| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 1998 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The Lufkin Daily News and members of its hardworking |
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| 6 | 6 | | staff were recognized with several awards in the Better Newspaper |
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| 7 | 7 | | Contest 2009 of the North and East Texas Press Association; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Competing in the division for large dailies, the |
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| 9 | 9 | | newspaper received first place awards in two categories, for |
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| 10 | 10 | | headline writing by assistant news editor Stacy Faison and for news |
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| 11 | 11 | | photography by staff photographer Joel Andrews; and |
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| 12 | 12 | | WHEREAS, In addition to his first place win, Mr. Andrews came |
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| 13 | 13 | | in second as photographer of the year and placed third in the sports |
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| 14 | 14 | | photo category, and he and staff writer Nick Wade won third place |
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| 15 | 15 | | for feature photo; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Staff writer Jessica Savage likewise distinguished |
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| 17 | 17 | | herself by taking home three awards, placing second in the feature |
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| 18 | 18 | | story and news writing categories and as journalist of the year; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, The newspaper as a whole received recognition in a |
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| 20 | 20 | | number of categories, including a second place win in the special |
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| 21 | 21 | | section category for its 2008 Progress edition and second place for |
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| 22 | 22 | | general excellence; it took third place for community service and |
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| 23 | 23 | | fourth place for editorials, page design, and sweepstakes; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, With its receipt of 14 awards this year, the Lufkin |
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| 25 | 25 | | Daily News has proven itself to be an outstanding Texas newspaper, |
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| 26 | 26 | | and its gifted and dedicated journalists may take great pride in |
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| 27 | 27 | | their ongoing commitment to excellence; now, therefore, be it |
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| 28 | 28 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 29 | 29 | | Legislature hereby congratulate the Lufkin Daily News on its awards |
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| 30 | 30 | | from the Better Newspaper Contest 2009 and extend to the paper's |
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| 31 | 31 | | staff sincere best wishes for continued achievement; and, be it |
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| 32 | 32 | | further |
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| 33 | 33 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 34 | 34 | | prepared for the Lufkin Daily News as an expression of high regard |
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| 35 | 35 | | by the Texas House of Representatives. |
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| 36 | 36 | | McReynolds |
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| 37 | 37 | | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | 38 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 39 | 39 | | I certify that H.R. No. 1998 was adopted by the House on May |
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| 40 | 40 | | 19, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 41 | 41 | | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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