Volume 101 Number 2
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January 16, 2013
Dianne White Delisi to Address 2013 SPJST Awards Banquet
SPJST is delighted to announce that Dianne White Delisi is the guest speaker for this year’s 2013 SPJST Awards Banquet. The event is being held on Saturday, January 26 at the Frank W. Mayborn Civic and Convention Center in Temple. Ms. Delisi is the Senior Policy Advisor for Delisi Communications, a full service public relations, government, and political consulting firm. She has more than 17 years of experience serving in the Texas House of Representatives. She is also a member of SPJST Lodge 47, Seaton. “We are pleased to have Ms. Delisi on the agenda and look forward to gaining from her insight,” Supreme Lodge President Brian Vanicek says. “Building legislative support for SPJST and its lodges is an idea that ap-
Board of Women In Govplies as much on the local lodge level as it ernment and served on does on the state and nathe Robert Wood Johnson tional levels. With the Foundation National Adconvening of 83rd Texas visory Committee for the Legislature on January 8, State Health Leadership Dianne’s presentation is Initiative. Dianne has auespecially timely.” thored noteworthy legisDuring her years in lation in the areas of the Texas House of Repeducation, higher educaresentatives, Ms. Delisi tion, healthcare, public served as the Chairman health, military and ecoof the Committee on nomic development and Public Health and as a Dianne White Delisi has been honored for her member of the Commitefforts on these issues. tee on Public Education. She served 10 In June 2003 and 2005, she was recyears on the House Appropriations ognized by Texas Monthly magazine as Committee, four of which she was ap- one of the “Top 10 Legislators.” Dipointed Vice-Chairman and a member anne also received the Dr. Nathan of the budget writing conference com- Davis Award for Outstanding Governmittee. She is a past Chairman of the ment Service as a State Representative
from the American Medical Association in 2005. “Partnering with our public officials represents a key element in the SPJST’s strategy to increase the impact and visibility of our fraternal commitment to our members and to the communities that SPJST lodges seek to serve,” says President Vanicek. “The 2013 incentive awards ceremony and banquet will provide lodge leaders with a great launching point for their own legislative awareness efforts in the year to come.” Invitations to the 2013 SPJST Awards Banquet were mailed to lodges in late December. Lodge secretaries received the mailing which also included a registration form and instructions how to register online. All 2013 lodge
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Inside This Week’s Vestnik
Youth Clubs’ Quarterly Report .........24 In Memoriam ......................................25 Czech Culture ....................................28 Advertisements ............................28-29 Lodge Calendar .................................30 Vestnik Valentines .............................32
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Lodge 79 Corpus Christi members make lap blankets
Lodge 30, Taiton District Six
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Lodge 92 Fort Worth honors Joyce Tesar
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Lodge 17 New Tabor youth achieves Classroom Champion