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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Family owned and operated businesses strengthen the |
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| 6 | 7 | | economy and culture of Texas communities, and in 2015 the Vera |
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| 7 | 8 | | family of Edinburg is celebrating the 45th anniversary of Vera's |
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| 8 | 9 | | King-O-Meats; and |
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| 9 | 10 | | WHEREAS, During the early years of the 20th century, the |
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| 10 | 11 | | family patriarch, Roman Vera Sr., owned a meat market known as La |
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| 11 | 12 | | Marqueta in the community, and in 1970 two of his sons, Roman Vera |
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| 12 | 13 | | Jr. and Carlos Vera, followed in their father's footsteps and |
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| 13 | 14 | | opened Vera's King-O-Meats; another brother, Rodolfo Vera, came to |
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| 14 | 15 | | work at the shop, and a fourth brother, Antonio Vera, joined the |
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| 15 | 16 | | staff after completing his service in Vietnam with the U.S. Marine |
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| 16 | 17 | | Corps; and |
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| 17 | 18 | | WHEREAS, Over the years, the brothers worked together to |
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| 18 | 19 | | build the business; Carlos eventually sold his share to Antonio, |
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| 19 | 20 | | who continues to own the enterprise in partnership with Roman; |
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| 20 | 21 | | Rodolfo Vera passed away in 2014 after devoting many years of his |
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| 21 | 22 | | life to furthering the shop's operations; and |
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| 22 | 23 | | WHEREAS, On its first day in 1970, Vera's King-O-Meats earned |
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| 23 | 24 | | $35, and today it generates $4 million a year in business under the |
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| 24 | 25 | | day-to-day management of the family's next generation, Roman's |
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| 25 | 26 | | daughter Nadia Vera and Antonio's son Marco Vera; and |
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| 26 | 27 | | WHEREAS, Thanks to the skill and determination of its |
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| 27 | 28 | | founders, the hard work of its staff, and the loyalty of its many |
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| 28 | 29 | | satisfied customers, Vera's King-O-Meats has become a signature |
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| 29 | 30 | | South Texas enterprise, and the members of the Vera family may take |
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| 30 | 31 | | great pride in their legacy of success; 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 commemorate the 45th anniversary of Vera's |
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| 33 | 34 | | King-O-Meats in Edinburg and extend to the Vera family sincere best |
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| 34 | 35 | | wishes for the future; 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 the Vera family as an expression of high regard by the |
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| 37 | 38 | | Texas House of Representatives. |
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