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1	1	H.R. No. 2452
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, For more than four decades, Enriqueta G. Fierro of
6	6	El Paso has dedicated herself to serving her community, and her
7	7	outstanding efforts indeed merit special recognition; and
8	8	WHEREAS, An El Paso native, the former Queta Galindo was born
9	9	on April 8, 1934, to Carlos and Guadalupe Galindo, and she went on
10	10	to graduate from Bowie High School; it was there that she met her
11	11	future husband, Jesus J. "Chuy" Fierro; the couple were married in
12	12	1958, and they shared the joy of welcoming into their family four
13	13	sons, Jesus, Carlos, Martin, and Mark; and
14	14	WHEREAS, In the late 1960s, Mrs. Fierro began working on
15	15	campaigns and participating in county conventions for the
16	16	Democratic party, and in 1968, she became the staff assistant to
17	17	U.S. Congressman Richard C. White; for the next 15 years, she acted
18	18	as a liaison between his constituents and various federal agencies,
19	19	and she represented the Congressional office on a number of
20	20	municipal boards; in 1983, she began a decade-long tenure as an
21	21	assistant to the protocol officer at Fort Bliss, where she was
22	22	recognized with many accolades, including the Superior Civilian
23	23	Service Award; and
24	24	WHEREAS, A dedicated member of LULAC since 1968, Mrs. Fierro
25	25	has supervised the national office in El Paso, and in 1994, she
26	26	began coordinating the group's national conventions; in addition,
27	27	she has served as the LULAC National Chaplain, as president of LULAC
28	28	Project Amistad, and as the deputy director for District 4, and she
29	29	has been named LULAC Woman of the Year at the district, state, and
30	30	national levels; she has also received the Outstanding LULAC State
31	31	President of the Year designation, and she was inducted into the
32	32	National LULAC Women's Hall of Fame in 1998; and
33	33	WHEREAS, The El Paso County Democratic Chair from 2000
34	34	through 2002, Mrs. Fierro has also served as the chair of Precinct
35	35	88 for more than a decade, as the president of the Woman's National
36	36	Democratic Club, and as a member of the El Paso County Democratic
37	37	Executive Committee, and she was inducted into the El Paso County
38	38	Democratic Hall of Fame and the Tejano Democrats Paso Del Norte
39	39	Chapter Hall of Fame; and
40	40	WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan has further contributed to such
41	41	organizations as Providence Memorial Hospital, the YWCA Women's
42	42	Resource Center, the City of El Paso Arts Resources Board, the El
43	43	Paso Airport and Mass Transit Board, the local PTA, and El Paso
44	44	Community College, and she was president of the Muscular Dystrophy
45	45	Association; moreover, Mrs. Fierro has been active on the boards of
46	46	the International Hispanic Cultural Institute, El Paso Counts, the
47	47	El Paso Community Foundation, and the Hispanic Leadership
48	48	Institute, and she was the first woman to be elected president of
49	49	the board of the El Paso Civic Center; she has also been involved
50	50	with Leadership El Paso and St. Pius X Church, and she was on the
51	51	board of the Bowie High School Alumni Association and was named
52	52	Bowie's Outstanding Ex-Student for 1986; and
53	53	WHEREAS, Mrs. Fierro has received Special Congressional
54	54	Recognition from U.S. Congressman Silvestre Reyes, and numerous
55	55	other tributes, including the Del Norte Award from the County of El
56	56	Paso, the Lucy G. Acosta Humanitarian Award, the Hidalgo Award, and
57	57	the Star of the Mountain Award from Mayor John Cook, and she was
58	58	listed among the World of Women by the El Paso Times; and
59	59	WHEREAS, With a genuine concern for her fellow citizens,
60	60	Queta Fierro has given freely of her time and talents for the
61	61	benefit of her community, and she is an inspiration to all those who
62	62	are privileged to know her; now, therefore, be it
63	63	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
64	64	Legislature hereby honor Enriqueta G. Fierro on her notable history
65	65	of civic leadership and volunteerism and extend to her sincere best
66	66	wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further
67	67	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
68	68	prepared for Mrs. Fierro as an expression of high regard by the
69	69	Texas House of Representatives.
70	70	Marquez
71	71	______________________________
72	72	Speaker of the House
73	73	I certify that H.R. No. 2452 was adopted by the House on May
74	74	28, 2009, by a non-record vote.
75	75	______________________________
76	76	Chief Clerk of the House