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   CONGRATULATIONS TO JACK LEONHARDT, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF WINDCREST

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                            HON. LAMAR SMITH

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                         Wednesday, May 6, 2009

  Mr. SMITH of Texas. Madam Speaker, today I want to congratulate Mayor 
Jack Leonhardt on the occasion of his retirement as Mayor of the City 
of Windcrest.
  First elected Mayor of Windcrest on May 5, 2001, Mayor Leonhardt has 
been consecutively elected to four terms. He announced his retirement 
in May 2009. As Mayor, he served as Chairman of the Alamo Area Council 
of Governments, President of the Texas Municipal League Region 7, 
Treasurer of the Greater Bexar Council Council of Cities and was 
appointed by Mayor Phil Hardberger and Judge Nelson Wolff to the 
Transportation Task Force.
  Mayor Leonhardt is a member of the Windcrest Lions Club, the 
Windcrest Optimist Club, the Northeast Partnership, the Greater 
Randolph Chamber of Commerce, and serves as an elder at John Calvin 
Presbyterian Church. He also served in the United States Air Force from 
1966 until 1987 when he retired as Lieutenant Colonel.
  He is married to Barbara and has two daughters, Jacqueline Denham and 
Joanne Brickson, as well as four grandchildren.
  He has done an exceptional job as Mayor and we are all grateful for 
his service to his community.

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