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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, For her many outstanding contributions to her |
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community, Barbara Broughton Sliva has been named the 2009 Woman of |
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the Year by the Bay City Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture; and |
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WHEREAS, A Bay City native, Ms. Sliva was a student |
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government leader and head baton twirler for the Blackcat Band at |
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Bay City High School; after graduating in 1960, she attended The |
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University of Texas at Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Sliva returned to Bay City to marry and raise a |
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family; when her children were older, she earned her bachelor's |
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degree in accounting from the University of Houston at Clear Lake |
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and became a certified public accountant; she worked for several |
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accounting firms before starting her own practice; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout her life in Bay City, Ms. Sliva has been |
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actively involved in her community, serving two terms as president |
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of the Holy Cross PTA and also serving as treasurer of the Blackcat |
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Band Parents and the Junior Service League; in addition, she has |
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been a board member of the Matagorda County Birding Nature Center, |
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the Matagorda County Community Foundation, and the Art League of |
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Bay City; and |
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WHEREAS, Today, Ms. Sliva is retired from full-time |
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accounting, but she continues to work tirelessly in behalf of her |
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community as a board member and as treasurer of Matagorda County |
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Child Protective Services, as a board member and as president of the |
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Bay City Public Library, and as treasurer of the Cedarvale Cemetery |
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Trust; this boundlessly energetic woman is also a volunteer |
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groundskeeper with the Birding Nature Center and a volunteer with |
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the Angel Food Ministries of the Matagorda Episcopal Health |
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Outreach Program; and |
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WHEREAS, Towns and cities all across the Lone Star State |
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thrive because of the selfless dedication of local volunteers, and |
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Barbara Broughton Sliva has given abundantly of her time and |
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talents in the finest tradition of Texas community service; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Barbara Broughton Sliva on her |
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selection as the 2009 Woman of the Year in Bay City and extend to her |
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sincere best wishes for continued fulfillment and happiness; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Sliva as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |