At 100, Woman Still Works for Lawmakers

I got this from AOL  and it was on our tv news also

At 100, Woman Still Works for Lawmakers

LINCOLN, Neb. (March 26) -

 When Sally Gordon was born in 1909, workers hadn't

even started building Nebraska's Capitol -

where she still works.

On Thursday, her 100th birthday, hundreds

of people came to honor the woman

who has served as an assistant sergeant-atarms

for the Nebraska Legislature for 26

years and was an aide to three governors

before that.

"When I don't work, I just go crazy," said

Gordon, who has worked for more than 80

of her 100 years. "I'm a desperate housewife,

and I'm allergic to housework."

Although she's slowed down a little, Gordon

still walks to work at the Capitol when

the weather's nice. Her son Jim calls her

"the Energizer Bunny."

After the party, she headed upstairs and

back to work, with no plans of retiring anytime

soon.

Lincoln Mayor Chris Beutler, a former state

senator, recalled Thursday how he felt

when Gordon had to tell him to hurry back

to his seat for a vote.

"When Sally came and put her hand on my

arm, her lightest admonition was like the

heaviest weight," Beutler said. "I would

sulk back to my chair."

Among her birthday gifts, Gordon got a CD

recorded by lobbyists with songs like "Red

Coat Sally," sung to the tune of "Mustang

Sally." Its title refers to the red coats worn

by sergeants-at-arms.

President Barack Obama sent Gordon a letter

of congratulations.

"Oh," she gasped as her son read it aloud.

"With all he has to do, to write to me!"