HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
1-1 WHEREAS, The Legislature of the State of Texas is pleased to
1-2 join the citizens of the Texas Panhandle in commemorating Tuesday,
1-3 February 23, 1999, as Panhandle Day at the Capitol; and
1-4 WHEREAS, A spectacular region in Texas, the Panhandle is rich
1-5 in history and scenic plains and is home to a host of cities
1-6 offering a wide array of opportunities; and
1-7 WHEREAS, The area is a combination of traditional ranch lands
1-8 unchanged for centuries, High Plains agriculture, and large
1-9 stretches of oil and gas reserves; and
1-10 WHEREAS, A glimpse of the region's past is provided by the
1-11 Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum located on the campus of West
1-12 Texas State University; the museum provides an intriguing overview
1-13 of life in the Old West; and
1-14 WHEREAS, Since 1995 the Amarillo National Resource Center for
1-15 Plutonium, an Amarillo-based university research consortium, has
1-16 provided Texas universities with more than $32.5 million for
1-17 research and has represented the interests of the State of Texas
1-18 with the Department of Energy; and
1-19 WHEREAS, The Panhandle city of Amarillo has also recently
1-20 been chosen as the result of a nationwide search as the city to
1-21 house the new Tiltrotor Assembly Center to be built by Bell
1-22 Helicopter Textron, Incorporated; the center will be the first
1-23 major aircraft manufacturing facility to be built in Texas in
1-24 decades; and
2-1 WHEREAS, The state's well-known Palo Duro Canyon State Park
2-2 is located in the heart of the Panhandle, and the park's arresting
2-3 scenic canyon contains rocks spanning 200 million years of
2-4 geological time; and
2-5 WHEREAS, With more than 400,000 residents, the Panhandle
2-6 offers the opportunities and vitality generated by modern cities
2-7 and industry, yet its natural beauty and spectacular scenery remain
2-8 unchanged; now, therefore, be it
2-9 RESOLVED, That the 76th Legislature of the State of Texas
2-10 hereby commend the residents of the Panhandle on their many
2-11 contributions to our state and extend to them best wishes for a
2-12 joyous Panhandle Day.
Swinford
Smithee
Chisum
Laney Glaze Moreno of El Paso
Alexander Goodman Morrison
Allen Goolsby Mowery
Alvarado Gray Naishtat
Averitt Green Najera
Bailey Greenberg Nixon
Berman Grusendorf Noriega
Bonnen Gutierrez Oliveira
Bosse Haggerty Olivo
Brimer Hamric Palmer
Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Pickett
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Pitts
Burnam Hawley Puente
Capelo Heflin Ramsay
Carter Hilbert Rangel
Chavez Hilderbran Reyna of Bexar
Chisum Hill Reyna of Dallas
Christian Hinojosa Ritter
Clark Hochberg Sadler
Coleman Hodge Salinas
Cook Homer Seaman
Corte Hope Shields
Counts Howard Siebert
Crabb Hunter Smith
Craddick Hupp Smithee
Crownover Isett Solis of Cameron
Cuellar Janek Solis of Bexar
Culberson Jones of Brazos Solomons
Danburg Jones of Lubbock Staples
Davis of Harris Jones of Dallas Swinford
Davis of Dallas Junell Talton
Delisi Keel Telford
Denny Keffer Thompson
Deshotel King of Parker Tillery
Driver King of Uvalde Truitt
Dukes Krusee Turner of Coleman
Dunnam Kuempel Turner of Harris
Dutton Lengefeld Uher
Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Uresti
Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Van de Putte
Eiland Longoria Walker
Elkins Luna West
Ellis McCall Williams
Farabee McClendon Wilson
Farrar McReynolds Wise
Flores Madden Wohlgemuth
Gallego Marchant Wolens
Garcia Maxey Woolley
George Merritt Yarbrough
Giddings Moreno of Harris Zbranek
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 97 was adopted by the House on
February 23, 1999, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.C.R. No. 97 was adopted by the Senate on
February 24, 1999, by a viva-voce vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor