81R8547 JGH-D By: Hardcastle H.R. No. 661 R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, Members of the Rolling Plains Communities Partnership are visiting Austin on March 3, 2009, to celebrate Rolling Plains Day at the State Capitol; and WHEREAS, The Rolling Plains of North Central Texas is 30 million acres of one of the prime agricultural regions of the Lone Star State and is home to many of the state's fine ranchers and farmers; and WHEREAS, The Rolling Plains Communities Partnership, which includes the counties of Briscoe, Childress, Collingsworth, Cottle, Donley, Foard, Hall, Hardeman, Motley, and Wheeler, is working to bring rural communities together to promote economic development; and WHEREAS, The members of the Rolling Plains Communities Partnership are playing a vital role in the well-being of their unique region of the Lone Star State, and this exemplary organization is indeed deserving of special recognition; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas Legislature hereby recognize March 3, 2009, as Rolling Plains Day at the State Capitol and extend to the members of the Rolling Plains Communities Partnership sincere best wishes for a meaningful and memorable visit to Austin.