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                                                                  H.R. No. 388


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Bernyce Crownover, a longtime Ellis County resident, has been named the 2002 Waxahachie Citizen of the Year, and this award is a fitting tribute to a Texan who over the years has made countless contributions to many worthy local civic, business, and charitable organizations; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Crownover has generously contributed to planning, organizing, and coordinating such local events as the Crape Myrtle Festival, Cotton Patch Chili Cookoff, Candlelight Christmas Home Tour, Gingerbread Trail and Historic Home Tour, and Bob Phillips Texas Country Reporter Festival; in addition, she has been a valued member of the Ellis County Business Women's Board who has long demonstrated great interest in helping Texas firms, as evidenced through her work with the Business Expo and the Waxahachie Chamber of Commerce, on which she served as chair in 1998; and WHEREAS, This dynamic woman is also a tireless advocate for our state's most vulnerable citizens, and her work in behalf of abused and neglected children has been vital to associations that include the Gingerbread House, Ellis County's children's advocacy center, and the Texas Council of Child Welfare Board; her many accomplishments have been recognized throughout the Ellis County community, which last year proclaimed February 11 to be Bernyce Crownover Day, and she was honored as the Volunteer of the Year in 2000 and the First Lady of Waxahachie in 1992; and WHEREAS, Over the course of her life, this exemplary individual has dedicated herself to the betterment of her community and state, and it is through efforts such as hers that Waxahachie retains the high quality of life its residents enjoy today; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Bernyce Crownover on being named the 2002 Waxahachie Citizen of the Year and extend to her warmest best wishes for continued happiness and success in her future endeavors; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mrs. Crownover as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Pitts                         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. 388 was adopted by the House on March 4, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House