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| 4 | 4 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 301 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Clemmons |
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| 8 | 8 | | HJR0301 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 004356 |
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| 12 | 12 | | A RESOLUTION to honor and commend Marta W. Aldrich on the |
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| 13 | 13 | | occasion of her retirement. |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, we are pleased to recognize a journalist who has performed with |
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| 16 | 16 | | uncommon devotion and enthusiasm throughout her nearly four-decade career; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, one such distinguished individual is Marta W. Aldrich, the Senior |
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| 18 | 18 | | Statehouse Correspondent for Chalkbeat Tennessee, who recently took her much deserved |
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| 19 | 19 | | retirement; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Ms. Aldrich |
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| 21 | 21 | | began her illustrious career as a reporter at The Knoxville News-Sentinel, where she covered |
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| 22 | 22 | | the 1982 World's Fair and local government; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, a dedicated professional, she spent a dozen years as a writer and editor |
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| 24 | 24 | | with The Associated Press, Nashville bureau, where she covered state government, business, |
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| 25 | 25 | | politics, sports, and more, with a special emphasis in news feature writing; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Aldrich was also a freelance journalist for five years, during which time |
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| 27 | 27 | | her work was published by The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Dow Jones News Service, |
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| 28 | 28 | | and The Christian Science Monitor, among others; and |
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| 29 | 29 | | WHEREAS, for two years, she served as the news editor of United Methodist News |
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| 30 | 30 | | Service, where she coordinated coverage for the official global news agency of The United |
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| 31 | 31 | | Methodist Church, followed by five years as features editor of American Profile, then the |
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| 32 | 32 | | nation's most widely distributed Americana magazine; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, at Chalkbeat Tennessee, Ms. Aldrich kept Tennesseans and education |
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| 34 | 34 | | professionals around the globe informed as she covered educational change efforts in our |
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| 35 | 35 | | communities as well as education issues at the State Capitol; and |
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| 40 | 40 | | WHEREAS, a well-functioning democracy depends upon an informed electorate, and |
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| 41 | 41 | | Marta Aldrich did more than her part to provide reliable and accurate information to the reading |
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| 42 | 42 | | public; now, therefore, |
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| 43 | 43 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED |
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| 44 | 44 | | FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE |
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| 45 | 45 | | CONCURRING, that we honor Marta W. Aldrich on her illustrious career on the occasion of her |
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| 46 | 46 | | retirement, commending her many contributions to journalism and extending to her our best |
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| 47 | 47 | | wishes for much continued success and happiness. |
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| 48 | 48 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared |
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| 49 | 49 | | for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to |
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| 50 | 50 | | the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear |
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| 51 | 51 | | without House or Senate designation. |
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