By: Barrientos S.R. No. 1101 1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to 1-3 recognize Vince Bland of Austin who has been selected as one of 1-4 the nine recipients of the 1995 Governor's Award for Outstanding 1-5 Volunteer Service; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Winning this award for exceptional volunteer service 1-7 is quite an honor since over 240 nominations were made from all over 1-8 Texas; a panel of judges selected by Governor Bush made the final 1-9 selection; and 1-10 WHEREAS, This outstanding gentleman founded the Austin 1-11 Independent School District Native American Parent Committee when 1-12 he became aware of a lack of education about our Native American 1-13 heritage in the schools; and 1-14 WHEREAS, He also instituted and co-chaired the Pow-Wow 1-15 Heritage Festival, which brings together 300 American Indians from 1-16 the Southwest who share storytelling, foods, dress, and customs of 1-17 five different tribes; and 1-18 WHEREAS, Mr. Bland developed Great Promise, a magazine 1-19 for fifth through eighth graders; and 1-20 WHEREAS, This remarkable man is truly committed to his 1-21 community; he does prodigious amounts of volunteer work on his 1-22 own time, including publishing Great Promise, managing the 1-23 Pow-Wow Heritage Festival, and speaking to all kinds of groups who 2-1 are interested in learning about our Native American heritage; now, 2-2 therefore, be it 2-3 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-4 74th Legislature, hereby commend Vince Bland on his selection as 2-5 a recipient of the 1995 Governor's Award for Outstanding Volunteer 2-6 Service; and, be it further 2-7 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for him 2-8 as an expression of the highest esteem of the Texas Senate. 2-9 ______________________________________ 2-10 President of the Senate 2-11 I hereby certify that the above 2-12 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-13 on May 17, 1995. 2-14 ______________________________________ 2-15 Secretary of the Senate 2-16 ______________________________________ 2-17 Member, Texas Senate