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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Lufkin Daily News and members of its hardworking |
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staff were recognized with several awards in the Better Newspaper |
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Contest 2009 of the North and East Texas Press Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Competing in the division for large dailies, the |
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newspaper received first place awards in two categories, for |
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headline writing by assistant news editor Stacy Faison and for news |
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photography by staff photographer Joel Andrews; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to his first place win, Mr. Andrews came |
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in second as photographer of the year and placed third in the sports |
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photo category, and he and staff writer Nick Wade won third place |
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for feature photo; and |
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WHEREAS, Staff writer Jessica Savage likewise distinguished |
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herself by taking home three awards, placing second in the feature |
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story and news writing categories and as journalist of the year; and |
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WHEREAS, The newspaper as a whole received recognition in a |
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number of categories, including a second place win in the special |
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section category for its 2008 Progress edition and second place for |
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general excellence; it took third place for community service and |
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fourth place for editorials, page design, and sweepstakes; and |
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WHEREAS, With its receipt of 14 awards this year, the Lufkin |
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Daily News has proven itself to be an outstanding Texas newspaper, |
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and its gifted and dedicated journalists may take great pride in |
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their ongoing commitment to excellence; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate the Lufkin Daily News on its awards |
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from the Better Newspaper Contest 2009 and extend to the paper's |
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staff sincere best wishes for continued achievement; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Lufkin Daily News as an expression of high regard |
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by the Texas House of Representatives. |