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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Roy Maynard of the Tyler Morning Telegraph received |
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| 6 | 7 | | the Class AAA first-place award for editorial writing at the annual |
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| 7 | 8 | | Texas Associated Press Managing Editors Convention, held March |
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| 8 | 9 | | 24-26, 2017, in Houston; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Maynard's outstanding 28-year career in |
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| 10 | 11 | | journalism began in 1989, when he took a job covering city hall and |
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| 11 | 12 | | politics for the Arlington Daily News; he later worked for the Fort |
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| 12 | 13 | | Worth Star-Telegram and in Galveston before becoming a freelance |
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| 13 | 14 | | writer for various publications, including the Houston Chronicle, |
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| 14 | 15 | | the Orange County Register, and the Washington Post; between 1993 |
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| 15 | 16 | | and 2001, he traveled around the globe to report on political, |
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| 16 | 17 | | educational, and cultural topics for World magazine; and |
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| 17 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Since joining the Tyler Morning Telegraph in 2003, |
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| 18 | 19 | | Mr. Maynard has coordinated the paper's government team, served on |
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| 19 | 20 | | its editorial board, and provided on-air political analysis for its |
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| 20 | 21 | | television news partner, CBS affiliate KYTX-TV; in 2008, he was |
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| 21 | 22 | | promoted to editorial page editor, and he has been directing the |
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| 22 | 23 | | business section since 2015; and |
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| 23 | 24 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Maynard has also been a teacher and debate coach |
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| 24 | 25 | | at the Good Shepherd School for many years; in all his endeavors, he |
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| 25 | 26 | | enjoys the support of a loving family that includes his wife, Sara, |
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| 26 | 27 | | and their three children, Calvin, Laurel, and Blythe; and |
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| 27 | 28 | | WHEREAS, A skilled and dedicated journalist, Roy Maynard has |
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| 28 | 29 | | upheld the highest standards of his profession, and he is indeed |
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| 29 | 30 | | deserving of this most recent honor; now, therefore, be it |
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| 30 | 31 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 31 | 32 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Roy Maynard on winning the Class |
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| 32 | 33 | | AAA first-place award for editorial writing at the 2017 Texas |
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| 33 | 34 | | Associated Press Managing Editors Convention and extend to him |
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| 34 | 35 | | sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 35 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 36 | 37 | | prepared for Mr. Maynard as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 37 | 38 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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