H.R. No. 1803
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Mike and Judy Muzyczyn of the Kleberg County Airport
are being recognized as the 2011 General Aviation Airport
Management Team of the Year by the Texas Department of
Transportation, Aviation Division, on May 26, 2011; and
WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Muzyczyn are both champions of the
Kleberg County Airport; Mr. Muzyczyn is the president of Mike's
Aircraft Shop and the airport manager, and Mrs. Muzyczyn is a member
of the airport's management team; and
WHEREAS, For more than 25 years, Mrs. Muzyczyn has been
organizing fly-ins, air shows, and Young Eagle events to engage the
local community and demonstrate what the airport has to offer; she
has also been an advocate for the airport's infrastructure,
securing financial resources to maintain its pavement and to repair
and remodel the terminal area; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Muzyczyn brought together a group of airport
supporters in the summer of 2010 to request reestablishment of the
Airport Advisory Commission from the Kleberg County Commissioners
Court, and she and her husband, along with eight other members of
the community, were appointed to the commission; they have created
a new website for the airport and are exploring other economic
development strategies; and
WHEREAS, A certified A&P aircraft mechanic since 1961, Mr.
Muzyczyn was born in the Ukraine in 1939; his family evaded the Nazi
army for five years before being captured and placed on trains
headed for Auschwitz, but the prisoners overpowered their captors
and managed to escape; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Muzyczyn and his family came to America in 1950,
settling in New Jersey, and he graduated from the Teterboro School
of Aeronautics in 1961; he joined the navy and spent his career in
the military stationed at Corpus Christi, receiving an honorable
discharge in 1965 and subsequently working at an aircraft shop at
Cuddihy Field until it closed in 1983; and
WHEREAS, In early 2011, Mr. Muzyczyn was recognized by the
Federal Aviation Administration with the Charles Taylor Master
Mechanic Award for his 50 years of service to the aviation
community; and
WHEREAS, The tireless efforts of Mike and Judy Muzyczyn have
indeed benefited their fellow aviators and Kleberg County
residents, and they are truly worthy of this prestigious honor;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate Mike and Judy Muzyczyn on their
selection as the 2011 General Aviation Management Team of the Year
by the Texas Department of Transportation, Aviation Division, and
extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Muzyczyn as an expression of high regard
by the Texas House of Representatives.
Lozano
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1803 was adopted by the House on May
19, 2011, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House