Bill Text: TX HR12 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Commending Lisa B. Morales for her 10 years of service as executive director of the Washington's Birthday Celebration Association in Laredo.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-17 - Referred to Rules & Resolutions [HR12 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR12-Introduced.html
| 83S10159 JGH-D | ||
| By: Guillen | H.R. No. 12 | |
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| WHEREAS, Lisa B. Morales is stepping down as executive | ||
| director of the Washington's Birthday Celebration Association in | ||
| Laredo on June 30, 2013, drawing to a close 10 years of dedicated | ||
| service to that organization; and | ||
| WHEREAS, First held in 1898, the annual Washington's Birthday | ||
| Celebration in Laredo features three weeks of parades, live | ||
| concerts, a carnival, an air show, and many other festive events | ||
| that reflect the unique heritage of the city and attract hundreds of | ||
| thousands of visitors; the Washington's Birthday Celebration | ||
| Association was chartered in 1923; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Lisa Morales has served the association as executive | ||
| director since May 2003; in addition to running the association's | ||
| office and acting as chief development officer, Ms. Morales has | ||
| worked with the executive board and the group's many volunteers; | ||
| she has also played a leading role in developing the organization's | ||
| award-winning marketing campaigns, expanding the number of events, | ||
| increasing sponsorships, and winning numerous state and national | ||
| awards; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A native of Laredo, Ms. Morales has long been active | ||
| in such community institutions as Leadership Laredo, the Laredo | ||
| Business and Professional Women's Association, and the Council for | ||
| Advancement and Support of Education; she previously served Texas | ||
| A&M International University as the director of development for the | ||
| office of institutional advancement and as an adjunct faculty | ||
| member; and | ||
| WHEREAS, For 10 years, this dynamic civic leader has been a | ||
| skilled and energetic steward of one of Laredo's signature cultural | ||
| events, and she may indeed reflect with pride on a job well done; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commend Lisa B. Morales for | ||
| her decade of service as executive director of the Washington's | ||
| Birthday Celebration Association and extend to her sincere best | ||
| wishes for continued success and happiness; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Morales as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
