81R29014 JGH-D
By: Smithee H.R. No. 1795
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Teresa Lyons of Hereford is being named the 2009
General Aviation Airport Manager of the Year by the Aviation
Division of the Texas Department of Transportation at the annual
Aviation Awards Banquet on May 12, 2009; and
WHEREAS, A graduate of Texas A&M University and a
second-generation pilot, Ms. Lyons has been the general manager of
the Hereford Municipal Airport since 2004, overseeing every detail
of the airport's maintenance and operations; and
WHEREAS, The center of the cattle feeding industry and the
self-proclaimed "Beef Capital of the World," Hereford is also home
to two ethanol facilities recently built by the airport and is part
of the emerging "new energy" boom taking place in the Panhandle; Ms.
Lyons has played a vital role in the airport's transition from a
little-used facility to a busy, modern facility that serves a wide
variety of aircraft and helps attract new industry to the area; and
WHEREAS, During the first year of her tenure, the airport's
revenues increased by 400 percent, and sales of aviation fuel rose
sharply; with funding from TxDOT, Ms. Lyons has been instrumental
as well in developing an $8 million project to build a new, longer
runway which will be able to accommodate large corporate jets; and
WHEREAS, Teresa Lyons is highly regarded for her
professionalism and commitment to excellence; she is an outstanding
advocate for aviation, and she may indeed take justifiable pride in
her myriad achievements as director of the Hereford Municipal
Airport; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Teresa Lyons on being named the
2009 General Aviation Airport Manager of the Year by the Aviation
Division of the Texas Department of Transportation and extend to
her sincere best wishes for continued success and happiness; and,
be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Ms. Lyons as an expression of high regard by the Texas
House of Representatives.