88R18841 AMB-D
 
  By: Vasut H.R. No. 1685
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Neldia Ahlquist received the 2022 Outstanding Woman
  of the Year Award from the Brazosport Area Chamber of Commerce on
  March 8, 2023; and
         WHEREAS, Recognized for her long record of dedicated service
  to the community and to the Brazosport Area Chamber of Commerce,
  Mrs. Ahlquist is currently a member of the board of directors and
  the ambassadors committee for the chamber, and she has also chaired
  its Leadership Brazosport program for the last 10 years; in
  addition, she sits on the boards of several other area
  organizations, including the Community Foundation of Brazoria
  County, the Brazosport Symphony Orchestra, and the 100 Club, and
  she has given generously of her time and talents to the Brazosport
  Symphony League, the Center for the Arts & Sciences, the Greater
  Angleton Chamber of Commerce, the Brazosport Business Roundtable,
  and the Brazosport Breakfast Lions Club; and
         WHEREAS, Mrs. Ahlquist has further demonstrated her support
  for area residents through her efforts with the symphony's
  Christmas concert food drive, which provided 183 meals to the
  Brazoria County Dream Center in December 2022, and she has also
  collected donations of food and other items for local shelters; and
         WHEREAS, Alongside her philanthropic endeavors,
  Mrs. Ahlquist is a licensed insurance agent and the co-owner of
  Neldal Insurance Agency, which she founded in 1992 with her husband
  of 31 years, Dale; she is the proud mother of two children and the
  devoted grandmother of three grandchildren; and
         WHEREAS, Neldia Ahlquist has greatly benefited her fellow
  citizens through her wide-ranging contributions to the community,
  and she is indeed a deserving recipient of this prestigious honor;
  now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
  Legislature hereby congratulate Neldia Ahlquist on her receipt of
  the 2022 Outstanding Woman of the Year Award from the Brazosport
  Area Chamber of Commerce and extend to her sincere best wishes for
  continued success; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for Mrs. Ahlquist as an expression of high regard by the
  Texas House of Representatives.