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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Noteworthy entrepreneur and civic leader Mariwyn |
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Dye-Webb has given generously to her community and to her fellow |
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Amarillo residents; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Webb founded DB&A Advertising in 1981; as |
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president and CEO, she managed the day-to-day operations of the |
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multimillion dollar company while also serving as creative |
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director; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to assisting clients in the retail, real |
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estate, financial, and automotive industries, she helped to |
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establish the corporate marketing department for Homart |
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Development Co., formerly a division of Sears, Roebuck and Co., |
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created campaigns for 35 shopping malls across the country, and |
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developed multimedia advertising for Universal Health Services, |
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Inc.; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Webb sold DB&A in 1995, and since that time she |
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has headed a national literacy program for Wal-Mart called "Words |
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Are Your Wheels" and helped to write a book by the same title; and |
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WHEREAS, Committed to bettering her community, she has shared |
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her time and talents with the United Way, Amarillo Symphony Ball, |
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High Plains Book Festival, and Children's Miracle Network Duck |
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Race; and |
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WHEREAS, The efforts of this esteemed professional have |
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earned her praise from the American Advertising Federation, which |
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awarded her its highest honor, the Silver Medal; her service as a |
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delegate to the White House Commission on Small Business and on the |
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Amarillo Board of City Development is further evidence of her |
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commendable dedication; and |
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WHEREAS, An engaged citizen and a creative, dynamic |
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businesswoman, Mariwyn Dye-Webb has earned the respect and |
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admiration of all those who are privileged to know her, and she is |
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most deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Mariwyn Dye-Webb for her professional |
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accomplishments and civic contributions and extend to her sincere |
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best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Webb as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Swinford |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 565 was adopted by the House on March |
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7, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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