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 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
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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.
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2-28                                          Secretary of the Senate
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2-30                                           Member, Texas Senate