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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Libby Averyt of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times has |
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been promoted to vice president regional publisher of the Journal |
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Media Group, and this occasion is a fitting opportunity to |
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celebrate her outstanding three-decade career in journalism; and |
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WHEREAS, After writing for her high school newspaper in |
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Houston, Ms. Averyt earned her bachelor's degree in journalism in |
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1986 at The University of Texas at Austin, where she won a national |
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college reportin |
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g award for her work on the Daily Texan; later in |
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life, she continued her education at Texas A&M University-Corpus |
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Christi, earning a master's degree in communication in 2012; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Averyt joined the Corpus Christi Caller-Times |
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in 1986 as a night police reporter, and over the years she has risen |
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steadily through the ranks, becoming the paper's managing editor in |
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2000 and its editor in 2003; she went on to oversee the paper's |
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digital efforts as vice president and online general manager and |
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then served as vice president for advertising; in January 2014, she |
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became the paper's publisher and chief revenue officer; and |
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WHEREAS, That same year, Journal Communications and |
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E. W. Scripps, the parent company of the Caller-Times, announced |
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their intention to merge their broadcast operations and newspaper |
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holdings into a new company, the Journal Media Group; in her new |
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role, Ms. Averyt will be one of four vice president regional |
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publishers of the group, with responsibility for the Caller-Times |
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as well as operations in Abilene, San Angelo, and Wichita Falls; and |
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WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Ms. Averyt has enjoyed the |
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love and support of her husband, Charles Kaffie Jr., and their five |
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children, Grace, Avery, William, Lauren, and Charles; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Averyt's dedication, professionalism, and |
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integrity have greatly benefited the Corpus Christi Caller-Times |
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and earned her the respect and admiration of her fellow |
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journalists, and as she takes on the challenges and opportunities |
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of her new position, she may indeed reflect with pride on her record |
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of accomplishment; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Libby Averyt on her promotion to |
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vice president regional publisher of the Journal Media Group and |
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extend to her sincere best wishes for continued success and |
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happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Averyt as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Herrero |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1222 was adopted by the House on March |
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26, 2015, by a non-record vote. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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