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                                                                  H.R. No. 1068


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, One of this chamber's distinguished freshmen is celebrating a birthday today, and it gives his colleagues great pleasure to recognize the Honorable John Mabry, Jr., at this time; and WHEREAS, Now that he has reached the ripe old age of 34, Representative Mabry may finally be beyond his days of youthful underachievement; indeed, his fellow house members applaud this promising young man's decision to finally put his nose to the grindstone and actually try to make something of himself; and WHEREAS, A 1992 graduate of Baylor University, Representative Mabry earned a law degree from Baylor Law School in 1995 and is currently employed in private practice in Waco; while he has excelled in civil litigation, family law, and criminal defense, he can often be found waxing nostalgic about his true loves: hunting, fishing, and Baylor baseball; and WHEREAS, Though Representative Mabry is new to public office, he has nonetheless already demonstrated some regard for his fellow citizens; he has served on the board of the Baylor Waco Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to developing beneficial partnerships between individuals and businesses to enhance life in Central Texas, and he was a member of the sponsorship committee for the 2002 Cattle Baron's Ball, the largest fund-raising event for the Waco Chapter of the American Cancer Society; and WHEREAS, Representative Mabry is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Waco-McLennan County Bar Association, and the Waco-McLennan County Young Lawyers Association; he is a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of Baylor Lodge No. 1235, Ducks Unlimited, and the National Rifle Association; and WHEREAS, Despite being a freshman legislator, Representative Mabry has ably served the constituents of House District 56 during the 78th Legislative Session, and as this dedicated public servant slides safely into his mid-thirties, it is readily apparent that great things can be expected from him in the years to come; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute to the Honorable John Mabry, Jr., as he celebrates his 34th birthday and commend him for his efforts during his first legislative session; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Representative Mabry as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Moreno of Harris 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 Madden West Farabee Marchant Wilson Farrar Martinez Fischer Wise Flores McCall Wohlgemuth Flynn McClendon Wolens Gallego McReynolds Wong Garza Menendez Woolley Gattis Mercer Zedler Geren ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1068 was adopted by the House on May 7, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House