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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES             H.R. NO.              
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2000                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                     HOUSE  RESOLUTION

  COMMENDING HAWAII'S 2000 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AWARD
    WINNERS.



 1        WHEREAS, the small business community's contributions to
 2   the American economy and society will be recognized during
 3   May 21 through May 27, 2000, designated this year as national
 4   Small Business Week by the President of the United States; and
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 6        WHEREAS, the nation's entrepreneurs at local, state, and
 7   national levels will be honored during the 2000 Small Business
 8   Week activities by the United States Small Business
 9   Administration, in partnership with public and private sector
10   small business supporters; and
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12        WHEREAS, there are ten Hawaii entrepreneurs who are
13   recipients of the 2000 Small Business Administration awards at
14   the state level; and
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16        WHEREAS, these ten outstanding individuals are as follows:
17   Les and Laura Sherrill of South Pacific Steel Corp.; Vaughn
18   Vasconcellos of Akimeka & Company, Inc.; Karen Sotomua of
19   Joseph K. & Company, LLC; Darryl Mleynek of Hawaii Small
20   Business Development Center Network; William Emmsley of Samoan
21   Service Providers Association; Floyd Takeuchi of Hawaii
22   Business Magazine; Anna Marie Springer of American Savings
23   Bank; Ricky Price of Fast Lube, Inc.; and Blayne Hanagami of
24   Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; now, therefore,
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26        BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the
27   Twentieth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session
28   of 2000, that this body hereby commends and honors Hawaii's
29   2000 Small Business Administration award winners, and extends
30   to them its heartfelt Aloha and best wishes for success in all
31   future endeavors; and
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33        BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this
34   Resolution be transmitted to Hawaii's ten 2000 Small Business
35   award winners.
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39                           OFFERED BY: ___________________________