H.R. No. 112R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, For 32 years the Sabine Valley Center, a mental health and mental retardation agency headquartered in Longview, has provided the people of East Texas with vital services and support; and WHEREAS, The center assists more than 8,000 clients, including individuals with mental illness or mental retardation, people suffering from substance abuse, and children with developmental disabilities; and WHEREAS, Among the many forms of support offered by the agency are diagnostic, counseling, and psychiatric services, a 24-hour-a-day crisis line, residential services and youth shelter programs, and vocational training and rehabilitation; the center strives to meet the needs of its clients through community-based programs and assistance as an alternative to treatment in a state institution; and WHEREAS, Through community education efforts, the center also endeavors to reduce the stigma of mental illness and mental retardation; one such program is its annual Destination Dignity event, an occasion designed to promote public support for, and understanding of, people with mental disabilities; and WHEREAS, The center has created a foundation to encourage the involvement of private citizens and local businesses in supporting and strengthening its many crucial services; a volunteer program also enables area residents to contribute to the center's essential work; and WHEREAS, Now in its fourth decade, the Sabine Valley Center continues to pursue its mission of "helping people to achieve dignity, independence, and their dreams," and it is a pleasure to recognize its manifold contributions at this time; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby honor the Sabine Valley Center for its central role in promoting the well-being of East Texas citizens and extend to all those associated with the center sincere best wishes for continued success. Merritt Craddick Giddings Merritt Allen Goodman Miller Alonzo Goolsby Moreno of Harris Bailey Griggs Moreno of El Paso Baxter Grusendorf Morrison Berman Guillen Mowery Bohac Gutierrez Naishtat Bonnen Haggerty Nixon Branch Hamilton Noriega Brown of Kaufman Hamric Oliveira Brown of Brazos Hardcastle Olivo Burnam Harper-Brown Paxton Callegari Hartnett Pena Campbell Heflin Phillips Canales Hegar Pickett Capelo Hilderbran Pitts Casteel Hill Puente Castro Hochberg Quintanilla Chavez Hodge Rangel Chisum Homer Raymond Christian Hope Reyna Coleman Hopson Riddle Cook of Navarro Howard Ritter Cook of Colorado Hughes Rodriguez Corte Hunter Rose Crabb Hupp Seaman Crownover Isett Smith of Tarrant Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Smithee Dawson Jones of Dallas Solis Delisi Keel Solomons Denny Keffer of Dallas Stick Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Swinford Driver King Talton Dukes Kolkhorst Taylor Dunnam Krusee Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Laney Truitt Eiland Laubenberg Turner Eissler Lewis Uresti Elkins Luna Van Arsdale Ellis Mabry Villarreal Farabee Madden West Farrar Marchant Wilson Flores Martinez Fischer Wise Flynn McCall Wohlgemuth Gallego McClendon Wolens Garza McReynolds Wong Gattis Menendez Woolley Geren Mercer Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 112 was adopted by the House on February 5, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House