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78R11380 KMP-D

By:  Davis of Dallas                                              H.R. No. 828



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Oak Cliff Tribune, an integral part of the Oak 
Cliff community, will be honored on May 13, 2003, when the Dallas 
Baptist University-Oak Cliff Partnership presents the newspaper 
with the 2003 Good Samaritan award; and
	WHEREAS, Dallas city councilman Mark Housewright currently 
serves as the publisher of this media institution, which can trace 
its origins back 100 years to at least two newspapers, the Tribune, 
founded in 1903, and the Oak Cliff Eagle, founded in 1908; and
	WHEREAS, Over the course of its long and storied history, the 
Oak Cliff Tribune has weathered economic downturns, circulation 
wars, and a devastating office fire to become a positive and active 
voice for the community and a force for progress and civic pride, 
for which Councilman Housewright and his staff deserve high praise; 
and
	WHEREAS, The Oak Cliff Tribune is at the center of Oak Cliff's 
economic and cultural development, fulfilling the mission 
articulated by its managing editor, Kathie Magers, of printing news 
of interest to the citizens of Oak Cliff and of the nearby 
inner-city areas of Dallas; in doing so, it is truly making the 
greater Oak Cliff community a better place in which to live, work, 
own a business, and raise a family; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby commend the publisher and employees of the Oak 
Cliff Tribune on their receipt of the 2003 Good Samaritan award from 
the Dallas Baptist University-Oak Cliff Partnership and 
congratulate them on the newspaper's rich and fascinating history; 
and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for the Tribune as an expression of high regard by the 
Texas House of Representatives.