Bill Text: TX HR139 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Claud B. Jacobs for his community service.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-08 - Reported enrolled [HR139 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR139-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 139 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Bluebonnet Youth Ranch is hosting its 40th annual | ||
| Celebrity Golf Tournament on October 9 and 10, 2021, and this | ||
| occasion provides a welcome opportunity to recognize its founding | ||
| chair, Claud B. Jacobs of Yoakum, for his extensive record of | ||
| community service; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1968, Mr. Jacobs joined with other area | ||
| businessmen to establish Bluebonnet Youth Ranch, a private, | ||
| nonprofit facility licensed by the state to provide long-term | ||
| residential care and treatment to children in need; Mr. Jacobs | ||
| conceived of the golf tournament as a fundraiser for the home; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Jacobs has served his community in myriad | ||
| capacities, including president of the Yoakum Jaycees, Area Chamber | ||
| of Commerce, and United Way Fund Drive; in addition, he founded | ||
| Mended Hearts of Victoria, and he has held leadership roles in many | ||
| other charitable and civic organizations, among them the Yoakum | ||
| Chapter of the American Cancer Society, the Food Bank of the Golden | ||
| Crescent, the Victoria Chamber of Commerce, and the Victoria Port | ||
| Authority; he also helped restart the City Championship golf | ||
| tournament in Victoria, and the trophy was named in his honor; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Deeply committed to education, Mr. Jacobs has | ||
| served as president of the board of St. Joseph School; he was a | ||
| member of the University of Houston-Victoria presidential search | ||
| committee and downward expansion committee, and he and his wife, | ||
| Mary Virginia Jacobs, have endowed a nursing scholarship and golf | ||
| and baseball scholarships at the institution; moreover, he has | ||
| raised over $300,000 for UHV athletics through the Claud Jacobs | ||
| Intercollegiate Tournament; the university presented him with its | ||
| People Who Make a Difference Award, and his numerous accolades | ||
| further include selection as Member of the Year by the Victoria | ||
| Chamber of Commerce and as Citizen of the Year by the Victoria | ||
| Rotary Club; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Claud Jacobs has greatly benefited his fellow | ||
| citizens through his wide-ranging civic endeavors, and his example | ||
| of dedicated leadership is an inspiration to all who know him; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby honor Claud B. Jacobs for | ||
| his outstanding record of community service and extend to him | ||
| sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. Jacobs as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Morrison | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 139 was adopted by the House on | ||
| September 2, 2021, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
