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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The distinguished career of a longtime public |
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servant came to a close when the Honorable Donald Clyde Creager |
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stepped down from his position as county judge for Loving County in |
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December 2006; and |
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WHEREAS, The longest-serving county judge in Texas, Judge |
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Creager was an elected official for more than four decades; he began |
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his service to the residents of Loving County after winning |
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election to the commissioners court in 1962, and he held that office |
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until 1973, when he was appointed as the replacement for the |
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retiring county judge; this began his 33-year tenure presiding over |
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the commissioners court, with county voters repeatedly returning |
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him to office; and |
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WHEREAS, This enterprising leader has overseen a number of |
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important initiatives during his years as county judge; he helped |
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secure the restoration of the historic courthouse in Mentone in the |
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late 1970s and has worked with the commissioners to add and renovate |
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essential facilities and equipment; in addition, he championed the |
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successful effort to pipe water to township residents and an |
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ongoing project to provide water to all households in the county; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, An important voice on the Permian Basin Regional |
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Planning Commission for 18 years, Judge Creager served as the |
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secretary-treasurer of the organization's board of directors in |
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1996, vice-chairman in 1997, and chairman in 1998 and has also been |
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a member of the board of directors for the Texas Association of |
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Regional Councils; his other civic and professional activities have |
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included committee assignments for the County Judges and |
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Commissioners Association of Texas and an eight-year tenure on the |
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board of trustees for the West Texas Centers for MHMR; and |
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WHEREAS, Donald Creager's committed service has benefited |
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from the many years he has spent in West Texas; arriving in Loving |
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County with his family as a teenager, he learned his first lessons |
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in public service from his father, Earl O. Creager, who served as |
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county judge; after a four-year tour of duty in the U.S. Air Force, |
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Donald Creager returned to the Mentone area and with his wife, |
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Leila, raised three daughters; and |
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WHEREAS, Inspired by an abiding concern for his fellow |
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citizens, Judge Donald Creager has helped guide Loving County |
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government for nearly a half-century, and he may reflect with |
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justifiable pride on the legacy of achievement he has established; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor Judge Donald Clyde Creager for his long |
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and accomplished career as a commissioner and county judge in |
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Loving County and extend to him best wishes for success in his |
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future endeavors; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Judge Creager as an expression of high regard from the |
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Texas House of Representatives. |