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    A Tribute to State Employees

    A.S.E.A. staff member John Moran, media


    coordinator, read the following tribute during the
    Outstanding State Employees awards banquet.

    Tonight is a celebration of state employees—of their efforts towards the cause of


    public service, as well as of their sacrifices. And while we do celebrate sacrifices, we
    must acknowledge also the great loss that such sacrifices can bring.
    Tomorrow, as A.S.E.A. continues its convention, we will take a moment to recog-
    nize all of the association’s members who have passed over the last year. And, while
    there is no one among us who can say that any life is worth more than any other,
    there are stories of loss whose circumstances we may find particularly moving.
    The name of “Christopher Adams” is one of the most recent additions to that list
    that we will read tomorrow. Christopher Adams was a Forestry Commission
    employee who lost his life less than two weeks ago while assisting an area volun-
    teer fire department put out a fire.
    Understandably, most do not think of firefighters as state employees, but, sadly, Mr.
    Adams is not the first Forestry Commission worker to have lost his life in such a
    fight. And this only serves as a reminder that public service can sometimes require
    the greatest sacrifice of all.
    Everyone knows about special interest groups—it’s the people who work for the
    public interest who often go unsung.
    But ask the motorist stranded by the side of the road assisted by a state trooper—
    Ask the young pregnant mother guided by a Health Department nurse on how to
    stay healthy and care for her new infant—
    Ask the elderly man helped by an Adult Protective Services worker to escape abuse
    from a family member—
    Ask the victim of a crime whose case was solved through the contributions of the
    State Crime Laboratory’s scientists—
    Ask the patient cared for by a University Hospital nurse—
    Ask the child with a hearing or sight disability instructed by a teacher at the School
    for the Deaf or the School for the Blind—
    They can tell you about the sort of very real, very meaningful ways in which state
    employees have an impact in the lives of Arkansas citizens every day. And that is
    why we like to call state employees Arkansas’s number one public interest group.
    Because sometimes a job has to be done, seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day.
    And these are the sort of jobs that are done by state employees. State employees
    promote good where many times there is bad. They are driven to do things others
    try to ignore. They fight the day-in and day-out battle to find ways to help those
    who need help the most.
    State government attracts the people who care—who want to help—who want to
    make a difference on the job and in the community. Many who could work in jobs
    for higher pay, better benefits, and more recognition in the private sector stay in
    state government because they are committed, dedicated individuals concerned
    about the people they serve.
    This is why there is an Arkansas State Employees Association. And this is why we
    have asked you to join us here tonight, and this is why we thank you for being here.

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