HLS 16RS-4081 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 142
BY REPRESENTATIVE DEVILLIER
COMMENDATIONS: Commends Les "Pe-Te" Johnson (Jeansonne) for being the Cajun
Voice in Houston for thirty years
1 A RESOLUTION
2To commend Les "Pe-Te" Johnson (Jeansonne) for thirty years of broadcasting as the Cajun
3 Voice in Houston.
4 WHEREAS, Eunice, Louisiana, native Les "Pe-Te" Johnson has made his home in
5neighboring Texas for more than three decades but has spread Cajun traditions in cuisine and
6culture in the Lone Star State; and
7 WHEREAS, Pe-Te completed four years of service in the U.S. Air Force after his
81958 graduation from Eunice High School; he moved to Texas and opened Pe-Te's Cajun
9BBQ House in 1979, which he owned and operated until 2002; and
10 WHEREAS, the Cajun culture took root in Texas with Saturday afternoon and
11evening dances at Pe-Te's BBQ House, and NASA employees were drawn to the
12establishment by the good food and good times provided by Pe-Te and his staff; Pe-Te's
13galaxy-famous barbecue and beans and rice have made it into space by means of the space
14shuttle, and Pe-Te's cassette tapes and CDs of Cajun music have been played in the space
15shuttle and on the space station; and
16 WHEREAS, Pe-Te's Cajun Radio Show was on air on KTEK in Houston from 1981
17to 1983; Pe-Te took his unique musical stylings to KPFT, Houston's nonprofit public radio
18station, where he has volunteered as a disc jockey since 1983 playing The Cajun Bandstand
19radio show three days a week; he has earned the moniker, the Cajun Voice in Houston; and
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1 WHEREAS, eleven gumbo cook-offs and four golf tournaments hosted by Pe-Te
2have contributed operational support for KPFT and keep the Cajun culture alive in Houston;
3and
4 WHEREAS, the Cajun French Music Association Museum in Eunice houses cassette
5tapes and CDs that made the trip to space and back, and they are proudly displayed with their
6NASA documentation; and
7 WHEREAS, Pe-Te is a member of the Cajun French Music Association and has
8hosted visits by astronauts to the Cajun French Music Association museum and its Fourth
9of July parade; he has seen thirteen space shuttle lift-offs from Cape Canaveral; and
10 WHEREAS, Pe-Te has spent forty-eight wonderful years with his wife, Jennie
11Johnson; he proudly travels between Friendswood, Texas, and his hometown, Eunice,
12spreading Cajun good cheer far and wide.
13 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
14Legislature of Louisiana does hereby commend Les "Pe-Te" Johnson for thirty years of
15broadcasting as the Cajun Voice in Houston and for being a Cajun ambassador to the Lone
16Star State.
17 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a suitable copy of this Resolution be transmitted
18to Les "Pe-Te" Johnson (Jeansonne).
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 142 Original 2016 Regular Session DeVillier
Commends Les "Pe-Te" Johnson (Jeansonne) for being the Cajun Voice in Houston.
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