This website will be unavailable from Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. through Monday, June 3, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. due to data center maintenance.

                                                                                



                                                                  H.R. No. 1252



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Reporter Ed Todd has retired from the Midland 
Reporter-Telegram, having informed and entertained readers of that 
paper with his insightful and intelligent writing for nearly three 
decades; and
	WHEREAS, Reared in East Delta, a tiny community in northeast 
Texas, Mr. Todd began his career in journalism as a police reporter 
with the Galveston Tribune before joining the staff of the Midland 
Reporter-Telegram on December 23, 1974; his small-town upbringing 
was reflected in his popular and long-running column, "Roustin' 
About," which profiled individuals and events in communities 
throughout the Permian Basin in a manner that fully engaged his 
readers and always kept them coming back for more; and
	WHEREAS, Able to recount human interest items with the skill 
of a great storyteller, Mr. Todd also charted the economic and 
social changes that have swept through the Midland area since the 
mid-1970s, and his talents as a writer, interviewer, and researcher 
have earned him a host of faithful readers and more than a few 
friends along the way; and
	WHEREAS, Although he has officially retired from the 
Reporter-Telegram, Mr. Todd still intends to submit occasional 
stories to the paper on topics of his own choosing which, he himself 
would concede, has probably always been the case; this 
multitalented individual is a free spirit whose diverse passions 
include cycling and diagramming sentences, and those who have come 
to treasure his writing are counting on his continual need for a 
creative outlet in the years to come; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby congratulate Ed Todd of Midland on the occasion 
of his formal retirement from the Midland Reporter-Telegram and 
extend to him warmest best wishes for continued happiness and 
success in his future endeavors; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mr. Todd as an expression of high esteem by the Texas 
House of Representatives.

                                                                        Craddick

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 1252 was adopted by the House on May 
23, 2003, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House