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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Tayler Haggerty of the Magnet Center for Public |
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Service: School of Government, Law and Law Enforcement at Yvonne A. |
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Ewell Townview Center has been named a winner of the 2007 |
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Outstanding Texan Award in the category of students by the Texas |
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Legislative Black Caucus; and |
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WHEREAS, Outstanding Texans are honored for the positive |
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impact they make in their communities, and the leadership and |
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dedication of Ms. Haggerty have benefited her school, her church, |
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and the Dallas area; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in 1990 in Dallas, to Betty Wafer and Michael |
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Haggerty, Ms. Haggerty has participated in such extracurricular |
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activities as Ambassadors Club, peer mediation, and the Debate, |
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Poetry, and Prose Team; she is also an active member of the Mock |
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Trial Team, for which she received the Frank C. Moore Award for |
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Outstanding Advocate and was named Distinguished Delegate by the |
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YMCA of Metropolitan Dallas Youth and Government program; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Haggerty has explored her interest in public |
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policy and law through internships with the district office of |
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State Representative Yvonne Davis and the Dallas County Public |
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Defender office, where she works in the mental health division; |
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moreover, she shares her time and talents with the Camp Fire USA |
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Lone Star Council; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her school and community |
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accomplishments, Ms. Haggerty is a lifelong member of Antioch |
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Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church, where she volunteers in the |
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nursery; after graduating from high school in 2008, she plans to |
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attend college and law school; and |
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WHEREAS, Tayler Haggerty stands as an inspiring example of |
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how one person can better a community by volunteering time to help |
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others, and the Outstanding Texan commendation is a fitting |
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recognition of her exemplary achievements; 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 Tayler Haggerty on her receipt of a |
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2007 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black |
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Caucus and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; and, be |
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it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Haggerty as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |