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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Ramón Rentería retired from the El Paso Times on |
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| 6 | 7 | | April 26, 2015, drawing to a close a notable tenure as a newspaper |
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| 7 | 8 | | reporter and columnist that has spanned more than four decades; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, A native of Valentine, Mr. Rentería began his |
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| 9 | 10 | | 43-year career in journalism at the Clovis News Journal in New |
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| 10 | 11 | | Mexico in 1972; in 1976, he joined the Las Cruces bureau of the El |
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| 11 | 12 | | Paso Times, and a few years later, he joined the main office in El |
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| 12 | 13 | | Paso to report on activities at city hall; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Rentería went on to cover the education beat for |
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| 14 | 15 | | nearly 20 years, earning a reputation as one of the best education |
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| 15 | 16 | | reporters in the state; in 1989, his story "Separate and unequal: |
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| 16 | 17 | | the story of Kelli, Veronica and school finance" won a number of |
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| 17 | 18 | | local, state, and national awards for its exposure of inequality in |
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| 18 | 19 | | school funding; and |
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| 19 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Since 2008, Mr. Rentería has written a popular |
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| 20 | 21 | | Sunday column for the paper, frequently employing a colloquial |
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| 21 | 22 | | mixture of Spanish and English and sometimes making up his own words |
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| 22 | 23 | | to express a particularly nuanced idea; in these columns, he often |
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| 23 | 24 | | shared his unique gift for storytelling and served as a voice for |
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| 24 | 25 | | the city's Hispanic community; in recent years, he has also worked |
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| 25 | 26 | | as a general assignment reporter and as the books page editor; and |
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| 26 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Calling himself a "semi-decent vato who tried to |
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| 27 | 28 | | tell a few good yarns," Mr. Rentería has delighted, informed, and |
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| 28 | 29 | | sometimes challenged his readers for more than four decades, and he |
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| 29 | 30 | | may indeed take great pride in an outstanding career as he embarks |
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| 30 | 31 | | upon the next exciting chapter of his life; now, therefore, be it |
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| 31 | 32 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 32 | 33 | | Legislature hereby congratulate Ramón Rentería on his retirement |
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| 33 | 34 | | from the El Paso Times and extend to him sincere best wishes for |
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| 34 | 35 | | continued happiness; and, be it further |
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| 35 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 36 | 37 | | prepared for Mr. Rentería as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 37 | 38 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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