1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 233 1-2 WHEREAS, The Texas Senate takes pride in recognizing Texas 1-3 Hearing and Service Dogs, Incorporated, for the excellent work 1-4 that it does to assist people in need; and 1-5 WHEREAS, A nonprofit organization, Texas Hearing and 1-6 Service Dogs, Incorporated, accomplishes two primary objectives; 1-7 it rescues unwanted dogs from shelters and provides hearing and 1-8 service dogs at a nominal fee to citizens with hearing loss or 1-9 other disabilities; and 1-10 WHEREAS, The successful organization of this project is 1-11 the work of Sheri Soltes Henderson, an Austin resident, who 1-12 trains the dogs to perform complicated tasks using only positive 1-13 reinforcement; and 1-14 WHEREAS, Formerly a practicing attorney in Houston, Sheri 1-15 created an organization in 1988 that is only one of 45 similar 1-16 groups in the United States and the larger of two in Texas; and 1-17 WHEREAS, Always in need of new funding, Texas Hearing and 1-18 Service Dogs, Incorporated, will try, on February 20, 1999, to 1-19 break the Guinness Book of World Records record for the number 1-20 of dogs walked at one time; entrants will pay an entry fee and 1-21 walk their leashed dogs on a specified three-mile course; the 1-22 effort will take place in Austin; and 1-23 WHEREAS, The success of Sheri's training method has 1-24 persuaded the Austin Police Department to request her assistance 2-1 with the training of their rescue dogs; success such as this is 2-2 certainly worthy of legislative recognition; now, therefore, be it 2-3 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-4 76th Legislature, hereby congratulate Sheri Henderson and Texas 2-5 Hearing and Service Dogs, Incorporated, for their incalculable 2-6 contributions to the citizens and the State of Texas; and, be it 2-7 further 2-8 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-9 the organization as an expression of the highest regard of the 2-10 Texas Senate. 2-11 Barrientos 2-12 ______________________________________ 2-13 President of the Senate 2-14 I hereby certify that the above 2-15 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-16 on February 17, 1999. 2-17 ______________________________________ 2-18 Secretary of the Senate 2-19 ______________________________________ 2-20 Member, Texas Senate