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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The South Dallas Business and Professional Women's |
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Club, Inc., is honoring esteemed members of the community on April |
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14, 2007, at its annual V. Alyce Foster Trailblazer Awards and |
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Scholarship Luncheon; and |
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WHEREAS, Founded in 1954, this notable nonprofit |
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organization has a long tradition of benefiting Dallas County |
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residents by providing programs and activities primarily designed |
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to address issues affecting women and young people; and |
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WHEREAS, The club's inaugural Trailblazer Awards Luncheon |
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was held in 1964 to recognize individuals endeavoring to enhance |
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the quality of life for their fellow citizens; a decade later, the |
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club awarded its first scholarship, and since then more than |
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$250,000 has been earmarked for students pursuing higher education; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Recipients of the 2007 Trailblazer Award include: |
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Ron Washington, the first African American manager of the Texas |
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Rangers baseball team; Eddie Burns, the Dallas Fire-Rescue |
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Department's first African American fire chief; Shilah Phillips, |
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the first African American Miss Texas; Larry Lewis, the Lancaster |
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Independent School District's first African American |
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superintendent; and T. Schnell Blanton, the country's first female |
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African American wholesale distributor of fine wines and spirits; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Other honorees are Man of the Year Willis Johnson, |
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Humanitarian Dr. Wright Lassiter, Jr., Woman of the Year Demetris |
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Sampson, Sojourner Truth Award winner Vera Moore, Mabel Meshack |
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White Business Award recipient Dianne C. Thomas, Professional Woman |
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Award winner Paula Caldwell, and Youth Achiever Roderick Demming; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Through its community service and educational |
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programs, the Dallas Business and Professional Women's Club has had |
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a positive impact in the areas of health, education, employment, |
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and economic development, and its record of achievement is most |
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worthy of commendation; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby recognize the South Dallas Business and |
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Professional Women's Club, Inc., for its continuing contributions |
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to its community and congratulate the honorees of the 2007 V. Alyce |
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Foster Trailblazer Awards and Scholarship Luncheon; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the women's club as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Davis of Dallas |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1012 was adopted by the House on April |
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11, 2007, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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