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 1-2                          SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 723
 1-3           WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pride in
 1-4     recognizing Anna M. Tinsley of Austin, who is leaving the
 1-5     Scripps Howard Austin Bureau, formerly the Harte-Hanks Austin
 1-6     Bureau, to join the staff of the Fort Worth Star Telegram to
 1-7     cover city hall; and
 1-8           WHEREAS, The Scripps Howard Austin Bureau includes the
 1-9     Corpus Christi Caller-Times, the Abilene Reporter News, the
1-10     San Angelo Standard Times, and the Wichita Falls Times Record
1-11     News; and
1-12           WHEREAS, This talented young woman has been covering the
1-13     Texas Legislature since February, 1995; stories about state
1-14     agencies have been on her beat, as well as stories of local
1-15     and Texas interest to be published in the four Texas newspapers
1-16     and sent to the Scripps Howard national wire service; and
1-17           WHEREAS, Anna Tinsley is a dedicated journalist who became
1-18     a reporter after she graduated from Baylor University with a
1-19     bachelor of arts degree in 1991; and
1-20           WHEREAS, Anna immediately went to work for the Odessa
1-21     American as a police and courts reporter and stayed until 1993;
 2-1     her superior writing was rewarded with an advancement, working
 2-2     for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times as a regional reporter and
 2-3     weekly columnist; and
 2-4           WHEREAS, A journalist of great personal integrity,
 2-5     Anna Tinsley has received numerous accolades for her writing,
 2-6     including a first place award for science and health from the
 2-7     National Federation of Press Women in 2000 and a 2000 Texas
 2-8     Professional Communicators Sweepstakes award; in 1999, she
 2-9     was recognized with a first place award in news writing from
2-10     the American Cancer Society and an honorable mention award
2-11     for political writing; in 1994 she received the Press Club of
2-12     Dallas Award of Excellence for analysis of the safety system in
2-13     a Corpus Christi refinery explosion; and
2-14           WHEREAS, Although her many Capitol friends will miss Anna,
2-15     they know she will continue to be an asset to the field of
2-16     journalism; now, therefore, be it
2-17           RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
2-18     77th Legislature, hereby commend Anna M. Tinsley on her move
2-19     to the Fort Worth Star Telegram; and, be it further
2-20           RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
2-21     her as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate.
2-22                                                    Truan
2-23           Armbrister           Gallegos            Ogden
2-24           Barrientos           Harris              Shapiro
2-25           Bernsen              Haywood             Shapleigh
 3-1           Bivins               Jackson             Sibley
 3-2           Brown                Lindsay             Staples
 3-3           Cain                 Lucio               Van de Putte
 3-4           Carona               Madla               Wentworth
 3-5           Duncan               Moncrief            West
 3-6           Ellis                Nelson              Whitmire
 3-7           Fraser                                   Zaffirini
 3-8                      Ratliff, President of the Senate
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3-10                                          President of the Senate
3-11                                       I hereby certify that the above
3-12                                  Resolution was adopted by the Senate
3-13                                  on April 9, 2001.
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3-15                                          Secretary of the Senate
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3-17                                            Dean of the Senate