| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2863 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Virginia Mayers retired from the South Texas |
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| 6 | 6 | | Workforce Development Board in 2007, drawing to a close a notable |
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| 7 | 7 | | career that spanned more than four decades; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, A native of Laredo, Virginia Mayers graduated from |
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| 9 | 9 | | Martin High School and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in |
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| 10 | 10 | | vocational home economics education from Texas Woman's University |
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| 11 | 11 | | in 1967 and a master's degree in secondary education from Laredo |
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| 12 | 12 | | State University in 1979; after holding positions with Southwestern |
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| 13 | 13 | | Bell Telephone Company and The Texas A&M University System, Ms. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Mayers served as a food service production and management |
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| 15 | 15 | | instructor for the Laredo Independent School District; in 1987, she |
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| 16 | 16 | | became the director of operations for the South Texas Private |
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| 17 | 17 | | Industry Council, where she assisted in the areas of human |
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| 18 | 18 | | resources, development, procedures, and public relations; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Mayers later joined Laredo Community College and |
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| 20 | 20 | | served from 1994 to 2002 as director of continuing education and |
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| 21 | 21 | | department chair; she spent the last five years of her career as |
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| 22 | 22 | | deputy director for workforce development with the South Texas |
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| 23 | 23 | | Workforce Development Board; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, This esteemed professional maintained affiliations |
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| 25 | 25 | | with the state and national chapters of both the Association of |
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| 26 | 26 | | Family and Consumer Sciences and the Extension Association of |
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| 27 | 27 | | Family and Consumer Sciences, from which she received the |
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| 28 | 28 | | Distinguished Service Award; she was also recognized with a |
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| 29 | 29 | | Superior Service Award from Texas AgriLife Extension Service and |
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| 30 | 30 | | was named a delegate to the White House Conference on Families; |
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| 31 | 31 | | moreover, she was active in her community as a member of numerous |
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| 32 | 32 | | service groups, including the City of Laredo Youth Steering |
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| 33 | 33 | | Committee, the South Texas Development Council board, the Webb |
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| 34 | 34 | | County Farm Bureau, the Texas State Nutrition Council, and the Webb |
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| 35 | 35 | | County 4-H Adult Leaders Association, which she served as |
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| 36 | 36 | | president; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | WHEREAS, With an unwavering dedication to family services and |
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| 38 | 38 | | continuing education, Ms. Mayers worked to improve the lives of |
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| 39 | 39 | | countless Texans, and she may indeed reflect with great pride on a |
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| 40 | 40 | | career well spent; now, therefore, be it |
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| 41 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 42 | 42 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Virginia Mayers on her |
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| 43 | 43 | | professional achievements and extend to her sincere best wishes for |
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| 44 | 44 | | continued success and happiness; and, be it further |
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| 45 | 45 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 46 | 46 | | prepared for Ms. Mayers as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 47 | 47 | | House of Representatives. |
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| 48 | 48 | | Guillen |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 51 | 51 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2863 was adopted by the House on June |
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| 52 | 52 | | 1, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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