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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Neldia Ahlquist received the 2022 Outstanding Woman |
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of the Year Award from the Brazosport Area Chamber of Commerce on |
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March 8, 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, Recognized for her long record of dedicated service |
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to the community and to the Brazosport Area Chamber of Commerce, |
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Mrs. Ahlquist is currently a member of the board of directors and |
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the ambassadors committee for the chamber, and she has also chaired |
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its Leadership Brazosport program for the last 10 years; in |
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addition, she sits on the boards of several other area |
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organizations, including the Community Foundation of Brazoria |
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County, the Brazosport Symphony Orchestra, and the 100 Club, and |
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she has given generously of her time and talents to the Brazosport |
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Symphony League, the Center for the Arts & Sciences, the Greater |
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Angleton Chamber of Commerce, the Brazosport Business Roundtable, |
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and the Brazosport Breakfast Lions Club; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Ahlquist has further demonstrated her support |
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for area residents through her efforts with the symphony's |
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Christmas concert food drive, which provided 183 meals to the |
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Brazoria County Dream Center in December 2022, and she has also |
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collected donations of food and other items for local shelters; and |
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WHEREAS, Alongside her philanthropic endeavors, |
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Mrs. Ahlquist is a licensed insurance agent and the co-owner of |
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Neldal Insurance Agency, which she founded in 1992 with her husband |
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of 31 years, Dale; she is the proud mother of two children and the |
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devoted grandmother of three grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Neldia Ahlquist has greatly benefited her fellow |
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citizens through her wide-ranging contributions to the community, |
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and she is indeed a deserving recipient of this prestigious honor; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Neldia Ahlquist on her receipt of |
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the 2022 Outstanding Woman of the Year Award from the Brazosport |
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Area Chamber of Commerce and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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continued success; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mrs. Ahlquist as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |