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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, For more than four decades, Enriqueta G. Fierro of |
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El Paso has dedicated herself to serving her community, and her |
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outstanding efforts indeed merit special recognition; and |
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WHEREAS, An El Paso native, the former Queta Galindo was born |
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on April 8, 1934, to Carlos and Guadalupe Galindo, and she went on |
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to graduate from Bowie High School; it was there that she met her |
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future husband, Jesus J. "Chuy" Fierro; the couple were married in |
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1958, and they shared the joy of welcoming into their family four |
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sons, Jesus, Carlos, Martin, and Mark; and |
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WHEREAS, In the late 1960s, Mrs. Fierro began working on |
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campaigns and participating in county conventions for the |
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Democratic party, and in 1968, she became the staff assistant to |
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U.S. Congressman Richard C. White; for the next 15 years, she acted |
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as a liaison between his constituents and various federal agencies, |
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and she represented the Congressional office on a number of |
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municipal boards; in 1983, she began a decade-long tenure as an |
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assistant to the protocol officer at Fort Bliss, where she was |
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recognized with many accolades, including the Superior Civilian |
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Service Award; and |
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WHEREAS, A dedicated member of LULAC since 1968, Mrs. Fierro |
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has supervised the national office in El Paso, and in 1994, she |
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began coordinating the group's national conventions; in addition, |
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she has served as the LULAC National Chaplain, as president of LULAC |
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Project Amistad, and as the deputy director for District 4, and she |
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has been named LULAC Woman of the Year at the district, state, and |
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national levels; she has also received the Outstanding LULAC State |
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President of the Year designation, and she was inducted into the |
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National LULAC Women's Hall of Fame in 1998; and |
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WHEREAS, The El Paso County Democratic Chair from 2000 |
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through 2002, Mrs. Fierro has also served as the chair of Precinct |
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88 for more than a decade, as the president of the Woman's National |
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Democratic Club, and as a member of the El Paso County Democratic |
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Executive Committee, and she was inducted into the El Paso County |
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Democratic Hall of Fame and the Tejano Democrats Paso Del Norte |
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Chapter Hall of Fame; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has further contributed to such |
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organizations as Providence Memorial Hospital, the YWCA Women's |
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Resource Center, the City of El Paso Arts Resources Board, the El |
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Paso Airport and Mass Transit Board, the local PTA, and El Paso |
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Community College, and she was president of the Muscular Dystrophy |
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Association; moreover, Mrs. Fierro has been active on the boards of |
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the International Hispanic Cultural Institute, El Paso Counts, the |
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El Paso Community Foundation, and the Hispanic Leadership |
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Institute, and she was the first woman to be elected president of |
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the board of the El Paso Civic Center; she has also been involved |
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with Leadership El Paso and St. Pius X Church, and she was on the |
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board of the Bowie High School Alumni Association and was named |
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Bowie's Outstanding Ex-Student for 1986; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Fierro has received Special Congressional |
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Recognition from U.S. Congressman Silvestre Reyes, and numerous |
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other tributes, including the Del Norte Award from the County of El |
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Paso, the Lucy G. Acosta Humanitarian Award, the Hidalgo Award, and |
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the Star of the Mountain Award from Mayor John Cook, and she was |
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listed among the World of Women by the El Paso Times; and |
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WHEREAS, With a genuine concern for her fellow citizens, |
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Queta Fierro has given freely of her time and talents for the |
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benefit of her community, and she is an inspiration to all those who |
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are privileged to know her; 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 Enriqueta G. Fierro on her notable history |
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of civic leadership and volunteerism and extend to her sincere best |
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wishes for continued success 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 Mrs. Fierro as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |
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Marquez |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2452 was adopted by the House on May |
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28, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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