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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Gabe Hernandez of the Corpus Christi Caller-Times |
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| 6 | 7 | | was recognized for his outstanding work by the Texas Associated |
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| 7 | 8 | | Press Managing Editors at the group's convention in Houston on |
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| 8 | 9 | | March 24-26, 2017; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, Every year, TAPME and the Headliners Foundation of |
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| 10 | 11 | | Texas join together to recognize outstanding journalism from the |
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| 11 | 12 | | Lone Star State's daily newspapers; the Caller-Times and its staff |
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| 12 | 13 | | competed in the Class AAA category, for newspapers with a Sunday |
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| 13 | 14 | | circulation ranging from 30,000 to nearly 125,000; and |
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| 14 | 15 | | WHEREAS, A staff photographer for the Caller-Times, Gabe |
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| 15 | 16 | | Hernandez earned first place in the division for videos longer than |
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| 16 | 17 | | two minutes and third place in the Best Photo Gallery category, and |
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| 17 | 18 | | he and two of his colleagues placed third for the Star Online |
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| 18 | 19 | | Package of the Year award; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Hernandez graduated from New Mexico State |
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| 20 | 21 | | University in Las Cruces with a degree in journalism, and he has |
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| 21 | 22 | | worked for the Valley Morning Star in Harlingen and the Monitor in |
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| 22 | 23 | | McAllen; his images have also appeared in numerous national |
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| 23 | 24 | | publications, including the online editions of Time magazine and |
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| 24 | 25 | | USA Today; and |
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| 25 | 26 | | WHEREAS, Newspapers serve as a vital resource for a |
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| 26 | 27 | | well-informed citizenry, and through his important work with the |
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| 27 | 28 | | Caller-Times, Gabe Hernandez is making an invaluable contribution |
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| 28 | 29 | | to the residents of his community; now, therefore, be it |
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| 29 | 30 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 30 | 31 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Gabe Hernandez on his success at |
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| 31 | 32 | | the 2017 Texas Associated Press Managing Editors convention and |
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| 32 | 33 | | extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
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| 33 | 34 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 34 | 35 | | prepared for Mr. Hernandez as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 35 | 36 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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