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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, The life of John Austin Pena of Edinburg was cut |
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tragically short on May 18, 2001, at the age of 16, and the Texas |
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House of Representatives and Senate join his family and friends in |
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honoring the memory of this beloved young Texan; and |
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WHEREAS, John Pena was born at Park Place Hospital in Houston |
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on October 4, 1984; after living for a time in Houston, he grew up in |
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Austin, where he attended public school, and in Edinburg, where he |
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attended Jefferson and St. Matthew's Elementary Schools and |
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Edinburg North High School; and |
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WHEREAS, John was a bright, spirited, cheerful young man who |
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had many good friends; his broad spectrum of interests ranged from |
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sports--especially basketball, soccer, and baseball--to |
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skateboarding and playing laser tag with his pals and playing video |
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games with his younger brother "Mikey"; endowed with a lively |
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imagination and curiosity, he also enjoyed writing and traveling; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Today, the radiance exuded by this treasured young |
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man continues to live on through the John Austin Pena Scholarship; |
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established by the Texas Association of Addiction Professionals on |
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July 18, 2005, this grant carries a heartfelt message of hope and is |
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awarded to a member of the TAAP Texas Teens program who is pursuing |
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a college degree; and |
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WHEREAS, We stand together in commemoration of John's life |
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with his loving family members: his father and stepmother, Aaron |
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Pena, Jr., and Monica Pena; his mother, Criselda Pena; his dear |
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siblings, Adrienne Pena-Garza, Aaron Leonel Pena, Alyssa Victoria |
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Pena, and Michael Anthony Pena; his beloved young daughter, Chelsea |
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Pena, and all his other relatives; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby extend its deepest condolences to the family of John Austin |
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Pena on their immeasurable loss; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the members of his family as an expression of great |
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compassion and that when the Texas House of Representatives and |
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Senate adjourn this day, they do so in fond memory of John Austin |
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Pena. |