Got it!
I opened the admin/menu.tpl and added this code right after the Users link line
<a href="{$catalogs.admin}/languages.php?language=US&topic=Text&filter=txt_we lcome" class="VertMenuItems">Welcome Message</a><br />
This shows up nicely under the Management section in the Admin and the link brings up the sections to edit for the Customer txt_welcome and the txt_welcome_to_admin_area_textsections.
Anyone know how I can limit it to show just the txt_welcome section?
Thanks