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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Bluebonnet Youth Ranch is hosting its 40th annual |
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Celebrity Golf Tournament on October 9 and 10, 2021, and this |
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occasion provides a welcome opportunity to recognize its founding |
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chair, Claud B. Jacobs of Yoakum, for his extensive record of |
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community service; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1968, Mr. Jacobs joined with other area |
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businessmen to establish Bluebonnet Youth Ranch, a private, |
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nonprofit facility licensed by the state to provide long-term |
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residential care and treatment to children in need; Mr. Jacobs |
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conceived of the golf tournament as a fundraiser for the home; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Jacobs has served his community in myriad |
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capacities, including president of the Yoakum Jaycees, Area Chamber |
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of Commerce, and United Way Fund Drive; in addition, he founded |
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Mended Hearts of Victoria, and he has held leadership roles in many |
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other charitable and civic organizations, among them the Yoakum |
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Chapter of the American Cancer Society, the Food Bank of the Golden |
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Crescent, the Victoria Chamber of Commerce, and the Victoria Port |
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Authority; he also helped restart the City Championship golf |
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tournament in Victoria, and the trophy was named in his honor; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply committed to education, Mr. Jacobs has |
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served as president of the board of St. Joseph School; he was a |
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member of the University of Houston-Victoria presidential search |
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committee and downward expansion committee, and he and his wife, |
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Mary Virginia Jacobs, have endowed a nursing scholarship and golf |
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and baseball scholarships at the institution; moreover, he has |
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raised over $300,000 for UHV athletics through the Claud Jacobs |
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Intercollegiate Tournament; the university presented him with its |
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People Who Make a Difference Award, and his numerous accolades |
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further include selection as Member of the Year by the Victoria |
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Chamber of Commerce and as Citizen of the Year by the Victoria |
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Rotary Club; and |
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WHEREAS, Claud Jacobs has greatly benefited his fellow |
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citizens through his wide-ranging civic endeavors, and his example |
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of dedicated leadership is an inspiration to all who know him; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby honor Claud B. Jacobs for |
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his outstanding record of community service and extend to him |
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sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Jacobs as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |