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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 179
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas is pleased to |
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recognize Shannon Schambeau Patterson, the reigning Mrs. Texas |
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America, who is visiting the State Capitol today; and |
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WHEREAS, After winning the Mrs. Texas America title, |
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Shannon placed in the top six in the Mrs. America pageant last |
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September; she graduated magna cum laude from Saint Leo |
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University, where she earned bachelor's and master's degrees in |
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business administration and the outstanding student award in |
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management and in business; she was chosen as Saint Leo's |
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Distinguished Alumna for the 2008-2009 academic year; and |
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WHEREAS, Shannon was named Miss District of Columbia in |
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2005; she was the fourth runner-up in the 2006 Miss America |
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contest and winner of the preliminary lifestyle and fitness |
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award; and |
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WHEREAS, She has been a dedicated volunteer with the |
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Special Olympics program for more than 18 years and worked for a |
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time with the organization at its international headquarters in |
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Washington, D.C.; she has been on missionary trips to the |
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Dominican Republic and Haiti and has volunteered with the Jimmy |
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Carter Work Project in Valdosta, Georgia, and she has helped |
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build more than 20 houses with Habitat for Humanity; and |
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WHEREAS, Shannon lives in McKinney with her husband, John |
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Patterson; she is a real estate agent for Keller Williams and a |
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skin-care consultant; a lovely and compassionate person, she is |
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indeed a fine representative of the married women of this state; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd |
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Legislature, hereby commend Shannon Schambeau Patterson, Mrs. Texas |
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America 2010, on her many accomplishments and extend to her best |
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wishes for success in all her future endeavors; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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her as an expression of esteem from the Texas Senate. |
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Shapiro |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on February 7, 2011. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |