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.
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   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.
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   2-15                                       Secretary of the Senate
   2-16                               ______________________________________
   2-17                                        Member, Texas Senate