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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The untimely passing of admired civic leader Janine |
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Foster Woody of Dallas on April 28, 2015, has brought a tremendous |
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loss to her family, to her friends, and to the residents of her |
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community; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Paul and Julie Foster, the former |
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Janine Foster began her higher education at Northwestern University |
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in Evanston, Illinois, where she earned a bachelor's degree in |
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history and English; after attending law school at both Texas Tech |
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University and Texas Wesleyan University, she continued her |
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studies, completing a master of library and information science |
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degree from the University of North Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Jan Woody gave generously of her time and expertise |
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to supporting public education in Dallas County; elected to the |
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Board of Dallas County Schools in 2005, she was also named chair of |
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the organization's Technology Committee, in which capacity she |
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helped to improve the level of technological service available to |
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local school districts; she was further elected to serve as a |
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representative to the North Texas Council of Governments and to the |
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Texas Association of School Boards Legislative Advisory Committee; |
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a certified teacher, she taught secondary school for several years |
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and shared her insights on the education committees of area |
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chambers of commerce; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in local politics from 1994 onward, Ms. Woody |
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served as a precinct chair for more than two decades and made it a |
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point to walk her precinct before every primary and general |
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election; for 10 years, she benefited the Dallas County Republican |
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Party as headquarters chair, during which time she played a part in |
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the founding of a number of Republican Clubs; she was also a member |
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of the Texas Federation of Republican Women and a former president |
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of the Richardson Republican Women; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Woody's interest in public safety led her to |
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organize a Town Hall on Crime and Drugs in Farmers Branch in 1990, |
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and she spent 13 years working with teens as a suicide hotline |
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volunteer and counselor; she was a longtime sponsor of the Farmers |
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Branch Adopt-a-Park and helped to organize the Garland Asian |
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American Festival, and she earned a number of well-deserved awards |
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for her efforts over the course of her lifetime; in her leisure, she |
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was a talented flute and piano player who pursued her passion for |
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music as a member of the Richardson Community Band; and |
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WHEREAS, Sustained by her deep religious faith, this devoted |
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woman volunteered extensively with Christ United Methodist Church |
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as a teacher and certified lay speaker; she was guided by a strong |
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sense of ethics in all her endeavors and fought courageously in |
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behalf of the causes in which she believed, making countless |
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friends along her life's journey; and |
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WHEREAS, While the death of Jan Woody has greatly saddened |
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all those who were privileged to know her, she leaves behind a |
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remarkable record of civic engagement and achievement that the |
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passage of time will never diminish; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Janine Foster Woody |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Bruce Woody; to her mother, Julie Foster; to her brother, |
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Paul Foster Jr.; to her nephews, Paul Foster III and Scott Foster; |
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and to her other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Janine |
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Woody. |