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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Bowden Chapter of Business and Professional |
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Women held its annual fellowship breakfast on October 21, 2007, |
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commemorating the organization's 65-year history and honoring |
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L. Vernice Warner as the chapter's Woman of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, Created to support and celebrate women in their |
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respective fields, the Bowden Chapter of Business and Professional |
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Women has also promoted community service projects and a long list |
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of local organizations and events since its founding in 1942; and |
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WHEREAS, Woman of the Year L. Vernice Warner embodies the |
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group's charitable ideals through her many efforts to give back to |
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the community by helping others; in addition to her work with the |
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Bowden Chapter, she has been a valued member of Emmanuel A.M.E. |
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Church for more than 60 years, and the congregation has greatly |
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benefited from her service as a trustee, steward, Sunday school |
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teacher, women's day chair, and lay delegate to several |
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Quadrangles; she has also attended the general conferences hosted |
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by her church and shared her time with the Women's Missionary |
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Society, which she serves as a life member; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Weimar, Mrs. Warner graduated from |
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Douglas High School and attended St. Philip's College; while |
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studying at St. Philip's, she met Artemisia Bowden, who served as |
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her mentor and helped her earn a scholarship to the St. Agnes |
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Hospital School of Nursing at St. Augustine's College; and |
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WHEREAS, This accomplished Texan went on to earn bachelor's |
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and master's degrees in education from Prairie View A&M University |
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and pursued further studies at Our Lady of the Lake University; |
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today, she is retired from a distinguished 33-year career with the |
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San Antonio Independent School District and enjoys a lifetime |
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membership with Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority; and |
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WHEREAS, In recognizing the achievements of Mrs. Warner, |
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members of the Bowden Chapter of Business and Professional Women |
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honored a woman who has devoted many years to improving the lives of |
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Alamo City residents, and this notable organization and its Woman |
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of the Year are truly deserving of special commendation; 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 honor the Bowden Chapter of Business and |
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Professional Women for its members' 65 years of community service |
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and congratulate L. Vernice Warner on being named the chapter's |
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2007 Woman of the Year; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the organization as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |