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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Nolan Richardson is serving as the keynote speaker |
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at the 2009 Lucy G. Acosta Humanitarian Awards Dinner, hosted by |
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LULAC Project Amistad; and |
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WHEREAS, An El Paso-based nonprofit organization, Project |
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Amistad hosts the annual banquet to pay tribute to those |
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individuals and groups that have demonstrated exemplary efforts in |
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serving the community; proceeds from the event are directed toward |
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the agency's client health and welfare fund, which provides vital |
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assistance to senior citizens and people with disabilities; and |
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WHEREAS, A college basketball Hall of Fame coach who has |
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guided athletes for more than four decades, Nolan Richardson has |
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the rare distinction of having won the National Junior College |
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Tournament, the National Invitational Tournament, and the NCAA |
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championship; moreover, he is a motivational speaker, a basketball |
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clinician, and a sports commentator, and he has devoted his time and |
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resources to several charitable endeavors, including a golf |
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fund-raising event in El Paso; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of his career, Coach Richardson has |
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distinguished himself through hard work and perseverance, and he |
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has set an example of leadership and volunteerism to which all may |
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aspire; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Nolan Richardson on the occasion of his |
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keynote address at the 2009 Lucy G. Acosta Humanitarian Awards |
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Dinner and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success |
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and happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Coach Richardson as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |