H.R. No. 537R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, The Richardson Republican Women's Club has long been an integral part of its North Texas community, and it is most appropriate to honor this distinguished group of citizens for their many noteworthy accomplishments; and WHEREAS, The Richardson Republican Women's Club was founded in 1958, and its members have worked through the years for better government and for the betterment of their community, giving generously of their time and diverse talents to a host of worthy initiatives; these dedicated individuals regularly participate in outreach and literacy programs and have provided financial support to the public libraries of Texas for more than four decades; and WHEREAS, The club has received the Dallas County Council of Republican Women Executive Committee's Certificate of Appreciation, the Texas Federation of Republican Women's Certificate of Merit, the Participation, Activity, and Teamwork (PAT) Award, the John Goodwin Tower Award of Excellence, and many others; several of the members have also been given such special recognition as the Volunteer of the Year for Texas and commendations from the Dallas County Republican Party; and WHEREAS, In addition, the organization's members contributed the most total hours of volunteer service per member of any Texas Republican women's club during 2000, which earned them the A-Team Governor Perry Award; and WHEREAS, Members of the Richardson Republican Women's Club can take great pride in their myriad accomplishments as well as in their enduring contributions to the Lone Star State over the last 40 years; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby commend the efforts of the Richardson Republican Women's Club and extend to them sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for the members of this organization as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Hill 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 Raymond Chisum Homer Reyna Christian Hope Riddle Coleman Hopson Ritter Cook of Navarro Howard Rodriguez Cook of Colorado Hughes Rose Corte Hunter Seaman Crabb Hupp Smith of Tarrant Crownover Isett Smith of Harris Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Smithee Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Solis Dawson Jones of Dallas Solomons Delisi Keel Stick Denny Keffer of Dallas Swinford Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Talton Driver King Taylor Dukes Kolkhorst Telford Dunnam Krusee Thompson Dutton Kuempel Truitt Edwards Laney Turner Eiland Laubenberg Uresti Eissler Lewis Van Arsdale Elkins Luna Villarreal Ellis Mabry West Farabee Madden Wilson Farrar Marchant Wise Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth Flynn McCall Wolens Gallego McClendon Wong Garza McReynolds Woolley Gattis Menendez Zedler Geren Mercer ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 537 was adopted by the House on March 20, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House