HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.R. NO.232           
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE  RESOLUTION

COMMENDING MOTHERS OF THE YEAR CHARLENE MAE KU'UPUA'ALA THOMPSON
   AND LISA JEANNE TAYLOR WAGNER FOR BEING SELECTED AS THE
   NOMINEES BY THE AMERICAN MOTHERS INCORPORATED ORGANIZATION
   FOR HAWAII MOTHER OF THE YEAR AND HAWAII MOTHER OF YOUNG
   CHILDREN.
 


 1       WHEREAS, for more than 60 years American Mothers
 2   Incorporated has selected a national Mother of the Year and has
 3   contributed in many other positive ways to American society by
 4   focusing their efforts to preserving the moral and spiritual
 5   foundation of the family through educational, cultural, and
 6   spiritual programs; and
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 8       WHEREAS, the Hawaii Chapter of the American Mothers was
 9   organized only four years ago and, in that time, had one of
10   their nominees for Hawaii Mother of the Year selected as
11   National American Mother of the Year; and
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13       WHEREAS, American Mothers Incorporated is a non-political
14   inter-racial, inter-faith, non-profit organization that
15   welcomes all women and men who share a common concern for
16   strengthening the home and family; and
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18       WHEREAS, American Mothers Incorporated sponsors programs
19   for parenting and grandparenting skills, mentoring of new
20   mothers, national literacy training, and quilt making for at
21   risk babies and children; and
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23       WHEREAS, CHARLENE MAE KU'UPUA'ALA THOMPSON, has invested
24   her time and love into being a role model within her home, her
25   church, and her community and has enriched the lives of her
26   children, grandchildren and her Hanai by teaching them the
27   values that she, herself, embodies and will represent Hawaii at
28   the National Convention of American Mothers Incorporated in
29   Hawaii starting on April 27, 1999; and
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31       WHEREAS, LISA JEANNE TAYLOR WAGNER is the loving mother of
32   three children and has devoted her life to community service,
33   church organization, elementary education and the support of
34   several families in her community and continually fostering the
35   values of home and family will represent Hawaii at the National
36   Convention of American Mothers Incorporate in Hawaii on April
37   27, 1999; and
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 1       WHEREAS, CHARLENE MAE KU'UPUA'ALA THOMPSON and LISA JEANNE
 2   TAYLOR WAGNER are the respective recipients of the 1999 Hawaii
 3   Mother of the Year and Hawaii Mother of Young Children awards
 4   from American Mothers Incorporated; now, therefore 
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 6       BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
 7   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
 8   of 1999, that this body hereby commends and congratulates
 9   CHARLENE MAE KU'UPUA'ALA THOMPSON and LISA JEANNE TAYLOR WAGNER
10   for their accomplishments in the home, family, and community as
11   well as for their roles as mother, friend, and confidant to all
12   of those around them and for their respective nominations as
13   Hawaii Mother of the Year and Hawaii Mother of Young Children. 
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