1-1 1 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 847 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes pride in 1-4 recognizing Vince Leibowitz who was selected a winner of the 1-5 Northeast Texas Press Association Award for his work with the 1-6 Van Banner; and 1-7 WHEREAS, Vince is associate editor for Van Zandt Newspapers, 1-8 which publishes the Van Zandt News, Van Banner, Canton Herald, 1-9 and Wills Point Chronicle; he has been in that position since 1-10 May 11, 2000; and 1-11 WHEREAS, As associate editor, this talented young man covers 1-12 county, state district, state appeals, federal district, and federal 1-13 appeals courts for the newspapers; he also covers politics, 1-14 legislative issues, and natural resources issues and writes a popular 1-15 column, "Court Clatter"; and 1-16 WHEREAS, A dedicated journalist, Mr. Leibowitz was employed 1-17 by the Tyler Morning News as a copy and news editor prior to 1-18 his present position; and 1-19 WHEREAS, A native Texan, Vince was born in Tyler and grew up 1-20 in Mineola, where he graduated from Mineola High School; he attended 1-21 Texas A&M University-Commerce and graduated in 1998 with a bachelor's 1-22 degree in history with a minor in English; he was inducted into Sigma 1-23 Tau Delta, the international literature and languages honors society 2-1 and Phi Alpha Theta, the international history society while he was 2-2 at the university; and 2-3 WHEREAS, Active in the East Texas Genealogical Society, Vince 2-4 is co-chair of the society's computer interest group; engaged in the 2-5 Texas GenWeb Project, he sponsors genealogical websites for Anderson 2-6 and Hunt counties; and 2-7 WHEREAS, Dedicated to the website endeavor, Vince Leibowitz 2-8 sponsors genealogical websites for Wood, Van Zandt, Hunt, and 2-9 Williamson counties in Texas and the countries of Belarus and 2-10 Liechtenstein; and 2-11 WHEREAS, A journalist of great personal integrity, 2-12 Vince Leibowitz enjoys his work and keeping abreast of all new 2-13 developments in city halls and courts he covers; now, therefore, 2-14 be it 2-15 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-16 77th Legislature, hereby congratulate Vince Leibowitz on being 2-17 named a winner of the Northeast Texas Press Association Award and 2-18 wish him the best of luck in the future; and, be it further 2-19 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for him 2-20 as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. 2-21 Cain 2-22 ______________________________________ 2-23 President of the Senate 2-24 I hereby certify that the above 2-25 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-26 on May 1, 2001. 2-27 ______________________________________ 2-28 Secretary of the Senate 2-29 ______________________________________ 2-30 Member, Texas Senate