| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 1316 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, On April 15, 2009, people from across Winkler County |
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| 6 | 6 | | are traveling to the State Capitol to celebrate their county's |
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| 7 | 7 | | heritage and to share with fellow Texans their history, traditions, |
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| 8 | 8 | | and achievements; and |
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| 9 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The Anasazi were the earliest known people in the |
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| 10 | 10 | | Winkler County area; in the 1880s, cattlemen established large |
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| 11 | 11 | | ranches on free state land and Winkler County was carved out of part |
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| 12 | 12 | | of Tom Green County; its name honors Clinton M. Winkler, a member of |
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| 13 | 13 | | the state legislature and justice of the Court of Civil Appeals; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | WHEREAS, On April 5, 1910, the county was officially |
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| 15 | 15 | | organized, and the town of Kermit, named after Theodore Roosevelt's |
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| 16 | 16 | | son, was chosen as the county seat; the discovery of oil nearby in |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1926 brought so many people that many residents lived in tents and |
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| 18 | 18 | | makeshift shelters, and a new town, Winkler, also sprang up; when |
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| 19 | 19 | | the postal authorities advised that another town in Texas had |
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| 20 | 20 | | already claimed that name, it was swiftly shortened to Wink; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | WHEREAS, During the early boom years, Wink acquired a |
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| 22 | 22 | | reputation as a wild, freewheeling place; now, although its economy |
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| 23 | 23 | | is still based on the petroleum industry and ranching, it is perhaps |
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| 24 | 24 | | better known as the hometown of music legend Roy Orbison; his first |
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| 25 | 25 | | band, the Wink Westerners, made its radio debut on Kermit station |
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| 26 | 26 | | KERB, and the Roy Orbison Museum is today one of the town's most |
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| 27 | 27 | | interesting attractions; Kermit gained celebrity luster more |
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| 28 | 28 | | recently when the Disney company threw a 50th birthday party there |
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| 29 | 29 | | for beloved Muppet Kermit the Frog; the town made national |
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| 30 | 30 | | headlines as it celebrated in style, renaming a street in honor of |
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| 31 | 31 | | the Sesame Street star and repainting the water tower with his |
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| 32 | 32 | | likeness; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, Winkler County holds a notable place in frontier |
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| 34 | 34 | | history, and through the years, its towns have demonstrated a |
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| 35 | 35 | | unique West Texas flair; its residents can indeed take pride in this |
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| 36 | 36 | | colorful past as they look forward to a bright future; now, |
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| 37 | 37 | | therefore, be it |
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| 38 | 38 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 39 | 39 | | Legislature hereby recognize April 15, 2009, as Winkler County Day |
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| 40 | 40 | | at the State Capitol and extend to the visiting delegation sincere |
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| 41 | 41 | | best wishes for an enjoyable and productive visit to Austin. |
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| 42 | 42 | | Lewis |
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| 43 | 43 | | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 45 | 45 | | I certify that H.R. No. 1316 was adopted by the House on April |
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| 46 | 46 | | 15, 2009, by a non-record vote. |
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| 47 | 47 | | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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