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WHEREAS, Kenneth Govan of Duncanville is receiving the 2013 |
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Outstanding Texan Award for House District 111 from the Texas |
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Legislative Black Caucus on February 26, 2013; and |
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WHEREAS, Employed by the Oncor electric delivery company for |
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two decades, Kenneth Govan has served as area manager for customer |
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operations in southern Dallas and northern Ellis Counties for |
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nearly 10 years; he represents the company in the community and |
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works closely with elected officials, civic and professional |
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organizations, and other businesses; Mr. Govan previously served |
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the company in Northeast Tarrant County and was named to a "Who's |
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Who" of the region by the Dallas Morning News; and |
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WHEREAS, This public-spirited citizen has shared his time and |
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talents with a host of organizations; a graduate of Leadership |
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Dallas and Leadership Southwest, he served on the board of the |
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latter organization from 2005 to 2007; in 2010, he chaired the Best |
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Southwest partnership, which promotes the economic, legislative, |
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and educational well-being of southwest Dallas County and northern |
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Ellis County, and he is currently a member of the board of directors |
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of the Cedar Hill Economic Development Corporation; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Govan chaired the board of directors of the |
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DeSoto Chamber of Commerce, served on the executive committee of |
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the Cedar Hill chamber, and is set to chair the Lancaster area |
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chamber in 2014; he has contributed to the education foundations of |
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Cedar Hill, DeSoto, and Lancaster and was named the DeSoto |
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Independent School District's Volunteer of the Year in 2007; |
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moreover, he helped to establish the region's Big Brothers Big |
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Sisters chapter and holds a seat on the steering committee of the |
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African American Leadership Society for the United Way of |
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Metropolitan Dallas; he received an award for his community service |
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from the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 1406; and |
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WHEREAS, A Dallas native, Mr. Govan graduated from Jarvis |
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Christian College with a degree in accounting and earned a master's |
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degree in business administration from Dallas Baptist University in |
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1995; and |
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WHEREAS, Citizens benefit each day from the contributions of |
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those civic leaders who improve the quality of life in their |
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communities, and House District 111 is indeed fortunate to have |
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passionate and engaged residents like Kenneth Govan; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Kenneth Govan on his receipt of a |
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2013 Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative Black |
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Caucus and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success; |
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and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Govan as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Davis of Dallas |
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Straus |
M. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Oliveira |
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Allen |
N. Gonzalez of El Paso |
Orr |
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Anderson |
Gutierrez |
Patrick |
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Aycock |
Harper-Brown |
Perry |
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Bell |
Hernandez Luna |
Phillips |
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Bonnen of Brazoria |
Hilderbran |
Pitts |
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Bonnen of Galveston |
Howard |
Price |
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Capriglione |
Keffer |
Rodriguez of Bexar |
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Carter |
King of Hemphill |
Rodriguez of Travis |
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Clardy |
King of Parker |
Rose |
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Coleman |
King of Taylor |
Sanford |
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Collier |
King of Zavala |
Schaefer |
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Cortez |
Klick |
Sheffield of Bell |
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Craddick |
Kolkhorst |
Sheffield of Coryell |
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Crownover |
Kuempel |
Simpson |
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Davis of Dallas |
Lavender |
Springer |
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J. Davis of Harris |
Leach |
Stephenson |
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S. Davis of Harris |
Lewis |
Stickland |
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Dutton |
Lucio III |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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Eiland |
Marquez |
Thompson of Harris |
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Fallon |
Martinez Fischer |
Turner of Collin |
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Farias |
McClendon |
Turner of Harris |
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Farney |
Menendez |
Turner of Tarrant |
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Fletcher |
Miller of Comal |
Villarreal |
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Flynn |
Miller of Fort Bend |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 598 was adopted by the House on February |
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25, 2013, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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