1-1 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 925 1-2 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pride in 1-3 recognizing Reginald Blow on his recent election as president of 1-4 the Texas Publishers Association, the African American Press of 1-5 Texas; and 1-6 WHEREAS, Reginald Blow has served for 11 years as publisher 1-7 of the North Texas Journal, a Wichita Falls newspaper that focuses 1-8 on issues of interest to the black population; and 1-9 WHEREAS, A well-known publisher who is noted for his lack of 1-10 bias, Mr. Blow has been a member of the Texas Publishers Association 1-11 for 11 years and was elected president in April of this year during 1-12 the association's state convention; and 1-13 WHEREAS, The Texas Publishers Association has 24 member 1-14 newspapers with 2.9 million readers, and its motto is "We will 1-15 speak for ourselves"; as president, Reginald Blow intends to 1-16 speak with integrity; and 1-17 WHEREAS, He also intends to portray the black community in a 1-18 positive light and stress the benefits to businesses of advertising 1-19 in a black newspaper; he strongly believes that black Americans need 1-20 to become more aware of the benefits they can bring to themselves 1-21 through economic empowerment; and 1-22 WHEREAS, An exemplary gentleman and an exceptional journalist, 1-23 Reginald Blow brings a wealth of experience and administrative skill 1-24 to his position as president of the Texas Publishers Association, 2-1 and his insight and leadership will provide an invaluable voice for 2-2 the association's members; now, therefore, be it 2-3 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-4 76th Legislature, hereby commend Reginald Blow on his many 2-5 accomplishments and extend to him best wishes for the future as 2-6 president of the Texas Publishers Association; and, be it further 2-7 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for 2-8 Reginald Blow as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. 2-9 Haywood 2-10 ______________________________________ 2-11 President of the Senate 2-12 I hereby certify that the above 2-13 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-14 on May 10, 1999. 2-15 ______________________________________ 2-16 Secretary of the Senate 2-17 ______________________________________ 2-18 Member, Texas Senate