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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Barbara Metch of Canton has been named the 2017 |
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Texas Polled Hereford Honoree by the Texas Polled Hereford |
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Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Dedicated to the advancement of the Polled Hereford, |
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Barbara Metch serves on the National Hereford Woman Board and works |
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with the National Queen Committee, Membership Committee, and |
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History Committee, among others; she is vice president of the North |
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East Texas Hereford Association and a member of the boards of the |
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Magnolia Hereford Association and Cross Timbers Hereford |
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Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Metch was the first woman elected as a director |
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of the Texas Polled Hereford Board, and she served as president for |
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several years during her second term; in addition, she was the |
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founding copresident of the Hereford Youth Foundation of America, |
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and she was president of both the national and Texas Poll-ettes |
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division of the Polled Hereford Association; she further served the |
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national Poll-ettes in a number of capacities, including chair and |
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vice chair; also working to benefit her community, she is treasurer |
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of the Van Zandt County AgriLife Extension leadership board and she |
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serves the Van Zandt County Fair board as both Master Showmanship |
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and Open Beef Show chair; and |
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WHEREAS, Raised in New Jersey, Ms. Metch has been involved in |
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showing cattle since she was 10 years old; her first steer, a Polled |
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Hereford, was selected as Grand Champion Steer, and she went on to |
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serve the 4-H in numerous leadership roles; she eventually launched |
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the New Jersey Polled Hereford Association and served as its |
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president for four years; still dedicated to 4-H, she serves as |
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manager of her local club; she is the proprietor of Metch Polled |
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Herefords, which has bred cattle for 45 years; and |
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WHEREAS, Barbara Metch has contributed immeasurably to the |
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development of the Polled Hereford, and she is richly deserving of |
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this prestigious accolade; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Barbara Metch on her selection as |
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the 2017 Texas Polled Hereford Honoree by the Texas Polled Hereford |
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Association and extend to her sincere best wishes for continued |
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success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Ms. Metch as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |