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1	1	H.R. No. 1384
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, The death of civic leader Fay Sinkin on March 4,
6	6	2009, at the age of 90, has deeply saddened her family, her friends,
7	7	and her many admirers throughout the San Antonio community and
8	8	beyond; and
9	9	WHEREAS, Born in New York City on March 24, 1918, the former
10	10	Fay Bloom graduated from Syracuse University; she was working at an
11	11	Arthur Murray Dance Studio when a friend from Texas set her up on a
12	12	blind date with a young San Antonio businessman named Bill Sinkin;
13	13	although she made a joke when he proposed marriage partway through
14	14	the evening, the couple exchanged wedding vows less than six months
15	15	later, on May 31, 1942; and
16	16	WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Sinkin raised their two sons in San
17	17	Antonio and supported each other in myriad efforts to improve the
18	18	quality of life in their city; Mrs. Sinkin was particularly
19	19	concerned about public health, and on becoming president of the
20	20	League of Women Voters in 1947, she advocated for the hiring of a
21	21	city sanitary engineer to develop a sewer system; moreover, she
22	22	raised funds for the first citywide Mothers March on Polio,
23	23	organized the Visiting Nurse Association, and later became the
24	24	first woman to serve on the city's Board of Health; and
25	25	WHEREAS, In 1953, Mrs. Sinkin was named Woman of the Year by
26	26	the San Antonio Express-News; her many early accomplishments
27	27	included fund-raising for public television and becoming one of the
28	28	first two women to serve on a grand jury in Bexar County; she
29	29	participated in vital endeavors to further tolerance and diversity,
30	30	organizing educational outreaches, working with her husband to end
31	31	segregation in restaurants, and assisting the Johnson
32	32	administration in the recruitment of minority candidates for the
33	33	diplomatic service; and
34	34	WHEREAS, The threat of heavy development over the Edwards
35	35	Aquifer recharge zone in the early 1970s led Mrs. Sinkin to form the
36	36	Aquifer Protection Association, and she roused the community to
37	37	fight the first of many battles to ensure the safety and quality of
38	38	San Antonio's water supply; she was instrumental in obtaining the
39	39	nation's first Sole Source Aquifer designation under the Safe
40	40	Drinking Water Act of 1974, and she won election as the first female
41	41	board member of the Edwards Underground Water District; during her
42	42	six-year term, she successfully fought the controversial
43	43	Applewhite Reservoir project, advocated for conservation and a
44	44	regional water plan, introduced xeriscaping to the city, and
45	45	oversaw the institution of a water leak detection program; she
46	46	later formed the Edwards Aquifer Preservation Trust and pushed to
47	47	block overdevelopment on the recharge zone by acquiring ranchland,
48	48	playing a key role in the creation of Government Canyon State
49	49	Natural Area on 7,000 acres once slated for a vast housing tract;
50	50	and
51	51	WHEREAS, Acknowledged as "the mother of aquifer protection,"
52	52	Mrs. Sinkin continued to devote her time and considerable energy to
53	53	this cause, working with the grassroots Smart Growth Coalition in
54	54	2002 to oppose construction of a PGA Village over the Edwards
55	55	Aquifer in north central Bexar County; as gracious and persuasive
56	56	as she was passionate, she helped the Save Our Aquifer Campaign
57	57	secure more than 100,000 signatures to call for a referendum
58	58	against the project; together, the Sinkins established the Fay and
59	59	William Sinkin Environmental Fund, which educates young people
60	60	about environmental issues; and
61	61	WHEREAS, Her remarkable achievements earned Mrs. Sinkin
62	62	numerous accolades; she was inducted into the San Antonio Women's
63	63	Celebration and Hall of Fame and received the Headline Award from
64	64	Women in Communication; the Medallion Natural Area was renamed the
65	65	Fay and William Sinkin Nature Preserve in 2009, and The University
66	66	of Texas at San Antonio maintains the William and Fay Sinkin Papers
67	67	in its archives, documenting the importance of their individual and
68	68	joint contributions to civic life; and
69	69	WHEREAS, Ahead of her time in many ways, Fay Sinkin served as
70	70	a steward of the environment and an advocate for social justice; her
71	71	endeavors immeasurably enhanced the world around her, and she
72	72	inspired countless others to work for the causes in which they
73	73	believe and promote positive change; now, therefore, be it
74	74	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
75	75	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Fay Sinkin and extend
76	76	sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her husband of 66
77	77	years, William Sinkin; to her sons, Richard and Lanny; to her
78	78	granddaughters, Patti Leigh, Katherine Hancock, and Amelia Sinkin;
79	79	to her three great-grandchildren, Justin and Jessica Hancock and
80	80	Jennifer Leigh; and to the other relatives and host of friends of
81	81	this esteemed Texan; and, be it further
82	82	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
83	83	prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
84	84	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Fay Sinkin.
85	85	Castro
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87	87	Speaker of the House
88	88	I certify that H.R. No. 1384 was unanimously adopted by a
89	89	rising vote of the House on April 27, 2009.
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91	91	Chief Clerk of the House