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
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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.
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2-18                                          Secretary of the Senate
2-19                                  ______________________________________
2-20                                           Member, Texas Senate