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                                                                  H.R. No. 606


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Joey De Luna has been named the 2004 Firefighter of the Year by the Val Verde County Rural Volunteer Fire Department; and WHEREAS, Since joining the department in 2002, Mr. De Luna has proven to be an invaluable resource to the organization; demonstrating exemplary dedication to his community, he has helped to provide greater safety and security to the citizens of Val Verde County; and WHEREAS, Mr. De Luna is currently a lieutenant at Station 1 in Cienegas, and he also contributes to the work of the department in his role as chaplain; he plans to become a professional firefighter and is working toward his certification; and WHEREAS, Initially inspired to become involved in fire fighting as a means of spending time with one of the department's charter members, Casie Rust, Mr. De Luna can reflect on that inspired action with pride, for he not only married Ms. Rust in June 2004 but also gained a rewarding career for which he is well suited; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby congratulate Joey De Luna on being named the 2004 Firefighter of the Year by the Val Verde County Rural Volunteer Fire Department and extend to him best wishes for continued success; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mr. De Luna as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Gallego Craddick Geren Menendez Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso Anderson Goolsby Morrison Bailey Griggs Mowery Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat Berman Guillen Nixon Blake Haggerty Noriega Bohac Hamilton Oliveira Bonnen Hamric Olivo Branch Hardcastle Orr Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton Burnam Hegar Pena Callegari Herrero Phillips Campbell Hilderbran Pickett Casteel Hill Pitts Castro Hochberg Puente Chavez Hodge Quintanilla Chisum Homer Raymond Coleman Hope Reyna Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter Corte Hughes Rodriguez Crabb Hunter Rose Crownover Hupp Seaman Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis Denny Keel Solomons Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus Dukes King of Parker Swinford Dunnam King of Zavala Talton Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor Edwards Krusee Thompson Eiland Kuempel Truitt Eissler Laney Turner Elkins Laubenberg Uresti Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale Farabee Luna Veasey Farrar Madden Villarreal Flores Martinez Vo Flynn Martinez Fischer West Frost McCall Wong Gallego McClendon Woolley Gattis McReynolds Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 606 was adopted by the House on March 17, 2005, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House