costa County
does hereby wish
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Passed by a unanimous vote of the Board of Supervisors present this 8th day of August 2444.
Gayle it ema John Gioia
District II Supervisor District I,Supervisor
Dgtfn_d Gerber, Chair Mark DeSaulnier
strict Ill Supervisor District IV Supervisor
Joe Canciamilla
District V Supervisor
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I hereby cert that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Order
Entered into the minutes of the board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid:
Phil Batchelor,County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
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Deputy Clerk