H.R. No. 1678


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, April 25, 2002, will long be remembered as a special day by our esteemed colleague, State Representative Jose Menendez, and his wife, Nicole Newman-Menendez, for it marked the birth of their daughter, Victoria Elise Newman-Menendez; and WHEREAS, This adorable baby girl made her highly anticipated entry into the world at 1:36 p.m. and weighed eight pounds, six ounces, and measured 21 inches in length at her birth; and WHEREAS, Her loving parents have been capably assisted in caring for their new arrival by Victoria's older brother, Dominic Michael Newman-Menendez, who will undoubtedly take great pride and delight in sharing his worldly wisdom with his younger sister and guiding her through the many challenges of life; and WHEREAS, The birth of a child is always a blessed event, but such an occasion becomes even more joyous when it touches the life of a distinguished and highly regarded friend and the members of this chamber take great pleasure in officially announcing the birth of a fine new member of the Menendez family; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature hereby officially welcome Victoria Elise Newman-Menendez as a new citizen of Texas and extend heartfelt congratulations to State Representative Jose Menendez and Nicole Newman-Menendez on the birth of their cherished daughter; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Victoria Elise Newman-Menendez and her parents as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Homer Craddick Geren Merritt Allen Giddings Miller Alonzo Goodman Moreno of Harris Bailey Goolsby Moreno of El Paso Baxter Griggs Morrison Berman Grusendorf Mowery Bohac Guillen Naishtat Bonnen Gutierrez Nixon Branch Haggerty Noriega Brown of Kaufman Hamilton Oliveira Brown of Brazos Hamric Olivo Burnam Hardcastle Paxton Callegari Harper-Brown Pena Campbell Hartnett Phillips Canales Heflin Pickett Capelo Hegar Pitts Casteel Hilderbran Puente Castro Hill Quintanilla Chavez Hochberg Raymond Chisum Hodge Reyna Christian Homer Riddle Coleman Hope Ritter Cook of Navarro Hopson Rodriguez Cook of Colorado Howard Rose Corte Hughes Seaman Crabb Hunter Smith of Tarrant Crownover Hupp Smith of Harris Davis of Harris Isett Smithee Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Solis Dawson Jones of Bexar Solomons Delisi Jones of Dallas Stick Denny Keel Swinford Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Talton Driver Keffer of Eastland Taylor Dukes King Telford Dunnam Kolkhorst Thompson Dutton Krusee Truitt Edwards Kuempel Turner Eiland Laney Uresti Eissler Laubenberg Van Arsdale Elkins Lewis Villarreal Ellis Luna West Escobar Mabry Wilson Farabee Madden Wise Farrar Marchant Wohlgemuth Flores Martinez Fischer Wolens Flynn McCall Wong Gallego McClendon Woolley Garza McReynolds Zedler Gattis Mercer ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 1678 was adopted by the House on May 31, 2003, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House