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WHEREAS, For more than 40 years, the U.S. Small Business |
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Administration has recognized outstanding small business owners |
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for their contributions to the nation's economy during National |
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Small Business Week; and |
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WHEREAS, The SBA Houston District Office, which serves 32 |
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counties and some 350,000 businesses, is honoring 10 outstanding |
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individuals on May 11, 2007, at the Small Business Week Awards |
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Luncheon; the event is being sponsored by the Houston chapter of |
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SCORE, a nonprofit association dedicated to entrepreneur education |
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and the formation, growth, and success of the nation's small |
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businesses; and |
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WHEREAS, Sheila Lee Coates has been named the Home-Based |
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Champion of the Year; born in Munich, Germany, she spent most of her |
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youth in Corpus Christi, where she devoted her summer vacations to |
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helping out in her family's sandwich distribution company; once |
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this operation was sold, she moved to Katy and started her own |
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home-based business with the help of her father; the company, Chuck |
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Wagon Services, opened in June 2004, and it supplies and |
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distributes nostalgic Mexican and American snack products to |
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convenience and specialty stores in the Houston and Austin areas; |
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Chuck Wagon Services has enjoyed great success in moving its |
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inventory and has received an SBA loan to expand its operations; and |
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WHEREAS, Small businesses are the lifeblood of cities and |
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towns across the country, and National Small Business Week provides |
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a welcome opportunity to honor those men and women who contribute to |
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the economic vitality of their communities through their |
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professional endeavors; 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 Sheila Lee Coates on her selection |
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as the 2007 Home-Based Champion of the Year by the Houston District |
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Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration and extend to her |
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best wishes for continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Coates as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |