1-1 1 1-2 SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1133 1-3 WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas takes great 1-4 pleasure in recognizing Samuel F. Santana for his outstanding 1-5 work as a member of the Sun Bowl Association; and 1-6 WHEREAS, The Sun Bowl is a longstanding tradition in El Paso, 1-7 which began New Year's Day in 1935, when an El Paso high school 1-8 all-star team defeated a team from Ranger, Texas; and 1-9 WHEREAS, The game was originally played to raise funds for 1-10 improvements to the El Paso High School stadium and to help 1-11 underprivileged children; the next year, however, the event 1-12 featured college football teams; and 1-13 WHEREAS, Today, the Sun Bowl is one of the oldest bowls in 1-14 the nation, and CBS Sports will broadcast the 2001 game for the 1-15 34th consecutive year; and 1-16 WHEREAS, Samuel has long been involved with the Sun Bowl 1-17 Association, and he is the current association president for the 1-18 2001-2002 season; and 1-19 WHEREAS, For the past 18 years, Mr. Santana, who holds a 1-20 graduate degree in counseling, has worked for the El Paso County 1-21 Juvenile Probation Department, where he currently acts as Chief 1-22 Juvenile Probation Officer; and 1-23 WHEREAS, Respected by his fellow citizens as a community 2-1 leader, Samuel Santana has taken part in numerous projects to 2-2 benefit El Paso; he has served on several advisory boards, 2-3 including those of the Children's Mental Health Association, the 2-4 Mayor's Office for Development of a Runaway Center, the Texas 2-5 Juvenile Probation Commission, and the Texas Youth Commission; and 2-6 WHEREAS, In addition to his work with the Sun Bowl 2-7 Association, Samuel holds memberships in the Texas Corrections 2-8 Association, the Texas Probation Association, the Texas Coalition 2-9 of Juvenile Justice, and Leadership El Paso; and 2-10 WHEREAS, For his role in carrying on the grand tradition 2-11 of the El Paso Sun Bowl games and for his outstanding civic 2-12 involvement, Samuel Santana is truly worthy of legislative 2-13 commendation; now, therefore, be it 2-14 RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 2-15 77th Legislature, hereby commend Samuel F. Santana for his 2-16 valuable contributions as president of the Sun Bowl Association; 2-17 and, be it further 2-18 RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared 2-19 for him as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. 2-20 Shapleigh 2-21 ______________________________________ 2-22 President of the Senate 2-23 I hereby certify that the above 2-24 Resolution was adopted by the Senate 2-25 on May 22, 2001. 2-26 ______________________________________ 2-27 Secretary of the Senate 2-28 ______________________________________ 2-29 Member, Texas Senate