Bill Text: TX HR99 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Russell Cain on being named Volunteer of the Year from Senate District 18 by the State Republican Executive Committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-26 - Reported enrolled [HR99 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR99-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 99 |
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WHEREAS, Russell Cain of Port Lavaca has been named the | ||
Volunteer of the Year from Senate District 18 by the State | ||
Republican Executive Committee, and he is being honored at a | ||
special event in Austin on September 27, 2013; and | ||
WHEREAS, A longtime resident of Calhoun County, Mr. Cain is | ||
an alumnus of Texas A&I University--Kingsville and has enjoyed a | ||
successful career as a real estate broker and the operator of his | ||
own firm, Russell Cain Real Estate; he belongs to the National | ||
Association of Realtors as well as its Texas affiliate and has held | ||
many positions of responsibility in the Coastal Bend Association of | ||
Realtors; and | ||
WHEREAS, Committed to the principles and values of | ||
conservatism, Mr. Cain has worked tirelessly in support of | ||
Republican candidates at the county, district, state, and national | ||
levels; in addition to his six-year tenure as chair of the Calhoun | ||
County Republican Party, he has twice served as a delegate to the | ||
Republican State Convention, and in 2012, he had the honor of | ||
representing Texas as a delegate to the national convention; known | ||
as an energetic organizer, he has held four Tea Party rallies within | ||
the past two years, and he has helped to galvanize local youth by | ||
establishing the Calhoun High School Republican Club and arranging | ||
several trips to Austin for students to learn more about the | ||
workings of state government firsthand; and | ||
WHEREAS, This outstanding citizen has further benefited his | ||
fellow Texans through his myriad volunteer efforts, which include a | ||
long and illustrious affiliation with the Rotary Club; he is a past | ||
president and district governor of the service organization and has | ||
helped to organize a number of major Rotary events over the years; | ||
moreover, he has filled leadership roles in such local institutions | ||
as the Port Lavaca Main Street Association, the Al Amin Shrine | ||
Temple, Bluebonnet Youth Ranch, and Memorial Medical Center, and he | ||
has spent nearly 15 years on the board of the Gulf Bend MHMR Center; | ||
he is the current director of the Calhoun County Economic | ||
Development Corporation as well as vice president of the local | ||
American Cancer Society chapter, which he has served for a combined | ||
27 years as director and president; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Cain was previously recognized as Citizen of the | ||
Year by the local Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1993; he has also been | ||
honored by the chamber of commerce as the 1992 Man of the Year and as | ||
a 2011 Hometown Hero, and in 2000, he was named one of the 25 most | ||
influential citizens in Calhoun County; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Cain is blessed with the | ||
love and support of his wife of 17 years and fellow Rotarian, Cherre | ||
Walker Cain; he is a devoted congregant at Grace Episcopal Church, | ||
and in his free time, he is an avid golfer; and | ||
WHEREAS, With his countless hours of political involvement | ||
and community service, Russell Cain exemplifies the highest ideals | ||
of volunteerism, and in so doing he sets an outstanding example of | ||
civic engagement to which others may aspire; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby congratulate Russell Cain | ||
on his selection as Volunteer of the Year from Senate District 18 by | ||
the State Republican Executive Committee 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. Cain as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Morrison | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 99 was adopted by the House on July | ||
25, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||