R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, On February 10, 1999, the 10 Rotary Texas district 1-2 governors will gather in Austin to celebrate Rotary International 1-3 Day at the State Capitol; and 1-4 WHEREAS, The more than 27,000 members of the 10 Rotary 1-5 districts in Texas have consistently endeavored to improve life in 1-6 their local communities and throughout the world, and their 1-7 tireless efforts truly embody Rotary International's motto of 1-8 "Service Above Self"; and 1-9 WHEREAS, Rotary International is a nonpolitical, nonpartisan, 1-10 and nonreligious organization composed of 1.2 million members in 1-11 527 districts and 159 countries; through the Rotary Foundation of 1-12 R.I., World Community Service, and other philanthropic efforts this 1-13 estimable foundation works to improve the global standard of living 1-14 while promoting international peace; and 1-15 WHEREAS, One example of the many humanitarian programs 1-16 conducted by Rotary International is the Polio Plus program, which 1-17 is dedicated to eradicating the polio virus worldwide; begun in 1-18 1985, the program has devoted more than $400 million to vaccinating 1-19 countless people around the globe against this crippling illness; 1-20 and 1-21 WHEREAS, The Rotary Foundation has recently instituted the 1-22 Children's Opportunities Grant, a $20 million special program to 1-23 promote new Rotary projects that will benefit children from birth 1-24 to age 16; and 2-1 WHEREAS, Each of the 481 Rotary clubs in Texas has the 2-2 opportunity to apply for grants of up to $25,000 to support such 2-3 club projects for children as literacy education, basic food and 2-4 clothing needs, primary health care and immunizations, prevention 2-5 of child abuse and exploitation of child labor, restorative surgery 2-6 for birth defects, child care centers for working parents, 2-7 rehabilitation for crippling injuries, care for orphans and street 2-8 youths, and drug abuse prevention; and 2-9 WHEREAS, This year's Rotary International theme is "Follow 2-10 Your Rotary Dream," and striving to make this slogan a reality 2-11 would not be possible without the support the Rotary Foundation 2-12 receives from generous contributors and Rotarians worldwide; and 2-13 WHEREAS, The Rotary districts of Texas are being represented 2-14 at the Capitol by the 10 Rotary district governors of Texas, 2-15 including Bob Wootten of El Paso, John Heetland of Amarillo, Sid 2-16 Pruitt of Alvarado, Bill Frew of Dallas, Bob Young of Hawkins, Bill 2-17 Dean of Seguin, Billy Archibald of Mexia, Bob Franklin of Lake 2-18 Jackson, Dan Davis of Huntsville, and Bill Janecek of Rockport; and 2-19 WHEREAS, The dedicated efforts of all the members of Rotary 2-20 Texas and Rotary International to span the international spectrum 2-21 in the attempt to achieve global health and peace are truly 2-22 commendable and indeed worthy of special recognition at this time; 2-23 now, therefore, be it 2-24 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 76th Texas 2-25 Legislature hereby recognize February 10, 1999, as Rotary 2-26 International Day at the Capitol and welcome the members of the 2-27 visiting delegation to Austin; and, be it further 3-1 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 3-2 prepared for Rotary International as an expression of high regard 3-3 by the Texas House of Representatives. Seaman Ellis Kuempel Pickett Ramsay Laney Glaze Moreno of El Paso Alexander Goodman Morrison Allen Goolsby Mowery Alvarado Gray Naishtat Averitt Green Najera Bailey Greenberg Nixon Berman Grusendorf Noriega Bonnen Gutierrez Oliveira Bosse Haggerty Olivo Brimer Hamric Palmer Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Pickett Brown of Brazos Hartnett Pitts Burnam Hawley Puente Capelo Heflin Ramsay Carter Hilbert Rangel Chavez Hilderbran Reyna of Bexar Chisum Hill Reyna of Dallas Christian Hinojosa Ritter Clark Hochberg Sadler Coleman Hodge Salinas Cook Homer Seaman Corte Hope Shields Counts Howard Siebert Crabb Hunter Smith Craddick Hupp Smithee Crownover Isett Solis of Cameron Cuellar Janek Solis of Bexar Culberson Jones of Brazos Solomons Danburg Jones of Lubbock Staples Davis of Harris Jones of Dallas Swinford Davis of Dallas Junell Talton Delisi Keel Telford Denny Keffer Thompson Deshotel King of Parker Tillery Driver King of Uvalde Truitt Dukes Krusee Turner of Coleman Dunnam Kuempel Turner of Harris Dutton Lengefeld Uher Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Uresti Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Van de Putte Eiland Longoria Walker Elkins Luna West Ellis McCall Williams Farabee McClendon Wilson Farrar McReynolds Wise Flores Madden Wohlgemuth Gallego Marchant Wolens Garcia Maxey Woolley George Merritt Yarbrough Giddings Moreno of Harris Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 157 was adopted by the House on February 10, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House