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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Daniel Flores is celebrating his retirement as |
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carpenter shop foreman from the physical plant department at Sul |
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Ross State University after 29 years of employment; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Roberto and Elisa B. Flores, Daniel |
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Flores graduated from Alpine High School and attended Sul Ross |
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State University; and |
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WHEREAS, After helping to build railroad bridges and to lay |
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electrical line from El Paso to Del Rio, Mr. Flores joined the staff |
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of the Sul Ross physical plant department in 1977; and |
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WHEREAS, Initially employed on the grounds watering crew, Mr. |
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Flores arranged large pipes around campus to water the lawns in the |
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days before the underground sprinkler system was installed; and |
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WHEREAS, Transferring to the carpenter shop in 1980, he |
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worked as a maintenance man until he was promoted to the job of |
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carpenter in 1987; and |
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WHEREAS, He was named foreman of the shop in 1992, and since |
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that time, he has built cabinets, bookshelves, vanities, and |
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partition walls across campus; in addition to remodeling offices |
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and classrooms and repairing many doors, windows, floors, and |
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roofs, he has also helped to build the sand volleyball court, the |
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tennis court shack, and restrooms at the softball field; and |
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WHEREAS, Throughout a period of expansion at Sul Ross, Daniel |
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Flores has served the university long and well; his skilled |
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handiwork is literally evident in nearly every corner of the |
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campus, and his high standards of excellence and dedication to the |
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welfare of the university community have earned him the lasting |
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gratitude of all who know him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Daniel Flores on his retirement |
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from Sul Ross State University and extend to him best wishes for |
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continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Flores as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |