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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Kenneth Miller retired as publisher of the Hamilton |
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| 6 | 7 | | Herald-News in September 2014, concluding a long and distinguished |
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| 7 | 8 | | career with this noteworthy publication; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, In 1965, Mr. Miller's family purchased the |
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| 9 | 10 | | newspaper; his father, Bob, served as editor and publisher, and his |
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| 10 | 11 | | mother, Mavis, was the business and advertising manager; Mr. Miller |
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| 11 | 12 | | was working as a photographer by the time he was in the sixth grade, |
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| 12 | 13 | | and he spent countless hours in the darkroom; in 1982, Mr. Miller |
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| 13 | 14 | | purchased the paper with his brother, Roger, and he went on to |
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| 14 | 15 | | become the sole owner; and |
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| 15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, The Herald-News came to be defined by Mr. Miller's |
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| 16 | 17 | | dedication to informing and engaging his fellow citizens, and its |
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| 17 | 18 | | pages reflected both his love for Hamilton and his fine sense of |
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| 18 | 19 | | humor; moreover, he taught younger members of the staff how to serve |
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| 19 | 20 | | readers with dedication and a commitment to excellence; in 2014, he |
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| 20 | 21 | | was named to the Media Honor Roll by the Hamilton Independent School |
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| 21 | 22 | | District in the Texas Association of School Boards program that |
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| 22 | 23 | | recognizes fair, accurate, and balanced reporting of public school |
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| 23 | 24 | | news; and |
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| 24 | 25 | | WHEREAS, The time having come to sell the newspaper, |
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| 25 | 26 | | Mr. Miller chose to maintain local ownership by entrusting the |
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| 26 | 27 | | publication to the stewardship of a valued employee; although his |
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| 27 | 28 | | retirement marks the end of an era in Hamilton, he established a |
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| 28 | 29 | | strong tradition of community journalism on which others may |
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| 29 | 30 | | continue to build in the years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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| 30 | 31 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 31 | 32 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Kenneth Miller on his retirement as |
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| 32 | 33 | | publisher of the Hamilton Herald-News and extend to him sincere |
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| 33 | 34 | | best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 34 | 35 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 35 | 36 | | prepared for Mr. Miller as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 36 | 37 | | House of Representatives. |
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