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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Patriots baseball team of The University of |
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Texas at Tyler has won the Jostens/National Association of Division |
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III Athletic Administrators Community Service Award for the best |
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ongoing project or activity in the nation; and |
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WHEREAS, The award honors the team's Sport Cards for Kids |
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program, which began in June 2003; the Patriots baseball players |
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have since conducted more than 125 events with East Texas |
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organizations, including Tyler Independent School District, |
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Whitehouse Independent School District, Bullard Independent School |
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District, the American Heart Walk, Trinity Mother Frances Hospital, |
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and the Boys and Girls Clubs of East Texas, touching the lives of |
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thousands of young people in the Tyler area; and |
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WHEREAS, Members of the team have promoted education and |
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caring by providing baseball cards to children in local elementary |
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schools and hospital pediatric units; the program was later |
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expanded so that the players could offer baseball clinics and |
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sports equipment for young people; and |
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WHEREAS, Head coach James Vilade, along with assistants Kyle |
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Welsh and Jack Price, began the program in order to provide area |
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youth with local sports role models and to allow the members of the |
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baseball team to be helpful to the Tyler community; and |
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WHEREAS, Past and present members of the UT Tyler Patriots |
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have graciously answered this call to action; in so doing, their |
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service to the city of Tyler has extended well beyond the baseball |
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diamond, and they have become a powerful and positive influence on |
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the area's young residents; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate The University of Texas at Tyler |
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Patriots baseball team on winning a Jostens/National Association of |
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Division III Athletic Administrators Community Service Award and |
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commend the players and coaches for their commitment to their |
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community; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the team as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Berman |
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| Anderson |
Gonzalez Toureilles |
Mowery |
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| Brown of Kaufman |
Harper-Brown |
Ortiz, Jr. |
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| Brown of Brazos |
Hartnett |
Otto |
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| Callegari |
Hernandez |
Patrick |
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| Christian |
Hochberg |
Pickett |
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| Cook of Navarro |
Hopson |
Puente |
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| Cook of Colorado |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Quintanilla |
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| Corte |
Howard of Travis |
Raymond |
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| Crownover |
Jackson |
Rodriguez |
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| Davis of Harris |
Keffer |
Smith of Tarrant |
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| Davis of Dallas |
King of Parker |
Smith of Harris |
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| Delisi |
King of Taylor |
Smithee |
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| Deshotel |
King of Zavala |
Solomons |
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| Eissler |
Leibowitz |
Thompson |
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| Escobar |
Madden |
Van Arsdale |
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| Farabee |
Mallory Caraway |
Vaught |
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| Farrar |
Martinez Fischer |
Villarreal |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 369 was adopted by the House on April |
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24, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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