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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, James P. Wilhite of Tyler has won election as the new |
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chair of the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association state board of |
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directors; and |
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WHEREAS, A trade association that represents all segments of |
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the green industry in Texas, TNLA serves growers, landscape |
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contractors, retail nurseries, and suppliers to green industry |
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businesses; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Wilhite graduated from Stephen F. Austin State |
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University in 1980 with a bachelor's degree in horticulture and |
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biology; a Texas Certified Landscape Professional, he founded |
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Wilhite Landscape and Lawn Care in Tyler in 1982; and |
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WHEREAS, A longtime leader in his profession, Mr. Wilhite has |
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served as president and vice president for finance of the Texas |
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Association of Landscape Contractors and as a member of the |
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Certified Landscape Professional task force; he played a vital role |
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in the merger of TALC and the Texas Association of Nurserymen into |
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TNLA, and he has served as the organization's state landscape |
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director, landscape committee chair, and certification committee |
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chair; and |
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WHEREAS, James Wilhite's 30 years of experience as a |
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landscape and nursery professional and his exemplary record of |
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service to TNLA will serve him well in his new role as chair; 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 James Wilhite on his election as |
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chair of the Texas Nursery and Landscape Association state board of |
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directors and extend to him best wishes for a successful tenure; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Wilhite as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |