H.R. No. 367



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, February 25, 2005, is an auspicious date indeed for 
the more than one million Texans of Czech descent, as it marks the 
grand opening of the Czech Cultural Center Houston; and
	WHEREAS, Located in  a beautiful Baroque building in 
Houston's internationally famous Museum District, the center is 
well suited to its purpose of providing a central focus for 
Czech/Slovak life in the Lone Star State; and
	WHEREAS, Built entirely with private funds, the center is an 
ideal showcase for the dazzling range and richness of the art, 
music, literature, and scholarship of Bohemia, Moravia, Slovakia, 
and Silesia; it will serve as a clearinghouse for endeavors such as 
genealogical research and will award three annual scholarships to 
deserving students; and
	WHEREAS, The influence of Czech culture on the history of the 
Lone Star State is obvious to any scholar of Texas, and with the 
creation of the Czech Cultural Center Houston, this proud legacy 
has found a suitably elegant expression; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby commemorate the grand opening of the Czech 
Cultural Center Houston and extend to all those associated with the 
center sincere best wishes for every success in the future.

                                                                           Bohac

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                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 367 was adopted by the House on 
February 24, 2005, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House